Unsolicited Commentary From the Youth Perspective

The movie The Parasite  is a fantastically morbid and sickening depiction of class divides in South Korea. In the film, a poor Korean family infiltrates a rich, socialite household by manipulating the gullible mother and leveraging her wish to provide for her husband and children. What begins as a normal depiction of family life becomes a murderous frenzy as greed and the want for personal gratification consumes them. The director, Bong Joon-ho, is a South Korean native who often directs movies with an element of horror. In this context, he used the genre of horror and thriller movies as a vessel for his commentary on the class system in South Korea. By presenting his commentary in the form of a fantastical plot with outlandish characters, he is making his points more easily digestible. The point of doing this is to say, "It's silly how the world would rather accept these points through a world of gore and grotesqueness as long as they don't have to see it in the context

My Relationship With Media: My relationship with media is wonderfully twisted. While I despise the existence of social media and often find myself annoyed by conservative news outlets for their portrayal of reality, I believe that media is central to the continuation of society. Thus, I have created a paradox. This is complicated further by the fact that I would like to pursue Investigative Journalism, and in the process of carving a niche for myself in the career that I want, I will inevitably be confronted by the various forms of media that I dislike. Daily, I spend about 15-20 hours using different types of media. To the adults and children who find this number shocking and appalling, it is entirely true. I spend all day in school, using different forms of media to educate myself. Then, I go home and use various forms of media to communicate and do my extracurriculars. After that, I use other types of media to tackle the gargantuan amount of homework I was assigned in school.