Coffee Prince 3&4

These two episodes I decided to focus on the family and class dynamics. For instance we see several times the relationship between mother-daughter in both Eun-chan and Han-Kyul's families. At first we see Eun-Chin go from having this mother who appears to be self-absorbed and into consuming items even though she does not have the money to support this shopping habit, yet when Eun-Chin is crying her mother comforts her and they exchange a real sincere moment together. Another family dynamic within the Eun-Chin's family was when her mother, sister, and her were doing yoga in their living room. This reminded me of my own mother and sisters and whenever we get together to try some new activity. It was just a smart example of how women within families get together and bond in comparison to maybe men who might go participate in another sport or activity to establish family bonds. These two examples provided us another perspective of Eun-Chin's family life, especially since in the first two episodes we only saw that she worked for them and saw her mother and younger sister not appreciate her as much as perhaps we'd like them to.

Another example was the power structure in which see Han-Kyul's grandmother and mother engage in within one another and then with Han-Kyul. The grandmother is obviously the matriarch which is refreshing as I would suspect its functioning within a patriarchy society. The role of the grandmother in scolding her daughter's parental skills in raising Han-Kyul was very realistic as the criticism sets in in how his mother did not raise him properly.

The next issue was class. This stood out to me whenever Eun-Chin eats her meals. If one notices she more inhales her food which to me I took as an example of being part of the working class. The prime example was when they were eating together and they described Eun-Chin as someone who would eat anything- even if the food fell on the floor.

The upcoming episodes should be interesting as we are left in suspense with Episode four.