Songsam is on the South Korean side in Cranes:)
to south korea side
In Cranes by Hwang Sun-Won, Songsam and Tokchae were childhood friends who played together. As adults, Tokchae is a prisoner and Songsam is an officer.
Songsam and Tokjae
In Cranes by Hwang Sun-Won, Songsam and Tokchae were childhood friends who played together. As adults, Tokchae is a prisoner and Songsam is an officer.
that they were once friends before the civil war tore them apart and the cranes are symbolized as there everlasting freindship
Songsam, Tokchae are the two man characters and there is two support charcters; the old man with a wen and shorty.
what happens after snogsam tells tokchae ¨Go flush a crane!¨
In the story "Cranes" by Hwang Sun-won, the conflict is resolved through a moment of understanding and forgiveness between the two childhood friends, Tokchae and Songsam. Despite their opposing positions during the Korean War, they are able to look beyond their differences and empathize with each other's situation, ultimately choosing friendship and reconciliation over enmity. This resolution highlights the power of human connection and empathy in overcoming conflict.
Songsam's internal conflict is solved when he unties Tokchae's hands and frees him so that they can play as kids again. His conflict within himself was more or less wether he was going to take his old childhood best friend to his death or not.
Tokchae is Songsam's (main character) childhood friend, who had stayed back at his home town with his father because they didn't want to leave the crops that are ready to be harvested during the split of North & South Korea. Songsam is escorting Tokcahe, after Tokchae had gotten into "trouble", but later finds Tokchae had no bad attentions and let him go, Symbolizing the crane in the flashback. Tokchae knew he was going to get killed so he mine as well try to get away from the other army officials like Songsam. :-)
Songsam faces an internal conflict regarding his loyalty to his friend Tokchae, who has become a political prisoner. Songsam grapples with his allegiance to his friend, as well as his duty to the government and society that punish Tokchae for his actions. This conflict drives Songsam to question his beliefs and values.