Jun Do does a very bad job pretending to be a fisherman, and the Captain decides to give him a chest tattoo like the rest of the crew so that he'll fit in better. The Second Mate tries to stand up to them, but the Captain intervenes. One day, the fishing boat is boarded by an American naval crew. Jun Do feels special sympathy with the night shift rower.
He eventually forms bonds with the Captain and the young Second Mate, who share his enthusiasm for the broadcasts of two American female rowers attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean. Jun Do is then put to work on a fishing vessel, intercepting and translating international radio communications. He's rewarded with a trip to language school, where he learns English. Even though he feels twinges of conscience-especially when he contributes to the death of an innocent Japanese woman-he does everything he's told. After some years, Jun Do's conscripted into kidnapping work because of his skills at fighting in the dark. It's dangerous work usually doled out to orphans, who are considered expendable. When he's 14, Jun Do becomes a tunnel soldier in the military.
He does everything he's asked, sometimes making some morally questionable decisions in the process.
Jun Do has heavy responsibilities at the orphanage, including naming all the new boys, portioning out the meager rations, and assigning the boys to dangerous work details. He's convinced that the Orphan Master is actually his father and that the beautiful woman in a photo hanging from his wall is his mother. We're introduced to Pak Jun Do, a North Korean boy who begins life in an poor orphanage.
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