My elder brother undergoing pain to become grown-up

What does it mean when he says "Please save me." When reading the next line, I come to give nod. My elder brother is said to be undergoing puberty. I recall in my eyes brotherly patting between the brothers. On the cover of the book, the image of my elder brother, who is wearing a large tin pot, looks to be decisive and stern. I can see his strong determination not to accept anyone else’s intervention in his business. One who had a chance to grow a child in puberty would understand. The child wearing the tin pot is lacking any plan to deal with situations.

This book is an essay of observations from the eye of the younger brother. The elder brother’s voice as heard in the younger brother’s ears sounds like “howling, howling… I kicked up out, but howling, howling…. bring it….” Once the elder brother was the younger brother’s role model, but these days he has become a beast-like brother, who howls more often than talks, and sloppily wears jeans below his hip, and washes hair rarely as he pleases.

To find ways to salt down the elder brother, I search in the elder brother’s computer and Facebook pages. Then, I discover an unexpected image of the elder brother. Why has my elder brother not shown such an image to his own family? Perhaps due in part to the younger brother’s efforts and to the passage of time, the elder brother’s puberty is coming to an end. "The elder brother finally halted the practice of indulging into his own world, and we stopped looking at him as if he were heavy luggage." Like this.

Is the younger brother peaceful now? "Right this evening, my elder sister slammed the door right in front of my face. What the heck! Now my elder sister is poised to wear a tin pot. Holy, I guess I need more efforts to get over.

The final sentence has a deep meaning. "Everyone will take his or her turn without fail!" The tin pot has no hole yet.

Children book critic

Kim Hye-won