Sebastian Kwon World Literature Journal

Did the girl and the boy actually lose their memory and could not recognize them?  I think this is not true but the description of the situation was quite convincing to me. I think the memory part is simply exaggerated by the man. As a man I, of course, had an experience feeling that girl will 100% fit me. There is a funny quote that if men see a girl that they like, men imagine the house and love they make just in 10 seconds. This quote is very exaggerated but I think the halfway is true. When I met a girl that I truly love, I sometimes imagine the marriage of the girl. Like this, I think Murakami exaggerated a little bit but still, the description of the story is very magical and beautiful.  Rating: 9.5/10

Should the boy tell his emotion to the Mangan's sister? I actually had an experience loving a girl older than me. And I realized something very important. Even though she refuses it is important to say my emotion. The advantage of Loving an older girl is that we can learn a lot of things about relationships. Even it is not the relationship between she and me, I could learn many thing such as speaking in a frank way. For the same reason, I thought that acting like an introverted child is not a good attitude for the boy himself. He should steal the vase and give it to her saying that he loves her. The price of the vase can be retained. But the regretful emotion is permanent. Rating; 7/10

Would Eveline's choice have been wise? Of course, James Joyce does not focus on this book is not love, I wanted to talk about the unfortunate reality of Eveline. I think it's wrong that Evelyn chose her family. Eveline always looked after her brother and father after her mother died. While taking care of him every day, he and his father would automatically depend on Eveline. But the gentle Eveline had lived in service to others so little he had done for himself. In the meantime, I finally met Frank, a man like my destiny. She must have been happy and free when she met Frank. I think Eveline should have followed Frank for two reasons to eliminate family dependence for her own happiness. Rating: 7/10

     After finishing this story, I was quite uncomfortable, and I thought why. The main theme was an affair of two married adults, but I was only comfortable with the romance stories of nonmarried people. Almost every romance that I watched was about two young people. Through this story, I thought Chekhov was describing affairs as beautiful romance rather than unethical behavior. Nevertheless, I think an affair can never be justified. Marriage is a sacred vow about loving one girl for entire lasting life. When you like someone even though you have your laver and kids, you should realize the situation as quickly as possible and become a good husband and a father. word: 112 rating: 5/10

After finishing reading this story, I could not understand why Vasilisa started to sober after listening to the Gospel about Peter. After reading twice about the Gospel, I thought there might be similarities between Peter and Vasilisa.  Vasilisa's daughter, Lukerya, was beaten by her husband. However, through Vasilisa's tear, we can infer that Vasilisa was regretting her attitude, being a bystander. I thought the author of this book Anton Chekhov deliberately set Vasilisa's job as a nurse to show emphasize Vasilisa's attitude similar to Peter. Peter was a student of Jesus and he denied it because he was afraid. Like what Peter did, Vasilisa might be afraid of Lukerya's husband and she just did nothing even though she could help Lukerya as a nurse. As a result, she felt similar between herself and Peter, and she regrets her behavior and cries just like Peter did. So ultimately what did Chekhov want to say through this story? He wanted to say the power of the story an...