Life as a international student
As I read so far, Sookan gradually adopt the life in America and starting to find out she’s future. Although life is not always wonderful there, such as incomprehension, hard work and tiredness is always around. However, you still can get support and feel care and love from you friends and families. I feel there are a lot of similarities between my life in America as Sookan’s, but there are also some differences which is reasons of time period and personalities. The story is really engaging and attract my whole attention, because it represent the same things which is also truly happened on me.
According to the book, Sookan talks about she’s homesick in American, which is very similar to me. Although I have already studied in America for more than I year and traveled back to my hometown in China every holiday , a mightiness feeling of homesick puzzle me at night which me think of my lovely little sister and my families who are looking forward to see me in China. The homesick confused me and it is really hard for me to get rid of this. Like nightmare it appears in my dreams and disturb my daily life. However, the story of Sookan let me feel being understood and Though how Sookan treat her homesick. I find out that playing and chatting with my friends is really helpful which help me to get rid of my bad feelings. Therefore, reading this book is like chatting with a friend who have the same experience which enlighten me and give me helpful advice.
In the book, the conflict between culture also attract my interests. Sookan talks about how the grammar is different between English and Korean and the differences on their tradition. For example, In Korean people should obey elders and mostly live a life planned by them. However, in America people usually can choose there life based on their interests instead of listen to elders. Nonetheless, there are also many differences on manner, dresses and food which is similar in my situation in China; Based on the history China has a lot of tradition, and it is even different in diverse places. There are 56 nation in China, so as you can imagine how many tradition Chinese people have. However, In another ways to tell China is also a new country founded for less than 100 years which cause the new culture from western make a big conflict with the native culture. Therefore, I am very interested in the conflict in the book which also may show the future of China. Is it the different culture going to combine and form a new one or something else may happen. That is the second reason why I am interested in the story of Sookan.
As you can see, the book really attract my interests. It not only help me understand how should I live in America, but also shows me the conflict between culture which is a topic I am very interested in.

