In Yeomni’s story, it is an extreme case of a corrupt and evil society. The story takes place in North Korea where the worst of the worst is going on. Nowadays media and smart devices runs our society. She did not understand how bad she was living until she was out of North Korea, where she lived. I feel nowadays our society is brainwashed by many things. We do not understand the severity of it because we live through it every single day. One of the main things that has been corrupted is the view of college. College has been seen as the party years and you never see times of hard work and studying. My view of college has been altered tremendously from before I began, to now. Another thing that has been eye opening is the amount of time people
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In the United States and even South Korea, throughout the day you mainly hear mechanical sounds. What she meant by this is she heard cars, trucks, phones ringing, machines whirring now in these modern societies. The point she made next was so impactful, at least to me it was. She went on saying that in North Korea you did not hear any of those mechanical sounds. What you heard was families being together eating and people socializing all the time. There was a lot more connection with one another. Families were closer. Neighborhoods were closer to each other. She says that now in the new modern society she lives in it is hard to not see someone on their smart device and being in connection with others in their area. Nowadays everyone is so focused on their smart devices and social media, there is a lack of human contact in our society. As advanced and modern as we are, we have digressed in the area of communication. In my recent arrival to college I have noticed a lot of people who have had communication problems. They could not be able to hold a conversation properly due to their focus on their smart device. Even when they would not be on their device they would be naturally awkward towards the conversation like they have not had many like that
In the United States and even South Korea, throughout the day you mainly hear mechanical sounds. What she meant by this is she heard cars, trucks, phones ringing, machines whirring now in these modern societies. The point she made next was so impactful, at least to me it was. She went on saying that in North Korea you did not hear any of those mechanical sounds. What you heard was families being together eating and people socializing all the time. There was a lot more connection with one another. Families were closer. Neighborhoods were closer to each other. She says that now in the new modern society she lives in it is hard to not see someone on their smart device and being in connection with others in their area. Nowadays everyone is so focused on their smart devices and social media, there is a lack of human contact in our society. As advanced and modern as we are, we have digressed in the area of communication. In my recent arrival to college I have noticed a lot of people who have had communication problems. They could not be able to hold a conversation properly due to their focus on their smart device. Even when they would not be on their device they would be naturally awkward towards the conversation like they have not had many like that