Woman Warrior memoir 2/20

My Great Uncle- A Communist Hero.
A no-name person in my ancestry is my great uncle (brother of my grandmother). The story I heard from my grandmother is one of indifference to his actions. He was a communist columnist and an activist in South Korea during the Korean War. During the war, the South Korean government persecuted communists in the country, arresting and murdering them. Additional information I know about my great uncle is that he was the aire to my great grandfather’s wealth. However, by the war’s end the Kwon family’s wealth was nonexistent. Although in current times, Democracy may seem to be the greatest form of government, to many in Korea during a time of a disparate divide between social classes, Marxist philosophy seemed to be the preferable choice. Although my grandmother’s family was wealthy at that time, my great uncle still preferred communism. I imagine him to be a hero and champion for the poor rather than a villain. I imagine him to be a sympathetic man and an activist striving to decrease inequalities and disparities within the country. As for the question- what happened to the Kwon family’s wealth? I like to think that he used his assets to bribe police officers from arresting fellow communists, giving up money and land to aid the needy. He was as Paul Farmer is to the Haitians but to the Korean communists. To me, this no name great uncle is a hero.