BR 2-20: The Last of the Cheju Divers

"They didn't have a choice."   (p. 12)

This book tells us about haenyos in Cheju Island, South Korea. Haeyos means professional diver. All of haeyos in Cheju are female, and they don’t use oxygen tanks when they dive into the sea. According to this book, their job is difficult and very dangerous. Do you know why they do such a job, instead of dangerous? The reason is no choice they have. They were born in a sea village, so they had to be a woman diver. However, it is changing now. Woman diver can get a lot of money because the seafoods that they catch make a lot of money, so they can give a chance to educate their children. Their children can have many choices.

I think that woman diver is so cool job because they proud of their job. Everyone can’t become woman diver because it is very difficult and dangerous, so it is valuable job. If you interested in it, please read this book.

Waring, Rob. (2008). The Last of the Cheju Divers. Boston, MA: Footprint Reading Library

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