Yao Hui Huang (Danny)
Mr.Zack Kelly
5/23/14
Class 3A
The Tiger’s Whisker
“The Tiger’s whisker” is a famous Korean story about a young wife named Yun Ok who received some advice from an old man. This story teaches us that with patience and persistence, you can do anything you think impossible. The old man told Yun Ok he could help and solve the problem for her, but she needs to bring him the whisker of a living tiger. At first, Yun Ok thought and then agreed. Yun Ok traveled all alone through dangerous place and patiently works day after day to tame the tiger and get a whisker without any weapon. At the end of the story, it shows us the true meaning of courage.
The old man says “If you know how to tame a vicious tiger, surely you can do the same with your husband”, and I have mixed feelings about that. On the one hand, I don’t totally agree with the old man’s suggestion because people and animals are completely different. People have independent thinking and judgement abilities (human nature), and animals generally do not have these two features, they just act according to their own survival instinct (animal’s nature). Today, divorce is a serious problem in our society. The major reason is people lack patience, mutual understanding, and honesty, because marriage is established on these basic conditions. On the other hand, I agree with the old man suggestion; in our life, no matter what we do the first thing we have to have is “persistence”; a lot of things can’t be done overnight or a short duration to finish them. Some things may take several years, decades or a lifetime to pay to complete our ideals and dreams in our mind.
In my opinion, marriage is one lifetime commitment. The most important in a marriage is not love or wealth, but loyally and equality. Through the commitment of marriage people can undergo poverty, death, illness, or even endure the test of being separate for a long time. Marriage seems to me like a business, a trust, and a tolerance.
Mr.Zack Kelly
5/23/14
Class 3A
The Tiger’s Whisker
“The Tiger’s whisker” is a famous Korean story about a young wife named Yun Ok who received some advice from an old man. This story teaches us that with patience and persistence, you can do anything you think impossible. The old man told Yun Ok he could help and solve the problem for her, but she needs to bring him the whisker of a living tiger. At first, Yun Ok thought and then agreed. Yun Ok traveled all alone through dangerous place and patiently works day after day to tame the tiger and get a whisker without any weapon. At the end of the story, it shows us the true meaning of courage.
The old man says “If you know how to tame a vicious tiger, surely you can do the same with your husband”, and I have mixed feelings about that. On the one hand, I don’t totally agree with the old man’s suggestion because people and animals are completely different. People have independent thinking and judgement abilities (human nature), and animals generally do not have these two features, they just act according to their own survival instinct (animal’s nature). Today, divorce is a serious problem in our society. The major reason is people lack patience, mutual understanding, and honesty, because marriage is established on these basic conditions. On the other hand, I agree with the old man suggestion; in our life, no matter what we do the first thing we have to have is “persistence”; a lot of things can’t be done overnight or a short duration to finish them. Some things may take several years, decades or a lifetime to pay to complete our ideals and dreams in our mind.
In my opinion, marriage is one lifetime commitment. The most important in a marriage is not love or wealth, but loyally and equality. Through the commitment of marriage people can undergo poverty, death, illness, or even endure the test of being separate for a long time. Marriage seems to me like a business, a trust, and a tolerance.