Title: Under Five Flags
Authors: Hackchan Rhee and Marta L. Tullis
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.
ISBN: 978-1480933798
Pages: 212
Genre: Memoir
Reviewed by: Ephantus M.
Hollywood Book Reviews
Under Five Flags by Hackchan Rhee and Martha L. Tullis is a deeply spirited memoir which divulges the author’s expeditions through five countries, after encountering abject destitution that saw him flee his home in Korea at a young age.
The account starts with the departure of Sungchun from Yonggang to Pyongyang, where he was hoping to further his education and thereafter build a prosperous occupation in the second-largest city in Korea. Poverty had been cardinal at home, tossing his family into quandary moments regarding his primary necessities as a young boy. His journey would, however, become intensely problematic, with falling snow viciously harassing his poise and vision.
The reader’s attention is drawn to the core of Sungchun in Korea, where multiple of the inhabitants had found themselves ashore regarding the attainment of any of their goals and aspirations. Readers have been treated to a wide scope of the country’s facets and elements, such as its geographic disposition, irrefutably industrious populace, and easy-flowing innovation abilities which have stood respected over the decades. Author Rhee has notably submitted remarkable and explicit historical knowledge regarding Korea’s dynasties and early kingdoms. He has skillfully drawn the readers’ attention to the narrative by ably providing questions and answers to some of the country’s intriguing aspects such as why the nation has not yet become one of the leading polities in Asia regardless of its solid intelligentsia and other outstanding endowments. The author has also uncovered some of the country’s legendary anecdotes which lovers of chronological myths and verities may find fascinating.
Under Five Flags by Hackchan Rhee and Marta L. Tullis is convincingly a substantial chronicle which makes known the consequence of behavioral and emotional motives such as jealousy and selfishness. It is correspondingly an emotional survival story through which readers will get inspired by the author’s resilience, which saw him overpower indecipherable trials while endeavoring to accomplish his dreams. In this regard, this informative memoir is bound to remind its audience of the attainability of their ambitions, and the significance of keeping hope alive against the cruel bombardments that life may present. Under Five Flags is a deeply imploring read!