Britney+B.+Interview

1.What is your name? - Chang-Gi Byun 2. How old were you duing the war? -I was 17 years old. 3. Did you have to move? Where you in the North part of Korea? - I was always in the southern part of Korea so I didn’t have to more anywhere but instead there were people coming to my house to get support. 4. Were you well living? - My family was one of the well living family and we helped other people with food supply. My parents didn’t want us to bring people in but we still gave out food, and shoes at times. 5. What was your opinion on America? - I didn’t have anything against them but I think there are points where America could have just stayed quiet and not say anything. 6. What happened to your education? - I was attending school before and have attended after. I finished my education in Seoul University. I think there wasn’t anything that affected my education too much. 7. How did you meet grandmother? - Right after the war I was getting education again, and during that period of time I met her at the same college. I realized that if she was able to attended this kind of college at that period time she was very well living like me so I decided to get close to her. 8. Were you involved in the war? -I wasn’t involved in any war, I had to do many things to stay off the troops. I wore short pants to make myself look younger because I didn’t want to go to a war. 9. Do you think you would want to be communist of democracy like now? - I think the war kinds of helped me since our family didn’t lose any money and we were able to keep our wealth. 10. Did you loose any family member due to the war? -I have lost my father during the war. My mother lived with me for a while after the war but was too weak. I think that the war did have an impact on me because I lost the one who I always looked up to.

Reflection: I have learned that it was a hard experience for the people who were in the war. Many people have been affected and they have had a hard experience. I realized why my grandfather thinks of family very important. I had some difficulties interviewing my grandfather since he wasn’t very good at English. So when he was telling me in Korean I couldn’t understand what he was saying at times. Even though I am able to speak Korean fluently, he had very hard words. This interview was a fun experience and I did learn a lot. I hope I will do this again next year to learn more about my country.