Soha is dead. Conflicting rumors circulated about her death. Her parent's family said she was stressed out by her in-laws. Her in-laws claimed that she collapsed because she couldn't handle being asked to help her parent's family get settled in the United States.
Soha was born the second daughter of a poor family. Poverty denied her the opportunity to take a secondary examination when she failed her middle school exams.
"Mom, I want to take a secondary examination, just give me one more chance, I'm sure I'll pass this time."
"Is the secondary examination the name of the dog's name? You don't have the brains to study. Forget it and follow me."
Soha was taken to the sewing factory that her mother an already-looked. She became No. 5 helper of Peace Market No. 5 seamstress She hunched her shoulders all day long and removed the threads from the finished clothes without ever straightening her waist. Even on the way home from work, she moved her heavy legs and headed for her house as she removed the colored threads from her clothes. Luckily, her dexterity allowed her to finish the final stitches process faster than the other helper and get on the sewing machine. She supported her family and her sister's school fees.
In the early 70s, A man had an older sister who was married to a U.S. soldier and settled in the Chicago suburbs. His older sister invited him to the United States. She said, “If someone is good at sewing in America, they can earn a lot of money. Bring a bride who is good at sewing. You have to learn the art of welding.”
The man didn't like Soha, who had no beauty.
"She's short and not pretty, but she's got a good heart, she's hardworking, and she's good with her hands, so if you take care of her, you'll be able to live comfortably without worrying about money."
Unable to resist his sister's wishes, the man believed the matchmaker's words, closed his eyes tightly, and proposed to Soha, whom he had met twice.
Soha's mother hurriedly registered her marriage without a wedding ceremony after Soha was promised to go to the United States and send her living expenses. Soha was sent to Chicago like a piece of luggage and within a week of arriving in the United States, she stepped on a sewing machine in a sewing factory. Only the stage was changed from Seoul to Chicago, She was a continuation of a slave life to earn money. Her parents-in-law hassled Soha as if they had saved a dying person.
"If you hadn't met my son, you, the factory worker, wouldn't have dared to come to the United States. I heard you sent 2,000 dollars to your parents? You don't know how to thank us that we brought you to the United States, and gave you a green card, and had this great life.”
Soha's sister-in-law caught her by the hair when she was caught secretly sending the money she had scraped together overtime to her in-laws.
"Why don't you send the money on time? If you don't want to send money, invite all of my family. They said that if you invite us, we can live on the money that the government gives every month.”
Her mother, who sent Soha, full of hope as if she was going to heaven, exclaimed that Soha enjoyed wealth and glory alone.
Between her parent's family and her wicked in-laws, she gets stuck in the gap of a life where no one can protect her. Soha died of cancer at the age of 54.
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