Trouble

The conflict I chose to write about is the death of Henry Park's mother. Through the eyes of Henry Park's father this was just a problem, something that just needed to be fixed.
When Henry's mother dies there is something missing in the daily routine of the lives of the Park family (now only consisting of Henry and his father). When Henry's mother dies she is no longer there to do the every day things, Henry and his father were use to when she was alive. After her death, Henry would come home to an empty house after school, he wouldn't walk in to the smell of Korean food, and his father and him would be forced to spend more time together. After the death of Henry's mother, Henry's father would have to change his daily schedule to accomodate his son. Henry's father's solution to this problem was to bring the "Aujuhma". The Aujuma was a replacement for their lives, a solution to their problem. On p. 64 Henry's father says "you know, it's difficult now. your mommy dead and nobody at home. You too young for that. This nice lady, she come for you. Take care home, food. Nice dinner. Clean house. Better that way." "I didn't answer him." I better tell you before, I know, but I know you don't like. So what i do? I go to store in morning and come home late, nion o' clock, ten. No good, no good, nice lady, she fix that." The aujumeh fixes all the problems that were caused by the death of Henry's mother. Henry's father could have left all these things to be done on their own, and they were for a short while. After Henry's mother's death Henry and his father were forced to spend more time with each other, Henry had to do the things, traditionally a Korean mother would do, and his father had to take time off from work. Henry and Henry's father's lives were both changed and inconvienced by her death. On p. 77 Henry says, "She was buried in a Korean ceremony two days afterward, and for me it was more of a dissappearance than a death." By bringing in the aujuma, Henry's father restored the normal and daily routines, that they were used to and fixed the problem.