The Name Jar

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Title: The Name Jar

Author/Illustrator: Yangsook Choi

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Medium: Chalk Pastel



Theme: Unhei is struggling with the idea of her own name in a different country but realized that her name is very unique

Summary: Unhei is a korean who moved to New York City, NY with her family from Korea. She struggles with herself and the society because she wanted to change her name and the society " wants" her to have a common name since other children could not say her name correctly.

Literacy Elements:

Setting: Korea, Airport, Kitchen, School, On the bus, and Market.

Style: The text is very easy to read. the author wants people with an unique name to be liked. the author is trying to tell the readers that has an unique name to embrace it because no one has it in the other places. first person.

Plot: The plot is a great because it shows a conflict in the beginning. The children make Unhei feels that she should get a new name because her name is not american name. She struggles throughout the story until she felt the necessary to teach her classmates about her.

Characterization: Unhei is a sweet girl and very smart because when her mother asked her if she understands English, she said yes. at a young age, the children tends to understand new language better than their parents. Unhei is mostly focused on. Joey, a friendly curly haired guy, is a wonderful friend and shows how much he cared for Unhei such as learning about Unhei's culture. Mr. Kim is an owner of his market. He shows his appreciation when Unhei told him about her name. He seems knowledgeable about Korean' names. He, himself, is a Korean.

Evaluation: The book should be read aloud to children because i do rememebr when i was young, all students were making fun of me. " you do not know how to spell your own name correctly" " it is Adrian, not Adrain" i was very frustrated. all of my name are very unique because Adrain no one has that name in the world, that i know of, JaCard- my grandmother went to Zimbabwe and saw Jacaranda, a purple flower. She fell in love with it, Cookneuchan from Europe. If i ever read the book when i was younger, i would be proud of my own name back then. it is not about the name it is also about the person who you are and each name has meaning.