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The Sun is Also a Star Chapter 8: Family: A History of Naming Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Charles and Daniel's parents, Min Soo and Dae Hyun, fell in love in South Korea and moved to NYC, where Dae Hyun's cousin promised to help them. 
  • They adapted, and when Min Soo got pregnant, she struggled with what to name her children. 
  • In the end, she gave them an American name followed by a Korean personal name. 
  • "So they would know where they came from. So they would know where they were going" (15). 
  • NOTE: That's deep.