Blog post #9

           You may hear of many expressions that mean “I love you”. How is that possible? It is because of various languages. But unfortunately, nowadays there are disappearing languages. So I want to talk about this topic. Should there be one world language that everyone speaks? In my opinion, I do not think so. From now on, I will mention the counterargument which is about the good part of using one language. Then I will declare my opinion which is negative at this topic.

           Thinking simply, it may be good to use one language, because it can benefit convenience and does not cause conflict or misunderstanding. Especially, in UN discussion and debating session, by using one language people can communicate more easily. But do you think that using one language can benefit all?

           Language is same as culture. Think about if Korean disappears. None of people will agree with that. Because if our Korean language disappears, our culture will also be in a bad situation and that will cause vanishing. For example, not only the word such as Hanbok and Kimchi, but also many pure Korean names such as Sora which are not used as Chinese will be not used. That will make our life more difficult.

           To add, language itself maintains its own unique thing. So if we have many languages, it means that we can keep variety and diversity. When you think of your experience, this thing will be more understandable. Think of the time when you travel. One of the reasons that people enjoy travel is because of exotic atmosphere, which of them is influenced by different language. Also, if we have just one language to speak, our brain will not activate. Thankfully, as we have lots of language, we have chance to learn another language.

           Hence I argue that we should not use just one language. According to these reasons, there were three sectors; the counter-occasion when we use one language, seeing language important same as culture and maintaining variety. Therefore, we should maintain many various languages and try to keep that all.    

Rewiring essay #1

Soo jin Park

Prof. Kyle Brebner

IERW (03)

7 October 2015

Picture of a warm atmosphere

Seeing wonderful pictures make me happy and smile, so I love to go to art galleries and appreciate the pieces. My favorite one is ‘Dance in the Country’ which was painted by Auguste Renoir. Before talking about that picture, first it is proper to look into the artist Renoir. If you know about the life of the artist, you can figure out much better about the motive or reason why he painted it. After looking through the artist’s life, I will talk about the remarkable description of painting, reason why I like it and why I chose this painting.

Auguste Renoir was born in France at 1841 and his parents were poor. Therefore, he could not afford to go to school. Instead of studying there, he got a job at a pottery factory when he was 13. At there, whenever he had time, he went to The Louvre and saw lots of various artworks. That was the time that he dreamed about being an artist. When he turned 20, he entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts which is a school of fine arts. Even though he did not live in plenty, he always tried to draw and paint works with positive thoughts. His most famous quote is “Picture should be lovely, exciting, beautiful and pretty.” Like so, he painted the drawing that have bright and clear colors, having in mind about people who might see his pictures. Therefore, lots of his paintings are full of mild and warm-hearted characters and materials. He did not lose his passion for painting until he died in 1919.

Through checking Renoir’s life, now it is time to look at the ‘Dance in the Country’ painting. In the picture, there are two main characters who are dancing together. As the picture has warm tones and soft lines, it maximizes the beauty of the atmosphere which encompasses the whole picture. By clearly drawing outline of man and woman while drawing background vaguely, we can concentrate on the main couple who are dancing. As the title suggests, its background is the countryside. Taking a good look at it, you can see the tablecloth, some cups of coffee and straw hat. It demonstrates the happy spirit of everyday life in the countryside. When you look down at the left side, you can find a person’s face. Mainly, it seems like the dancing couple is in the center. As you pay attention to the woman’s face, you can notice that she feels so happy that even though her hat blew off to the ground, she could not recognize her hat missing, because she feels so romantic about dancing with the man. But if you try to look at that in a different way, you may focus on a girl who was painted at the bottom of the left side. Doesn’t the girl look like she is staring at the man secretly? It means that the girl has a secret crush on the man who is dancing with another woman.

Whenever I look this painting, I really feel the urge to go inside the painting and enjoy atmosphere with them. The reason I picked this painting as my favorite one is because of its color effect. As the colors that are used in it are so warm, bright and smooth that it helps me relax. Also, I adore this painting because of the girl who was drawn down there. It is interesting that the artist try to saw the girl who secretly loves the man.

Like this, I mentioned the painting that I love most. By explaining his life and describing the painting, we can enjoy it much better. By admiring this drawing, it gave me lots of thoughts about love and people’s feeling. I think that Renior not only painted the picture well but also described people’s feeling such as drawing the girl at the left-side bottom who likes the man secretly. Also, as I see the picture, it makes me feel warm and soft. I consider that feeling is associated with the reason why people like to appreciate the drawing. To add, as we search the life of an artist and appreciate the main factors of painting, we can know much more about the painting. 

Invention of medicine

It’s great to win a Nobel Prize, since it is verified as the one of the excellent prize. So, today, I will talk about the winner of Nobel Prize in physiology this year. Her name is Youyou Tu and she is Chinese. She won this prize because she invented the medicine that is against Malaria. By seeing how she invented the medicine and how it contributed the world, we can know the greatness of her invention.

 Before figuring out how she won this prize, we should look at the procedure of her invention. She discovered and invented the drug against malaria and other parasitic diseases. As malaria affected many people’s death, she struggled out to solve this problem. As she was the expert on traditional oriental medicine, she focused on it. After studying and searching for the solution, finally she discovered an active ingredient called artemisinin form sweet wormwood. Then she knew that artemisinin can cure for malaria. To enhance the solution, she invented substance which is called as dihydroartemisinin. This substance can be synthesized chemically. So, she combined it with the other substance that is piperaquinone. The medicine that is used as cure for malaria is the combined one. 

The medicine that she invented was remarkable to the world. Because it was the first time that Chinese won the Nobel Prize. I think that Youyou Tu struggled so hard that finally she won it. The notable thing is that she grafted two varieties together which are western medicine and oriental medicine. Excepting all the other great invention, there is a reason that she won the Nobel Prize. As many amazing scientist try to find the medicine which can cure malaria, they were not able to make it. But Youyou Tu did not give up and just try and try to figure out.

Because of her incredible medicine, we can now cure malaria and save lots of life. I suppose that as Chinese won the Nobel Prize; we Korean can get one someday if we try hard. It is such a brilliant work to invent some necessary one. It is much better when it comes to the life. By talking about invention of medicine, I come up with thought that science is inevitable thing that we cannot bring down.