Specifically, the topics of difficult words to say and the importance of maternal love stuck out the most to me during this episode. Although Sseuregi is only a medical student and not a full-fledged doctor yet, he was exposed to one of the hardest parts of being a doctor; figuring out how to tell a family that one of their loved ones will die. In this particular situation, a mother is told that she will die soon by Sseuregi’s professor, and the only family she has are her two young sons. She is forced to take on the extremely difficult task of placing a heavy burden on her kids which is something that no parent would ever want to do. In South Korea, parents know how hard it is for their children to grow up in a society where academics is heavily and continuously emphasized to be prioritized in their lives. Since the mother already knows that her kids will go through a harsh life growing up, she doesn’t want to burden them even more with the fact that they must fend for themselves once she is gone. Without this key figure in their lives, her children will likely be unable to take care of themselves and may not survive in the harsh society of South Korea. It is common for mothers in Korea to be housewives and take care of household chores such as cooking, but also ensure that their children become successful by determining their talents and remaining informed about the education system (Tilland 2016, 231).  This reflects the importance of the role of mothers in Korea and how critical a loss it would be for the children.