Soon, I know, even thought will be lost to me, but I’m alright.
Soon I know even thought will be lost to me but I m alright I ve dreamed of this of being able to live on nothing but wind sunlight and water for a long time now The line Soon I know even thought will be lost to me but I m alright I ve dreamed of this of being able to live on nothing but wind sunlight and water for a long time now is taken from Han Kang s short story The Fruit of My Woman In this line the wife speaks after she has almost become a plant She knows that her human mind and thoughts will soon disappear Yet she feels peaceful She does not fear this change Instead she welcomes it Her dream has always been to live freely without pain or human limits Wind sunlight and water are the purest things in nature They give
life to plants Now she wants to live only on them This means she wants to leave behind hunger sadness and human suffering Her transformation is almost complete She has accepted her new life as part of nature She will no longer speak think or feel as a human but she will live in silence and peace nbsp Han Kang shows that real freedom sometimes means losing the human form and returning to nature s simple rhythm The wife finds happiness not in human love but in becoming one with the earth and air