{"id":840,"date":"2023-12-08T23:14:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/?p=840"},"modified":"2023-12-08T23:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T04:50:20","slug":"to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/voices\/2023\/12\/08\/to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"To Live"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Interviewee<\/strong>: Sonia Kim Chon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer<\/strong>: Nathaniel Alexander Chon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interviewee is Sonia Kim Chon, born February 20, 1963, in Seoul, South Korea. She currently lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, brother, and dog. Much of her time is devoted to pottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sonia outlines her experiences growing up in South Korea, before immigrating to the United States where she, her brother, and her parents settled in Saint Gabriel, California. Along with that experience, she discussed her own assimilation into American society, her self-identity as an American while acknowledging her heritage, her parents\u2019 trials through life, and the lessons that her parents passed onto her. Specifically, she describes the life of her father, who passed on early, and how his teachings of \u201cplay\u201d taught her to enjoy life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many keywords that define the content of the interview: immigration, family, trauma, escape, enjoyment, assimilation, identity, religion, community, loss, and opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew my interviewee because she is my mother, who has her own experiences of immigration and life as a first generation Korean American. The interview was conducted in person at Colby College on October 27th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This interview was conducted by Nathaniel \u201cNano\u201d Alexander Chon. I am a second-generation Korean-American, who is a sophomore at Colby College and majors in Economics and Environmental Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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