Response to your Response

Hi Vera—

          Thank you for sharing this story about the current situation in South Korea.  As an outsider to the history and current affairs, I   am unfamiliar with the present political concerns of the country. Over our brief conferences and through our readings,  what you describe here makes sense. It reminds me of similar tensions that exist in other parts of the world, such as Cyprus, where there is a divided area between the Turkish and the Greek Cyprus. While growing up in Greece, also, I was hearing constantly on the news  about the political tensions in Palestine that were characterized with violence and destruction. The reality in South Korea seems to be tension-hanging-in-the-air, a feeling similar to that of a cold war situation. Violence has already occurred during the war but the inner alienation is still likely to be felt within, particularly, by those who lost family members during the war. The movies we can watch through the provided link in the forum further substantiates the cruelties of war and the potentially lingering effects. You are right, such movies do weigh high emotionally with viewers, particularly, due to the human drama described within and the cruelties that reflect war conditions.

 Nice talking with you!