Junyoung Ro World Lit Journal

 Visitors that Come in the Night, by Jang Ryujin (2019) Rating: 8.5/10 It was fun to guess of the men coming in front of the door and why were they coming. I guessed that the place where she moved was used as a prostitution before. The men knew the password of the doorlock so they kept pressing. And also they come at night. So these are the evidences of this place.  In Korean society now, there could be a similar situation like this. In the news sometimes appears the situation like this. A strange man follows a woman and tries to go inside her house. So I think this story is giving a warning to people as a Urban Myth. Because of this, it made the story more excited and I wanted to read the full version of this story. I'm very curious of the men's identity and how the woman deals with this situation. (143 words)

Snowman, by Seo Yoo Mi (2012) Rating 9/10 This short story showed the inside of the Korean society of office workers. I want to talk about two things. First, the symbol of snow. Climate changed on Korea so it snowed a lot, even people couldn't go to work. However, the main character digs the snow and try to go to work. I think the snow means pressure for Korean office workers, or even all the people in the society. They have to get rid of this pressure and go to work. Yoo couldn't withstand this pressure and finally he died.  Second, the irony of the New Year's Day. In this short story, the setting is 1/1. Genarally, January 1st is the happiest day of the year. People began the year and they make new year plans. They expect the year can be fine. Unfortunately, this day became a nightmare because of the snow. The main character and Yoo's effort fell down with the snow. The specific date of this story made the characters more ironical. (167 words)