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  The Lady With the Dog- By Anton Chekhov (1899) Rating:8/10   The first thing I thought of after reading the book was that it was very different from the story I first imagined when I saw the title. The more I read the story, the worse I thought of Gurov. He didn't seem to treat a woman as a single person, and I was disappointed when he ate a watermelon while his opponent was talking. I think the reason why Anna seemed attractive to Gurov is because unlike other women he met, Anna seemed ashamed of herself and the meeting between the two was suddenly cut off by Anna's husband. One thought came to my mind as I watched him coming to Anna, Anna promising him to visit Moscow again, and even lying to her husband. There may be people who think it would be the happiest for them to just meet from the beginning, but I think they were attracted to each other because of the situation of Gurov, who lives a dual life, and Anna, whose husband is away. Also, like a realism novel, I fe...

The Student - By Anton Chekhov (1894) Rating:7/10 The scene that was the most memorable is when Ivan met who women who were both widowed. As a son of sacristan, and who is willing to become a priest, he told a story of denial of Peter, Peter finally betraying Jesus as Jesus predicted. Mabye the reason why Vasilisa cried after the story is because the kind of comfort that religion itself gives and the sadness accumulated since she lived alone are combined or because she really realized something. Anyway it seems clear that meeting with the two women had a great impact on Ivan. Cold winter he saw later changed and made him think of inexpressible sweetness etc. It is good to think about cold winter in connection with the situation in Russia, but personally it was also fun to focus on a single character named Ivan. Looking briefly about structure, I think Ivan being quite desperated but later being transformed fits in 11th stage of hero’s journey, resurrection. Mabye stage 12, returning wi...

  A Sound of Thunder, By Ray Bradbury (1952) Rating: 8.5/10 I think It's my first time seeing a work about time traveling since the movie 'terminator'. Plus, I was interested in the fact that it also included elements such as Jurassic Park. The most memorable thing for me was the one about Eckels, butterfly effect and the time safari incorporation. Eckels was a lot different from the hero I learned in hero's journey. It seemed like he is a protagonist but a troller. It was also fun to see him confident before hunting and him being embarrassed and afraid when he saw the dinosaur. However, If you think about all those things carefully, it seems like the reason for all of this is time corporation. On the outside, they talk about all kinds of precautions and tell hunters to be careful but eventually, they are taking all those things to make money. This story is enjoyable and also have many factors to think about but the reason why the rating is 8.5 may have been because ma...