Bad Family

There is a saying that, "the one you detest the most is the one you’re going to miss the most." In episode eight Dal Gun, the fake uncle and the founder of the stage family, was told by his old boss, who was the leader of the gang debt collectors, to leave Seoul or his friends and family would get hurt. In order to prevent anyone from getting hurt and to escape becoming a debt collector once more, he agreed to leave.

Before Dal Gun left he gave the stage control of the stage family to Gi Dong, who was the fake father. The day that he was going to leave he tried to complement everyone, although they never really got along and he was always threatening to kill them. He also tried to make everything right between him and Yang Ah, who was the fake sister, because it was because of his refusal to destroy the street market that had brought the debt collectors to her home and destroyed it. He repainted her home and fixed everything, which to me is unbelievable for one man to do in less then a day, but then again it is television.

I think that even though the stage family wasn’t really a true family they started to feel that way as time goes by and got used to having everyone around. I thought it was really sad when he was saying goodbye to Na Rim at her school, because at first he had no feeling for her but by making money acting as her fake uncle. I think some how he started to get attached to the little girl because she’s such a sweet child and so vulnerable to the world. He had tears in his eyes and it seems really hard for him to say goodbye to her.

I think a lot of us can relate to this situation. Maybe not demanded to leave our family, but we all do leave them once in a while if not for a trip or for school and we do feel awfully sad. A good example would be a college student who lives on campus. I have a friend who lives on campus and every time she goes back home she never wants to return back to her school campus because she misses her family, especially her sister who she always fights with. She told me that she would cry every time she had to return because it was so hard for her to leave even though she knew she was going to come back home during the summer.