The Tower by Marghanita Laski (1955)



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 gender is changing rapidly, I thought.

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The Lady With the Dog by Anton Chekhov(1899)

 rating: 8.0 The story was simply about adultery, and I don't prefer the topic which is not proper for common morality. In this story, there wasn't love. The surface and inside were always different. The characters don't consider each other but follow their urgent. Gurov seems like a sociopath. When the lady was full of guilt, he felt bored. Also, Gurov was saying love with the despise. His attitude toward the lady made me think that he made the relationship to escape from his dull life. The 'love' of Gurov was not from the heart but the body. He followed her because she was so attractive. When he returned home, he pretended nothing happened and behaved as usual.  Honestly, I also have many faces. I also act differently and sometimes deceitfully. Though I don't like this type of aggressive story, I rated a high score because this story was very realistic. Chekhov revealed the nature of humans, which humans don't want to notice. I can get that no one can blam
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A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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  rating: 9/10 The story moved me very much. I think people sometimes, or usually, consider other people only as a means to satisfy their good. Also, if someone has no use, they don't care about her. In this story, Pelayo and Elisenda find the old man with wings that look like an angel's. At first, they had no interest in the unique figure, but when they knew he was profitable, they exploited him. They took care of him only because they could earn money from him. Though Pelayo and Elisenda must be criticized and seem awful, I think most people are not really different. Even in KMLA, most students pretend to be kind and genuine to others when they need something from others. Even I pretend to be kind and sometimes feel I'm a liar. Thus, the story reflects a reality though it uses characters who are a bit different from humans in the real world. Considering weak people as a means to earn profit and exploiting them does occur realistically. This cruel reality makes me sad.
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