Shelter: A Novel
Significance of Wal-Mart
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Wal-Mart is symbolic of cheap items purchased by people who have no means to buy nicer things. Kyung takes Jin there to buy some necessities after Jin is released from the hospital, and Kyung is surprised that his father is willing to buy things there, and upset that he is frantic over the cost of their purchases.