Minjok essay

 ‘Minjok’, this word is very controversial word in today’s Korean society. Some people relate this word with ultranationalism and exclusiveness and others interpret this word as identity. However, looking at the history of ‘Minjok’, it is shorter than the history of telephone in Korea. In the era of Japanese occupation, Japan tried to assimilate Koreans into their empire as ‘imperial subject’ around 1920s. Therefore, to prevent complete...

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Short essay about "London 1802" by William wordsworth

Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness;...

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Reading journal from new ideas from dead economists

 Maybe, humans' behaviors and mental states are one of the most unpredictable things in the world like Japan's earthquakes. Economics is the subject that predicts human's behaviors and choices and makes the theory useful in society. But, human's choice is so unpredictable that usual economists can't give sure answer. So, some people scorn economists always blow hot and cold. However, the great economists are different. They made sure their own answers and apply it in society. They contributed to the progress of society.  There are...

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ChalDduck pie

vivid description of ChalDduck pie I store ChalDduck pie in my closet. This delicious pie is wrapped in plastic package which is decorated with picture of a purple flower and a butterfly. The wrapping makes a rustling sound. I can see brown material when I rip off the wrapping.  This brown material is round. The front surface is uneven and the back surface is even but has irregular shape. To observe in detail, I can find slight cracks...

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Monthly TOEFL essay #2: The future of art

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” This is the famous quotes from John Cage. This quote reflects the spirit of contemporary art like Dadaism, Fluxus, abstract art, etc. They have been tried to destroy the paradigm of previous art. Therefore, they create new world of art and contemporary art becomes the representative art of 20th century. However, I assume this innovative paradigm would...

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Creative topic essay of university of Chicago

"Have you ever walked through the aisles of a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club and wondered who would buy a jar of mustard a foot and a half tall? We’ve bought it, but it didn’t stop us from wondering about other things, like absurd eating contests, impulse buys, excess, unimagined uses for mustard, storage, preservatives, notions of bigness…and dozens of other ideas both silly and serious. Write an essay somehow inspired by super-huge mustard." Yellow,...

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How does the use of genre and writing style support the main ideas in George Orwell's 'Why I Write'

why I write In ‘why I write’ by George Orwell, Orwell writes about the history of his writing and its motivation. He suggests four motivations, which are sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, political purpose. The writer wrote because of three motivations except political purpose when he was young. However, he had changed and started to write for political purpose which means he wrote because of desire to push the world in a certain direction. In this essay, the writer unfolds his thought by dealing with political purpose...

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Reflection on my in-class response to Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner.

The appearance of Nacirema that I assume  The first impression when I got the paper about Nacirema was embarrassing. This is because Mr. Menard gives a surprise present, surprising essay day. Then, when I read it, I become more nervous because the sentence structure and lexicons in the writing were so hard that I couldn't understand them easily. For example, the difficult expressions like 'incarcerated' or 'thaumaturge' kept me from understanding...

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My idea about girl's dormitory

All KMLA students have been curious about the purpose of the building which had stopped being constructed for many years. It should have been finished many years ago but it hasn’t because of lack of fund. However, recently, KMLA decided to build the building again for girls’ dormitory which led to much controversy. Many students have skeptical thought about girls’ dormitory. I also agree with such thought that girls’ dormitory is not...

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Academical film review : "the age of stupids" by Jeremy

Doomsday clock  In 2055, the old archivist of a big archive which stores all of books, work of art, documents reviewed the situation of 2008 to find the reason of the end. The environment of 2055 is totally destroyed as a result of Global warming. Then, through the video, we can watch 'stupids' who don't care about environments and various people. By watching the videos, the old man asks a question 'Why didn't we stop climate change...

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personal narrative speech scirpt

 How do you deal with people who you abhor? Punching? Kick? or giving 매운 양념 chicken to them? Dealing with them is quite tough stuff. I also have had this difficulty even until today. However, I have a fine solution which I obtained from my experience. My experience started with the big man. The big man's name is Lee BoHoon and he has a mental disability. Before I met him, I had thought all disabled people were kind. Bohoon broke my prejudice. Anyway he was shocking and really big. He weighed 108kg even though he had the same height with...

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My favorite book

 3 months ago, Israel declared war against Lebanon because of the missile of Hezbola. Conflicts between Israel and its neighboring Middle Eastern countries are quite frequent. Since I didn't know well about the reason and process of such conflicts before, I used to consider Middle Eastern society as the society of terrorism. However, after I read Inside the Lebanon, Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky, it all changed;...

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