Yurim Kim

Introduction Dictionary definition of Scapegoating: [NOUN] If you say that someone is made a scapegoat for something bad that has happened, you mean that people blame them and may punish them for it although it may not be their fault. [VERB] To scapegoat someone means to blame them publicly for something bad that has happened, even though it was not their fault.

My topic is ‘scapegoating’ for my Glocal

English final project. I was interested about meaning of scapegoating. This word means such as a victim of a false accusation. Also, I like mystery and criminal movie and drama. When I watch movie or drama, there are so many victims like a scapegoating. They are not only get a trouble, but also they are usually social inferiors. They have no power, money, and status. They can’t do anything when they get a trouble because they are weak. It is like a fixed formal. I want to know more about scapegoating, so I choose this topic. I found three of drama and movies for scapegoating. If you have a good look, these are having almost similar contents and repertories. As I said, it is like a fixed formal. Let’s look at formal of scapegoating.

First, we have to watch three synopsises of

movies and drama.

“ Present of number ‘7 ’room ”

Main character who had handicap was framed

murderer who killed police officer’s daughter. Actually, a little girl who died was killed by herself because he slid on icy road and then she was stabbed hard rock. Main character went to jail for scapegoating. He faced the death penalty. People tried to help him for clearing his name…

Yong-Gu

He is a main character of this movie. He had handicap. Unfortunately, he was framed murderer who killed police officer’s daughter. But he is kind and he loves her daughter very much. The chief of the National Police Agency used force to him and hit him. Therefore, he faced death penalty and then he died.

The chief of the National Police Agency He could not believe realities that her daughter died. He wants to believe ‘Yong-Gu’ was killed her daughter. In addition to, there was a witness and evidence. He wanted to get ‘Yong-Gu’ into the jail and to He threat Yong-Gu. Finally, he made him faced death penalty.

Yea-Sung

When she was young, she didn’t know anything, however, when she grow like that(the other kind police officer raised her), she is became a lawyer because of her father who was falsely accused. After she became a lawyer, she applied for a retrial. And then, he was finally cleared of the false charge. However, it was made few years later after her father died for the death penalty.

Growth

“ Gabdongi ”

Long time ago, there was

consecutive murder incidents in the province of country. Main character’s father who had handicap was framed murderer and then he was called Gabdongi (Korean sometimes call unknown person’s name) Detective wants to take a murderer, however, Main character wants to clear his father’s false charge and then he wants to catch real Gabdongi. This drama such as a conflict of detective and main character.

Ha Mu-Yeom

When he was young he lived with his father who had handicap. But his father was framed a serial killer. After his father died he became a police officer and then he would like to find and take Gabdongi. He have a conflict with detective ‘Yang Cheol-Gon’.

Yang Cheol-Gon

He is a detective. When 20 years ago his daughter ‘Seon-Ju’ was fallen from a high building, there was ‘Ill-Sik’ on the building. So, ‘Cheol-Gon’ thought he did push her down after that he had anger about ‘Ill-Sik’. As Mu-Yeom, he wants to take Gabdongi.

Ha Ill-Sik (Ha Mu-Yeom’s father)

He had handicap and he knew real Gabdongi, but he didn’t tell who he is. He got evidences such as bloodstained clothes. Unfortunately, he died during the investigation. Until now, he is a mystery person. But obviously he wasn’t kill anybody.

“ Hide-and-seek ”

Main character got a phone call

from his brother’s house owner. He said please pay an overdue his brother’s rent. After that he visited his brother’s house, however, there was no one. He heard strange rumors of his brother and he saw strange signs next to doorbells. He tried to find his brother and person who was hiding and then killed people. He had troubles with real killer. Finally, he caught killer. Finally, when she was hiding with her little girl in his house, he set a house on fire.

Seong-Su

He has mysophobia. Thanks to his disease he could find strange signs next to doorbells at his brother’s apartment, after that he could find his disappeared brother. While he found clues for finding his brother, also he could find clues of real murderer. Finally, he found

his brother’s dead body and set fire to his house which was hiding real killer.

Ju-Hee

She became a killer. She was never get her own things such as house or something else, it made obsession to get something. It was like a trauma, also it made her crazy. She exaggerated a rumor of Seong-Cheol. He was killing people, he always watching our

house. As you know, it was not true. Because the killer was her.

Seong-Cheol (Seong-Su’s brother)

He was killed by Ju-Hee. He got incurable skin disease, everybody (except his parents) was hated him even if her brother Seong-Su. He live alone and drop her brother. Seong-Su was hated Seong-

Cheol, but Seong-Cheol loved his brother Seong-Su.

Second, we will see comparisons of three movies

and drama.

Comparison

First, Let’s compared with ‘The present of room number 7’ and ‘Gabdongi’, As you know these two things are having very similar repertoires. The film and drama appeared that social weakers who got no power, no money, and no status were discriminated against from social strong person. Usually, these repertoires are made viewers expressing their anger and sadness. These are using presence of the father make viewers sad. In conclusion, point was seen almost same scapegoating from film and drama. Second, Let’s watch Hide-and-seek. There was a woman who was having mental trauma that she never has her own things until now. She killed people because she want to their house and valuable things and then she lived their house. She told main character that his brother made her scary and he killed people. She was crazy. Main character’s brother got three types of scapegoating. Let’s look at this. First is he had an incurable skin disease was the first type of scapegoating because he is a weaker from when he was born. Second is he framed a sex offender because main character was adopted but when he saw his brother, he felt aversion. Therefore he wants to leave with his brother, he lied to police officer. And then his brother went to jail. Third is he framed murderer who killed neighborhoods and then hid their house by real killer. As you know, these repertoires are almost same.

Finally, we will see conclusion of

scapegoating.

Conclusion

Even if a small group makes easy to one

person for scapegoating. When they get together, they can’t feel guilty. However, when they are alone or when they grow,

they will regret for doing like that. Nowadays, it is a serious topic of Korea. Teenagers know what they do and that is very bad, but they don’t feel guilty. We have to know and we have to feel this is

really serious. Violent dramas, movies and TV shows make people violent and people

know it is not quite rude or bad.

We have to know where we did wrong.

Do not make Scapegoating.