1.Who did I work with to compose my hiraeth project? Was this a good approach?
By myself, it was quite good approach because, the one who knows about myself and remembers my memories well is me. 2.What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? Choosing my Hiraeth, and revising my essay about Hiraeth was quite hard, since, I am not English native speaker. Therefore, I went to writing center a lot for revising essays. 3. When did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote Hiraeth project at night. At night, I become more productive in writing essays, and it was good approach as well. 4. Where did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this project at home. It was not a good approach due to fatigue. I always become lethargic when I do my assignment at home, so I have to do at learning commons. 5. Why did I choose to write about my chosen hiareth? It was because to most of my classmates, Hiraeth was left as good memory. However, I wanted to show them Hiraeth can be left as regret. 6. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of the hiraeth assignment. [Be specific. Review your original six-step writing process plan and consider posting a new six-step plan.] I have heard that my first draft's sentence structures are quite messy. I have to reorganize it, and try my best to write audiences can sympathize with my Hiraeth.
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This is my one of the examples of Hiraeth. This song is an original sound track of Anime Digimon. Probably, there are some people who watched this Anime. This was really popular in 2001 in Korea, even though it was a Japanese anime. I still remember that I ran to my home in the middle of playing with my friends at playground to watch this anime. Every Monday and Tuesday at 5pm, I always waited for those days because of this anime. The summary of this Anime is 8 chosen children are saving the world. They suddenly embroiled into the world called "digimon" world; the world for digital monsters. There, each chosen child met their partner digimons, and fight against enemies with them for saving digital world and the world they belonged to. This anime is my Hiraeth, because it stimulates my nostalgia. It reminds me the time that I had to run to my home to watch this, and when I arrived home with panting, my mom was always preparing my dinner, and even when I was attending kindergarten, main topic of conversation was always Digimon. I still cannot forget those scenes from my mind. This anime has a power of arising the feeling of going back to the past. Moreover, I still remember that I had to fight against my friends to play role of my favorite characters when we play. It is very stupid when I think about that time now though, I think I was really pure compared to now. Likewise, when I am in hardships since my life is hard sometimes, I watch this video so that I can remember my boyhood which I was very pure and lived without any worries. However, so many things are changed from the past, and I became an adult. Now, I have to face severe reality, and be prepared for such adversities which I will get through. When I watch this video clip, I feel happy but at the same time, I feel sadness since I cannot go back to the past.
I used to live in the coastal city which is called Busan in South Korea. The location and name themselves are not changed, however, the place remained in my mind has changed a lot from the past. Ten years have passed since I left. Busan is extremely modernized compared to the years that I lived there, and the places that I used to go with my family do not exist anymore. The city that I remember was really beautiful. The city itself was surrounded by beaches, so wherever I was, it was possible to feel a beach with its salty scent. Moreover, if night came, I could observe a really pretty night view at the café on the hill which was called ‘Dalmagi’. Moreover, the people in Busan were thoughtful and kind. Sometimes, when I went to the market in Busan and bought foods or fruits there, I could get extra free stuff that the owner gave me. And, there was a really good sauna that I could go with my dad. The sauna was really humid, and it was really hard to breathe because of steam. Also, I had a lot of friends who I cannot contact anymore now. Always, I used to have an adventure with my friends. We headed to the forest and hills which were behind our house and we caught insects. I was really innocent and lived life without any worries.
Until now, the thing that makes me want to go back is the scene filled with beach with waves, the seagulls’ call, and the special scent of ocean winds. These stimulate my senses of going back home. Under the strong sunlight, people played without worrying, and there were a lot of children who were floating on the ocean with tubes. So did I. I used to love to listen to the seagulls’ call while floating on the ocean with a tube. There was also strong sunlight which burned our skin. Sometimes, I got sunburned as well. However, the sunlight on the ocean was quite joyful, because of the reconciliatory sounds of seagulls calling, people screaming, and waves crashing. It makes me very peaceful. However, I cannot go back to Busan of my memory. There are so many skyscrapers compared to the past, and the street that I used to play with my friends are not existed. In addition, not only city, but also myself is changed. I am not an extroverted boy anymore. Right now, I has become an adult who has to face hardships, and I have become a college student with transcripts who is a bipolar patient becoming sad and happy. And, people I used to know are changed coldly because of their hard lives. There is no more affection among people anymore. Everyone’s faces are stiffened, and they never smile towards people like before. The merchants who knew affections tried to get more money from guests. Therefore, the place that I have known as warm no longer exists. Still, I have that warmness in one side of my heart. However, at the same time, my heart hurts because of the fact that I lost the hometown of my boyhood. Hiraeth project discussion: I think for ‘Hiraeth’, it can be the one’s hometown, but also I think it can be the time that one wants to go back to. At this point, people can discuss which can be our Hiraeth between place and time we want to go; still, my Hiraeth is the time that I want to go back to. No matter how we desperately want, we cannot return to the past. For example, for me, I personally want to go back to the time when I lived in Busan; the biggest coastal city in South Korea. I did not have any worries at that time, and from my house to the beach it takes only 15 minutes by walk. Of course, I can go back to Busan whenever I want, since the place still exists. However, the view that I saw as a child, and the view that I see with the view point of an adult is totally different. Moreover, Busan does not have a same view as before, compared to the past, it is too modernized, and the street that I used to play, the restaurant that I used to go with my mom, and the sauna that I went with my dad does not exist anymore. Therefore, I personally believe that talking about the past that we want to go back to is more close to Hiraeth that we are going to talk about. I think a movie or video clip can be the best for my assignment and describing Hiraeth. Since song lyrics can only convey words to audiences, it has limits in stimulating audiences’ imaginations. However, a movie has everything that can stimulus every sense of people not only our imaginations but also auditory senses and maybe more than that. For example, there are some movies or dramas that describe about specific eras like 1980s. Those movies and dramas can also stimulate people’s Hiraeth, thus, I think for Hiraeth videos and movies are the best sources that can occur nostalgia for people. |
Jacob (Chan Woo Kim)
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