The Crucible (novel)
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The Crucible is a 2009 novel by Gong Ji-Young
(공지영) a well known South Korean novelist, based on an actual case of mass sexual abuse at a school for the deaf in Gwangju Inhwa, South Korea. The title was taken from Arthur Miller's eponymous play.
On the first day of his new job, a young boy is struck and killed by a train, the latest of a series of accidents he soon discovers. He hears of a young girl who had recently committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
Kang soon suspects things are not as they seem and discovers that the students, (both boys and girls) are being abused by the principal (a powerful and highly respected member of the community), an administrative head and a dormitory superintendent.
Kang's efforts to bring the crimes to the attention of the public are met with resistance by corrupt police, doctors and other business leaders. The defense lawyers further attempt to discredit Kang by bringing to light his past misdeeds, including the affair with his former student who committed suicide. Compounding all, the financially strapped parents agree to remain silent about the incident in exchange for money.
In the end, the three accused are sentenced to probation and set free to return to the school.
Kang, humiliated at having his personal failures publicized and frustrated by the lack of justice decides to leave Mujin and return to his family in Seoul.
(도가니 (Do-ga-ni)) premiered in 2011 starring Gong Yoo
as Kang In-ho and Jung Yoo Mi
as Seo Yoo-Jin
Gong Ji-young
-Early years:Gong Ji-young is a South Korean and one of the most popular of the 'new wave' of female writers who shattered the South Korean literary establishment's glass ceiling in the 1980s and 1990s. As a teen, Gong self-published her own stories and poems, before the student movement in the...
(공지영) a well known South Korean novelist, based on an actual case of mass sexual abuse at a school for the deaf in Gwangju Inhwa, South Korea. The title was taken from Arthur Miller's eponymous play.
Plot
Kang In-ho is a teacher forced to leave his family after the suicide of a former student he had been romantically involved with. He settles in "Mujin" (a fictional city) where he finds employment as a teacher at a school for the hearing impaired.On the first day of his new job, a young boy is struck and killed by a train, the latest of a series of accidents he soon discovers. He hears of a young girl who had recently committed suicide by jumping off a cliff.
Kang soon suspects things are not as they seem and discovers that the students, (both boys and girls) are being abused by the principal (a powerful and highly respected member of the community), an administrative head and a dormitory superintendent.
Kang's efforts to bring the crimes to the attention of the public are met with resistance by corrupt police, doctors and other business leaders. The defense lawyers further attempt to discredit Kang by bringing to light his past misdeeds, including the affair with his former student who committed suicide. Compounding all, the financially strapped parents agree to remain silent about the incident in exchange for money.
In the end, the three accused are sentenced to probation and set free to return to the school.
Kang, humiliated at having his personal failures publicized and frustrated by the lack of justice decides to leave Mujin and return to his family in Seoul.
Film adaptation
A film adaptation also titled The CrucibleThe Crucible (2011 film)
The Crucible is a South Korean film based on the novel of the same name by Gong Ji-young, starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yoo Mi. It is based on a true story of mass sexual abuse of Deaf students at Gwangju Inhwa School, Gwangju in the early 2000's...
(도가니 (Do-ga-ni)) premiered in 2011 starring Gong Yoo
Gong Yoo
Gong Yoo is a South Korean actor.-Profile:Gong Yoo graduated with B.A. degree and is still working on his M.A. degree in performing arts at Kyung Hee University. He started his career in showbiz with small parts in dramas and films. He first lead role was in Hello My Teacher in 2005...
as Kang In-ho and Jung Yoo Mi
Jung Yoo Mi
Jung Yoo Mi is a South Korean actress.-Movies:*In Between *Tell Her I Love Her *A Girl *Identification of a Man...
as Seo Yoo-Jin