12월, 2022의 게시물 표시

The Tower by Marghanita Laski (1955)

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rating: 8.5/10 While I read this story, I was curious about what 'the tower' means. Why should Caroline go up to the top of the tower? When she went up, I felt like she was defying her circumstances. She was to break the recognition that women should behave modestly and stay inside their husbands' barriers. Because I am a boy, I can not fully understand the stereotype or social pressure that women suffer. The only thing I can be sure of is that it is hard to draw a line between overprotectiveness and respect. If a boy learns that he should protect the woman, the boy becomes a man who wants to control everything with his wife. "Lady First" and "Gentleman" may be old trends nowadays. In the 2020s, men and women should respect and push each other rather than protect and control. Also, my grandmother came to my mind. Her thought can not be free from what she learned in her youth because she lived in an era in that women should follow men. The recognition of ...

Visitors That Come At Night by Ryujin Jang

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  rating: 9/10  This story had features of feminism related to urban horror and problems with the Internet. The non-named woman experienced a weird situation. She lives in an office Tel which doesn't seem comfortable. She is obsessed with her privacy. The whole story seems very weird and horror. However, the most horrible thing is that this story is too realistic. When I surf on Internet, almost half of the pop-up advertisements are sexual content and contain headlines such as 'Raise your own cute female character' or something. That kind of advertisement is everywhere, even on Youtube or Google. Indeed, nowadays, because young generations are available to use those platforms easily, they may learn the wrong attitude toward gender. This circumstance is leading society to be full of distrust and anxiety. In this story, she might become anxious and obsessed with her privacy because she is directly affected by the horrible advertisements. Those advertisements and words are so ...

Cathedral by Raymond Carver(1981)

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rating: 9/10 I liked the casual contents of this story. They act like triggers that make me recall some experiences from my childhood. While reading this story, each of my friends came to my mind. In the first place, the husband didn't understand Robert and had a stereotype against a blind person. However, when Robert made him know the difference between physical looking and emotional looking, he became intimate with Robert. Especially in KMLA, I have many friends who had a unique first impression. Some of them seemed very confident and had no interest in their reputation or gossip. Some of them seemed very timid and selfish. When I first looked at them, I unconsciously determined each of them and ranked them with my stereotypes. However, after knowing them, I realized that the uniqueness of their outlook doesn't indicate who they are. All of them had compassion, emotion, or need for attention. Not determining a person by their look is necessary to have a good relationship with...