Simone de Beauvoir + Han Bi-ya

So today in class we learned about 2 women, Simone and Han. I guess I will start with Han.

After she traveled for 7 years in the middle part of her life, it appears as though her travels have inspired her to work with refugees and try to help people. She worked with an organization called World Vision, which is a christian organization working to alleviate poverty in the world, but other then that she hasn't really changed that much in terms of the world. In terms of South Korea though, in class Jieun said that she was probably the most famous women in South Korea, so I would say that rather than her ability to change the world and help people, her influence and inspiration for South Korea is important. Hopefully in the future, she can continue to inspire young South Koreans, and show them that service and helping other people can really help change the world.

We also learned about French writer Simone De Beauvoir. She appears to have had a rather difficult childhood, at least according to our friends over at wikipedia. I think it was very strange that she distinguished herself as an atheist, as my image of France at the time was that everyone was extremely religious, but maybe that is what pushed her over the edge.

She wrote a lot about philosophy, and I have to admit I am not really into philosophy unless it deals with the entire human race, which I'm not even exactly sure that could be called philosophy, more like my own theory on human evolution. I will sum up my theory, which may appear grim, but I don't think humans will get off this rock unless a couple of drastic things happen. It is also beautiful weather, I really don't think it is that hot...