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Separation In The Film 'The Host'
First of all, in the movie The Host, the foreigner defines Americans military orders Mr. Kim, a Korean assistance, pours hundreds of the formaldehyde chemical bottles down the drain that pollute the Han River. The American military doctor does not even care that the chemicals get dumped into the Korean drinking water because the river is broad, so it will not effect, which is so ignorant to think about that. This is a real life event shown in February 2000 is an American civilian official, Albert McFarland, it has been shock many citizens in Korea about this issue (Yang and U.S. Apologizes for Dumping Chemical). It leads to a complaint relationship between the United States and South Korea separation. Six years later, a monster is born from the Han River and attacks in the Riverside …show more content…
This symbol shows American is very powerful and saying American is not bad because everyone is different. The government of the South Korea is threaten of the monster and virus spread, so they need help from another nation, United States Military to kill the monster and protect the citizens. When the government reports that one American dies from the disease, which considers the monster to carry a virus. He actually dies from the treatment. The Americans military seems to be uncared of the event, but it causes more problems for the Koreans. For example, in the scene where Gang-du is caught the second time in military hospital, the American doctor reveals there is no virus exists in the first place. A professional doctor should not treat their patients like an animal test. They make up a fictional virus, so the Korean becomes afraid of getting illness and the American can control the human’s bodies. The American doctor wants to prove that virus exists by actually drilling Gang-du’s head putting a virus to his brain. The American military harms people even though they know their faults when dumping chemicals in the Han River. It sounds so crazy to drill his head for

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