It is necessary to stress that that aspect of family relationships and the nature of the book title are closely connected with each other. It is necessary to stress that the author depicted the attempt of the family to cope with various unwelcome colonial rules and experience different mobilization types to be followed in accordance with colonial authorities’ orders. The theme of family relationships under the pressure of war and colonial occupation has interacted with the concepts of humiliation, unjust treatment and national inequality. The story depicts the inner resistance of the narrator’s family members to internal interactions and unjust treatment thus, the author demonstrated the idea that the father managed to gain respect not only among Koreans but also among Japanese colonial officials. The author disclosed the father’s experience in prison, mentioning various details of this period throughout the whole story he strived to demonstrate the behavior and treatment of the authority toward him, and underline misunderstanding of the justice system having no idea as to the father’s offense. The author depicts the departure of the family from Korea to the territory of Manchuria, with the purpose to set a stable and happy life the farther is to take a promising job being released from prison it is necessary to underline the fact that relationships within the family were built on the basis of Korean and Japanese interactions.

It is necessary to underline the fact that the story is related to the life of Koreans nevertheless, the author managed to dedicate a considerable part to the fate of the family experiencing the Japanese occupation foundations. ‘Lost Names’ is considered to be perceived as a disclosure of personal family life at the period of war instability on basis of fiction and unrealistic magnificence.

Lost names by richard e kim