Facing Poverty With A Rich Girl's Habit Summary

Suki Kim uses her story “Facing poverty with a rich girl’s habit” as an autobiography of her life as she talks about her family and how they were once rich then lost everything by father going bankrupt. Raised in South Korea as a rich girl Suki was the daughter of a Korean millionaire. Her father owned a shipping company, hotels, and a mining business, but one day lost it all. In South Korea, the law states that bankruptcy is a jail able offense (Kim, 2011). So, Suki and her family fled to the United States without any money or support. Queens, New York is where they end up settling when arriving into the US. Not knowing much about America she had a difficult time adapting to the American culture. Being new to the country Suki’s family faced poverty, discrimination, unemployment, language problems and many other social issues. Learning to speak English was a major task for her. She watched television shows such as “Three’s Company” in attempt to learn English …show more content…
The genre of this literary work is prose. The story is written in the form of a memory, because the author is telling the story of her life from her personal point of view. Suki Kim’s story entices the audience of different age and racial groups because the author discusses her personal experiences and certain changes in her temperament. The tone of the essay which shows the author’s attitude to her writing is official, thoughtful, passionate and optimistic. The story shows readers of the difference between the Korean culture and our American culture. The author also shows how hard it is for someone to adapt to such modest living conditions after living such a wealthy lifestyle especially for a young girl. From reading this story you can also relate to the cultural shock that someone would experience when having to move so abruptly from one country to