Minari is a Korean movie that made a recognition at Oscars.

It entails the rocky path of a typical

immigrant family who seeks a better life in the United States. As they move from California to pursue
Jacob’s ambition and their agreement, they face unprecedented challenges that all immigrants would
relate by this metaphorical movie piece of Lee Isaac Chung.

Steven Youn (Jacob Yi) portrays as the patriarch of the family while Yeri Han as Monica Yi together
their children portrayed by Kate Cho (Anne) and Alan Kim (David). They moved by an agreement that
Jacob would pursue his farm ambition while her wife would work. At first the first part of the story, they
work as a chicken sexers in a local poultry processing plant. But Monica, whose heart’s complacement
wanted to be in the city for her children’s sake, keeps insisting that they should live in a bigger county at
least. This solely because David has a heart condition and he has to be near hospital that specializes on
cardiology. Steven Youn, on the other hand, sees the farm life as an opportunity to be successful. He
went to his farm with David and told his reasons why he is adamant to leave his farming. He tells the
growing number of Koreans in the United States that would likely find something that taste like Korea to
them; also, he tells that the land in so rich because of the creek’s elevation that is adjacent to their land.
with Monica’s failure to persuade her husband to move, her mother decided to go to United States to
take care of the kids while they are away for work.

When her mother arrived, the two kids felt very distant to their grandma as they have never saw
her nor been in Korea. The two felt relatively foreign to her in all ways; their culture contradicts to each
other. While the grandmother is also new to the American life, the kids find these funny because of her
ignorance. On Monica’s side, she felt guilty for her mother to see them struggling. She has been into a
lot of adversaries and it anguish her to see her old mother sharing their pain. Most of us Asians were
raised by our grandparents, it is very not doubting to feel the same way as Monica feels. Our
grandparents have soft spots in our hearts—and no one could ever fill nor take that. Even stubborn kids
give many episodes of tantrums, the grandparents would see this not a burden, but, instead, a joy. As a
native Korean herself, she felt the urge to bring something to a land new to her. She brought Minari,
also known as Kang-kong in Filipino, and planted it near the creek with his two grandchildren.

On the story, the couple had an agreement again: if the farm fails, leave with the children—and do
everything she wants. But Jacob succeeded by his determination; however; Monica’s mother got stroke.
In Monica’s part, it is even more of a tragedy to her. Monica have lost faith in David. But there’s been
something that’s waiting them that is much a tragedy—their barn caught up fire because of Monica’s
grandmother. In the latter part of the movie is the most dramatic scene. No words were uttered by the
grandmother. Full of guilt and shame. She had lost the spark of how bright a grandmother is. It just tells
how sorry she is from what had happened. But her grandchildren run after her and persuading her to
come to them—unlike before where they are very distant. However, despite the predicaments, another
opportunity bloomed. The Minari.

Despite the odds that came through within the Yi’s Household, they remained united as one,
unfazed by the challenges. Striving to have a better life as what all Asians would like to have once feet
step the American soil. Indeed, the movie showed resilience of family and what really makes a home.