Question #2

Question 2) Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or “fixed”?


The year 2006 was a hard time for many people in Korea. There were a lot of house price confusion, the economic conditions were not good, and political injustice emerged as the local election took place and there were some bribery suspicions related to it in that very year.
I want to talk about political corruption and injustice that there is a similar part in this book. There are some talks about the politics, and people are worried about the Government. According to ‘Money Today’ news’s editorial writer, who wrote an editorial about flourishing country and not flourishing country, the people think that the reason to their country’s bad condition is because of bad leader, and there is a concrete investigation report from Harvard University about what is happening under the leader. It mentioned ten reason of a country’s not flourishing situation, and political corruption was in the first place.
Also, there is another column from “News Maker,” it mentioned the political situation that was in 2006. One member of Grand National Party said, “Is it all that if a person is a Governor? A true Governor should act like a real Governor.” There are so many Governors that do not act like one, and I think this is a serious problem. They do not participate well on the conference, they do not work for the citizens. All they are interested in is money. It makes me think that Governors do not try hard to develop their country and they sometimes be an obstacle to the country’s development.