2007년 6월 24일 일요일

Essay#2

Topic : Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

-Valued person

My family often went out on weekends. My father liked to took me and my brother with him. So we went many beautiful places in Korea. One day, we went to Hwawang mountain. It was too hight that we have to walk about 10kilometers to reach the top. My family ready for water and some snacks, then start to climb the mountain. I have the least body strength in my family. So only after walking about 3kilometers I almost used up my whole strength. I plumped down on the ground. I felt like I can not go anymore. My father gave me water. Though I drank water, I can not stand up. My hip stuck on the ground. Father made me stand forcibly. I do not want to walk anymore so I slobbered to my father. "Father, I can not go anymore. Why don't we go down?" Father soothed me and grab my hand. I inevitably climb that mountain. I was very annoying that time because my legs were twinged, moreover, I did not have any energy to move. That I complained endlessly. Suddenly my father said, " Mountain is like a life. As there are both downhill and uphill roads on mountain, your life also have good and hard time. When you face hard time in your life, will you complain and go down like now? Throw away all your complaint and see around. Isn't it beautiful?" Then I could see colorful flowers , high trees and hear bird's cute singing. I could feel the fresh air surrounding me. Complaints in my mind had covered my eyes, ears and skin. My father always helps me to catch little things that I can easily ignore. Father takes me mountains every Sunday that I can get power to fight against hard times. I learned about life from mountains and my father's saying. Moreover, when I get stress, he plays with me. Like friends we go PC room, garaoke or eat delicious foods. Sometimes, against angry mother, we ally with each other. For me, father has more meaning than just my father. He is my best friend, only person who I can save whole my secret, a great teacher who taught me what is life and strong super hero.

Journal Entry#2

Do you know "psychopath"? This term was first used by Dr. Schneider in 1920s. The person who is psychopath cannot understand other's emotions and they do anything without any guilt conscience for himself, even murder. Yoo Young Chul who arrested because he killed more than 20 women and Dr Shylib who killed 230 old people by using drugs. Furthermore, Hitler who killed jew in relentless way is also a psychopath. Most of brutal criminals are psychopath, 90 percent of consecutive murderer in the United States are psychopaths. More scary thing is that they are not psycho. Psychopaths kill people in their right mind, moreover, they avoid the police minutely and smartly and they thoroughly calculate their profit before committing a crime. However, these people , different from ordinary people thought, seem like normals people. So they are often called "Snake in suit." There are more than 3 million people in Canada and the United States are psychopath. There are two causes to become a psychopath : inherited and environmental. Person's frontal lobe is related to cognize other people's emotion but psychopath's frontal lobe operates only 15% of its whole. Therefore, they can not recognize other's feelings. Furthermore, Most of them have experiences about domestic violence or family confliction. However, not all of psychopaths are criminals. There are many psychopaths among people who are standing unchallenged. The number of psychopaths is getting increased, it becomes a new serious social problem because they are potential criminals but from until, there are no solution of that. Psychopaths are not far from you, the person who are talking with or passing by can be a psychopath. How should we solute this problem? Should we isolate them only because they have probability to become criminals or let them like now in spite of all danger?

Source :
http://www.blog.naver.com/jiny_v?Redirect=Log&logNo=20038036828

Journal Entry #1

The law cannot protect people. It punishes only limited criminals. Due to lack of evidences or by hiring an able lawyer, criminals slip from the grip of the law masterly.
In 'Death Note' , Japanese comic, hero Yagami Ryto got death note accidentally which was dropped by Ruke who is the god of death. Death note seems like just a ordinary note, however, someone whose name is written on that will die of heart failure if the writer did not write the cause of a person's death, but the writer have to know the face of person whom he will murder. Ryto who is very smart and has a strong sense of justice use that note to kill culprits. Moreover, he wanted to make a new world where crimes do not occur. He thought he is a friend of justice. Because of Ryto, the incidence of crime drastically decreased. Therefore, people called someone who punishes criminals "Kira" originated from killer in English. Through more culprits are killed, finally private detective El(L) who solved many difficult cases in the past requires assistance from Japanese police and considers Kira just as a crucial murderer. Is Kira a friend of justice or a brutal murderer?
It is truth that there are many people who deserve to be killed in this world and I know that victims and their family want to revenge. However, the old saying goes, 'condemn the offense and not its perpetrator.' For example, if your family was killed by someone. You may think that by killing the criminal, you can vent your anger on losing your family. However, it is completely wrong. Your family can not revive by killing him. or even you kill him, it only destroy your whole life. It must be very hard but you have to fortive. He was already suffering from feeling guilty and the criminal will suffer throughout his life. Furthermore, you should revenge him using the law. Of course it is harder than just killing him.
Kira is just a crucial murderer. For any reasons, murder can not be a justice. Vengeance of blood brings another blood.

Source :
Takeshi Obata 'Death Note1~12'

2007년 6월 14일 목요일

Essay#1

Topic : Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.


-Becoming familiar with darkness-


"Help me. I'm in here."
I shouted pounding the at the door but there was any answer. In that dark warehouse, there were only three things ; darkness, silence and me. It was just a piece of mischief. I played hide-and-seek with my cousins. Grandmother's house is a tile-roofed house which seems like the house in Chosun dynasty. I did not want to be found ,therefore, I tried to find where the tagger can not find me easily. In process of finding the place, I discovered a warehouse and I thaught that cousin can not find me out if I hide there. So I hid there and giggled hearing cousin's voice that called my name. Of course he could not find me and I felt tedious. Finally I fell into the sleep in there. Then when I woke up, I left in that darkness alone. Someone locked the door that I could not go out. It was really scared that left alone in the dark place, even more, the silence made my blood run cold. I could not see anything. I felt something like that I am the only one who exist in this world. The pitch-darkness crawled up my body creepily. Only I could do is pounding the door and waiting for that someone will come and get me out of this terrible place. However, as the hours elapsed, my eyes are adapted to the darkness. From then the world became entirely different. I could see all of interesting things in the storehouse. All kinds of miscellanies were in there such as chair, broken mirror, farm appliances and bags of rice located at the corner. My heartbeat was getting faster. I was thrilled about this new world I just found. The darkness was not scary anymore, I felt that it was embracing me comfortably like my mother. Most people feel fear when they can not see the way they have to go. On the road of the life, people are likely to be frustrated in pitch-darkness. However, it is just a short time. A little more time later, your eyes will find the way. Uncertainty is not always bad. I am under uneasiness at my future. What university I will go, what subject I will be major in and ultimately what I really want to do will be realized or not. My future is full of uncertainty, however, I know that I do not have to be frustrated or depressed because this darkness does not cover my eyes. It will help me to find fantastic new world as I found in that storehouse.