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1. What are women doing on the beach in "Day 1: 2008"?

Young-sook and other women in their 80s and 90s pick through the algae that rest on the sand of the beach. They pick through the algae and put what is salable in small bags. They leave the rest.

2. In "Day 1: 2008," why does a family group approach Young-sook when she is collecting algae on the beach?

Young-sook sees a family where the husband is white and the wife is Korean. Their children--a boy and a girl--are mixed. The mother approaches Young-sook and shows her a photograph. She is looking for her grandmother, Mi-Ja, and has a wedding picture of her grandmother with Young-sook next to her on Mi-ja's wedding day. She wants to talk to Young-sook about her grandmother.

3. What were Young-sook's home like in 1938?

Young-sook lived with three generations of her family on the same property. Her mother, father, and her siblings lived in the big house. Her grandmother lived in a little house across the courtyard. Both structures were built of stone and had thatch roofs. The big house had three rooms: a kitchen, main room, and a special room for women to use on their wedding nights and after giving birth. The family slept on sleeping mats. There was a latrine in the yard that was built above the pig pen.

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