Part A What is a central idea of the relationship between Ji-Suk and her mother in the story "Bul-GO!-gi"?

Ji-Suk resents that her mother made her take Korean lessons and violin instead of being with friends.

Ji-Suk's mother shows her love for her daughter through her high expectations for her.

Ji-Suk's mother has a difficult time understanding Ji-Suk's readily acceptance of American ways.

Ji-Suk's mother doesn't understand her daughter's disinterest in learning about her Korean culture.

answer: age of the protagonists.

dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by james joyce, published in 1914. they tell the stories of the irish middle class in and around dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

joyce divides the collection into three sections dealing with childhood, adolescence and maturity. therefore, one pattern he uses to organize his stories is the age of the protagonists. the initial stories deal with children, and as the stories continue, they focus on progressively older people.