어떤 어른
What Kind of Adult

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This book captures vivid moments of children and adults interacting in various everyday spaces, such as the author’s reading classroom, a laundromat, a neighborhood restaurant, a school, a library, and a museum.
Through these stories, readers are encouraged to reflect on the role of adults in children’s lives.
It prompts them to consider what kind of adult they want to become.

This book includes abstract concepts, implicit expressions, and metaphors, making it a suitable Korean essay for upper-intermediate readers.

Basic Information

– ISBN : 9791169813419
– Author: by 김소영 (Kim So-yeong)
– Publisher: 사계절 (SAKYEJUL)
– Language: Korean
– Print Length: 328 pages

Table of Contents

들어가며 [Introduction]

1부 어쩌면 좋아요? [Part 1: What Should We Do?]

오늘이 며칠이에요? [What Day Is It Today?]
등장 [Appearance]
말수가 적은 어린이 [A Quiet Child]
어린이에게 친구란 [What a Friend Means to a Child]
이웃 어른 [A Neighboring Adult]
듣기 싫은 말 [Words You Don’t Want to Hear]
어린이와 어른이 만나는 박물관 [A Museum Where Children and Adults Meet]
어린이와 문화 예술 [Children and Cultural Arts]
도자기 찻잔론 [The Porcelain Teacup Theory]
나의 어린이 독자들 [My Young Readers]
인간을 사랑합니까 [Do You Love Humanity?]
어린이 가까이 [Close to Children]
여러분이 어렸을 때 좋아했던 어른이 되어주세요 [Be the Adult You Loved as a Child]

2부 열일곱 살이면 [Part 2: When You Are Seventeen]

중학교 1학년 [First Year of Middle School]
세상 아름다운 것 [The Beautiful Things in the World]
읽는 사람 [The One Who Reads]
그러니까 시는 [So, Poetry Is…]
선생님이라는 어른 [A Teacher as an Adult]
어떤 아이들 [Certain Children]
열일곱 살이면 [When You Are Seventeen]
일하는 사람 [The Working Person]
사랑의 기쁨 [The Joy of Love]
배우는 이유 [The Reason for Learning]
꽃그늘 [The Shade of Flowers]

3부 어른의 어른 [Part 3: An Adult’s Adult]

사라진다 [Disappearing]
여름이 오면 나는 [When Summer Comes, I…]
시끄러운 산책 [A Noisy Walk]
무심은 금물 [Indifference Is Forbidden]
어렵게 말해주세요 [Please Speak in a Difficult Way]
예외 사항 [Exceptions]
어린이가 미워질 때 [When You Start to Dislike Children]
동심이란 [What Innocence Means]
어른의 어른 [An Adult’s Adult]
할머니 [Grandmother]
친구가 있는 어른 [An Adult with Friends]
친절한 사람 [A Kind Person]