Native Speaker

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Across
  1. 2. This character argues that when a child is dead, it should never be considered an accident. The parents should always give enough attention and care; they should never put their children in danger.
  2. 5. Henry’s ____ brother is an image of what Henry wanted to be when he was young. Henry’s _____ brother can beat up the kids that call him slanted eyes, and he is so good at running that the white kids admired him. He kisses white girls in front of everyone and knows everything about science.
  3. 7. This person was very angry when he found out that Eduardo was killed. This person wanted payback for his investment, so this person slips detailed information about Kwang’s donors.
  4. 10. Henry’s father does not like consuming this product. On the other hand, Henry thinks that this item allows two people who would never be friends to build their friendship. One time, Stew and Henry opened up a casual conversation with this item.
  5. 13. Henry suffers when he imagines small details about how Mitt died. He has trouble going to sleep, so Henry asks Lelia to lend him the ____ that Mitt took. He listens to them and remembers the good times that he spend with his family.
  6. 14. Henry’s father liked to hire ___ immigrants for his shop. he realized that the ____ immigrants who couldn’t speak English worked harder than people who could speak English since the ___ immigrants were desperate for jobs. They might have had no jobs if Henry’s father fired them.
  7. 15. After Kwang’s headquarters were bombed, Kwang decided to move their headquarters to Kwang’s _____. Things only get worse after that incident. Kwang spends time, suffering from his mental breakdown due to Eduardo’s death.
  8. 18. Lelia was sarcastic when she said, “oh good, it’s the Henryspeak.” Lelia knows that Henry has been lying to her and trying to keep his job a secret. Thus, she describes Henry as a “_____ speaker of language” in the list that she gives to Henry before she goes on a vacation to the Italian islands. Unlike Henry, Lelia believes that it is a misdeed for Henry to continue working for the job.
  9. 19. When Henry was young, he did not like the ______ culture which encouraged people to keep everything in their minds for themselves. He wanted to be like other kids who expressed their opinions and feelings freely.
Down
  1. 1. Even though Henry was assigned to spy on John Kwang, he is reluctant to provide more information about Kwang to Dennis Hoagland. It is because Henry considers Kwang like a ______.
  2. 3. Americans After a violent incident that occurred between different races in New York, Kwang tries to connect those various ethnic groups. In his speech, he claims that Koreans and ______ were both enslaved by other countries and that he similar historical background is always stronger than the differences between the two groups.
  3. 4. Hoagland wants the list of Kwang’s campaign donors because he thinks that the fact that Kwang receives thousands of dollars every week is very suspicious. Jack also suspects that Kwang may have huge secrets about his ____ group which included illegal immigrants in the country. (This word is Korean)
  4. 6. The readers can observe that Henry’s interactions with other Koreans often includes the use of Korean phrases or sentences to let the readers deeply engage with Henry’s Korean identity. Those phrases or sentences are written in ______ to indicate that they are not English.
  5. 8. Henry faced lots of issues related to _____. He was called by nicknames such as “yellow peril.” When he was young, he wanted to be a fluent English native speaker and be like the other American kids. However, at the end of the novel, Henry accepts his mixed identity.
  6. 9. Chang-Rae Lee attempts to deliver Henry’s story by looking through Henry’s viewpoints. Lee has written the story like the stream of thoughts of human minds which jumps from one idea to another. Since the story is not written in a _____ order, it may be difficult to grasp the essence of the story at the beginning of the novel.
  7. 11. Although Dennis Hoagland believes that John Kwang is not a difficult subject to spy on, he is concerned that Henry might reveal his cover when he is with John Kwang, just like what he did when Henry was in charge of spying on Dr. ______.
  8. 12. Henry admired John Kwang’s ability to relate and be friends with people of different races and backgrounds. Kwang’s _______ could make them feel like they are brothers with Kwang.
  9. 15. Henry refers to himself as _____. These animals “sniff” food out from other predators. They eat what is left and search for dirty leftovers. These animals do what Henry would also do. His role must sniff out and seek for dirty information about Kwang and feed themselves with the profits that the information will bring.
  10. 16. therapy Although Henry and Lelia had to go through difficulties after they lost their son, Mitt, they eventually come along well, and Henry decides to assist Lelia in ______.
  11. 17. This character remains faithful to Kwang from the beginning to the end of the novel. When this character finds out De Roos’s important secret, she attempts to spoil it alone so that the reputation of Kwang and other campaign members are not affected. She also tries to find Kwang when he goes missing by calling everyone and checking if they saw Kwang.
  12. 18. Henry is assigned to work for Kwang’s campaign in the _____ are of New York. There, Henry gains attention and trust when he deftly deals with the angry Peruvians and sends them away with Kwang’s pamphlets.