On a societal level, the people of Jeju also needed to find ways to forgive each other. Considering the novel as a whole, do you think this is true? Young-sook's mother must forgive herself for Yu-ri's accident, Young-sook must forgive herself for her mother's death, Gu-sun forgives Gu-ja for Wan-soon's death. Later, on page 314, Clara recites a proverb attributed to Buddha: To understand everything is to forgive.To what extent is she responsible for these sad events? Is her sense of guilt justified? What effect does this incident have on various characters moving forward: Mother, Young-sook, Mi-ja, Do-saeng, Gu-ja, Gu-sun, and Jun-bu? Young-sook is also involved in the tragic death of her mother. In the first full chapter, Yu-ri has her encounter with the octopus. In many ways, the novel is about blame, guilt, and forgiveness.The sea is forever.' How do these contradictory ideas play out in the novel? What do they say about the dangerous work of the haenyeo? Then, on page 71, Grandmother says, 'The ocean is better than your natal mother. But she also says that the sea is like a mother (p. On page 17, Young-sook's mother recites a traditional haenyeo aphorism: Every woman who enters the sea carries a coffin on her back.Discuss the ways in which female relationships are depicted and the important role they play on Jeju. How are these words of warning? The friendship between Young-sook and Mi-ja is just one of many examples of powerful female relationships in the novel. When Young-sook and Mi-ja are fifteen, Young-sook's mother says to them: 'You are like sisters, and I expect you to take care of each other today and every day as those tied by blood would do' (p.What secrets or clues about the past and the present are revealed in the scenes that take place in 2008? Why do we only understand the beginning of the novel only after we have finished it? The story begins with Young-sook as an old woman, gathering algae on the beach.

The island of the sea women