Analysis
Han Byeong-tae and Eom Seokdae are the characters' names, and Han fights against Eom until he is left with nothing. Only then does he fight to get Eom's respect, which takes a very long time. Finally, when Eom does recognize him even as his right hand man, a new teacher comes in and sees that Eom Seokdae is oppressing the boys. Only Han doesn't admit to Eom's wrongdoings, seemingly because he cannot understand giving up the power now that he has compromised all of his original beliefs of freedom.
Han sees Eom arrested for a petty crime by accident. He was not going to see, only musing over what had happened to him. Eom seems unchanged (still controlling people, or at least trying to)
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