World Lit Journal _ Piljung

 Rating: 7.5 / 10 The story is about epiphany, which is realization or moment enlightenment experienced of the character. If a character realized something or recognize the truth of world, we call it there is an epiphany in the story. In <The Student>, Ivan went through the experience with Vasilisa and L ukerya: and realize that the tale of Peter from the Gospels relates to all people living in the present.   I have read  James Joyce's <Araby>, which is also a novel dealing with epiphany, and I realized that epiphany is not always good. I realized that it is not always profitable to know the truth of the world. Knowing more about things we didn't know, or knowing unpleasant things we didn't want to know, can be a pain for growing characters.  But don't we really grow only after suffering like that? We say that growing up is bitter and painful. However, through such a process, I think we gradually becoming an adult. (159 words)

 Rating: 9 / 10 When I noticed that this book was written in 1952, I was surprised that the theme of time movement was used for creative activities for such a long time. Then, I got the question. Why did people reflect their desire to go back to the past in books? I think the answer is related to 'regret'. I think many creations reflect the human desire of blaming and regretting oneself in the past and live better in the future. However, including this book, there are many cases of tragedy in novels dealing with time movements. Isn't this giving us a unified message to be satisfied with the present and plan for our future lives rather than regretting what happened in the past and trying to change the present through time movement? Also, I liked that this book as it penetrated the theme of Butterfly Effect that small changes in the past lead to big changes in the present. When we applied the "Butterfly Effect" to our daily lives, we had to choose everything in our...