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GRASS vs PURPLE HIBISCUS - Coggle Diagram
GRASS vs PURPLE HIBISCUS
POWER
GRASS
Education = power
- education is not even an option for Ok-sun because she’s a girl and she needs to help her family earn money + take care of her siblings
- Education would give her more knowledge about life, the world which couldve helped her with understanding complex ideas
Physical/sexual/dominant power
- physical and sexual violence as an assertion of power
- japanese over korean
- men over women
- military over working class
- Hierachal power
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FEMININITY
GRASS
pg 32
- Ok Sun’s Family, rural origins and place in her family/society
- Her role and identoty of a girl ⟶ having to take care instead of education
- Gender Inequality
- FORMATION of identity
pg 114
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Ok Sun’s idenity of girlhood and innocence is being cut away, not just her hair
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pg 204
Loss of self ⟶ black panels behind her erase all background or setting, symbolizing that she has been stripped of context — of family, name, and humanity.
Dehumanization ⟶ only her face, showing how getting raped like an animal
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RELATIONSHIP
GRASS
Relationship between the girls at the station
- Their closeness/unity together still grounds them through hard/difficult times → ground them
- Visually forces them into one collective → didn't just happen to one person, multiple girls and women were affected
- The girls bonded and connected by how they were treated so badly, even though they had just met
- “I’m scared.” “I’m just 13” → need to turn towards human connection for comfort
The body language/character humped over → slow movement, showing how the disconnection to the relationship was so hard-- showing its heavy meaning to each character.
- Negative space around them focuses on their relationship and shows the weight of the scene
- Promises of staying alive to each other
- White and black contrast → juxtaposing the black background associated with negativity with white, this time → the girls are the ones holding the dark negativity within themselves, hiding it from the rest of the world
Bath together
creates a shared moment of peace, turning a basic task into a rare emotional sanctuary.
Turns into a symbol of unity/sanctuary
The circular composition of their bodies in the tub → visually connects them in a safe, enclosed space (shows solidarity and unity between them)
Their body language is relaxed for the first time, indicating that their comfort is not just physical but deeply emotional through the presence of other girls
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