The Image of “family” in the Korea Youth literature entitled “Red Pencil”

Abstract

This article aims to study Korean youth literature on “Red pencil” written by Soo-hyeon Shin, translated into Thai by Kewalin Srimuang. “Red Pencil” talking about the story of youth and the magic of the red pencil which the main character met and used it in writing his essays to compensate his lost youth dreams. The results of the study revealed that the Korean youth literature "Red Pencil" is a literature which presents the families’ problems affecting the lives of youth. If the family has a solid foundation, youth will live happily and have the power to create their life beautifully.  In addition, the Korean youth literature, “Red Pencil” written by Soo-hyeon Shin's also presents an interesting symbol, “the pencil”. The pencil represents the picture of indescribable feeling of a youth to adults, so he need to use the magic pencil as a medium to tell his inwardness through a paper, and represent the power to success to strengthen his self-confidence.