In Chapter one, I am seeing a cultural perspective through North Koreans and the Hawaiian culture. The North Korean and Hawaiian culture had similarities. These similarities included the Kapu system, and an ondol system. The North Koreans segregated their men and women from eating together just like Hawaiians. This was considered the Kapu system. The North Korean women were only aloud to eat cornmeal, while men ate rice. Hawaiian women could not eat bananas, pork, red fish, and coconut. We also learn about the ondol system in the text. The ondol system seems similar to the ‘imu in Hawaiian culture. The ‘imu is an underground oven used to cook food, while the ondol was underfloor heating through wood smoke. It was also used to cook.
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