Reflective essay 'Spring'

  Have you ever experienced the same thing what you did before? In the film 'spring' by Kim Ki Duk, I saw a boy bothering animals by tying a string with a rock on it, and the old monk saw it too. One day, the monk did the same thing to the young boy so he goes to save them but they were all dead except the frog. He realizes what he had done and it was the lesson for him to not bother other animals again. He knew how painful and tired it is to live and move with the rock.

  Sometimes, I see people pulling dragonflies' wings off so I go tell them, “What would you feel If you are a dragonfly and one day a huge giant comes and rip your wings off?" Then they mostly say, “That won't happen because I am not a dragon fly!!" and then they just ignore me and play with it. I always feel sad about it. I remember when I told people thing by using comparisons. I think they kill or bother animals or insects because they think they're not really important to them. They think it doesn't affect their life. My friend used to say when she kills insects, “This is just a bug Ruby...This is not important! Who cares?" But I think it's not right to kill or bother insects and animals for fun. They also have life. Even if it is a little dragonfly, still, it's living its own life.

  I think the boy learned a lesson when the monk tied the string with a rock to his body. He knew how painful it is and he knew it's the same thing with animals. Let me tell you another experience of mine. When I was in the 2nd grade in Korea, a boy in out class took out a goldfish from the fishbowl and he squeezed the fish so the fish popped. I asked him why he did that and he said for fun. I thought the fish was really poor, died because of a boy's entertainment and I knew that a few people think they can kill something, if it's not a human.

  I think the monk taught a young boy by doing the same thing what he did to him, so he learned that he should not bother animals with a rock. I think it's correct that people learn when they make a mistake. I hope people don't play with dragonflies by killing them again. I wish people realize that animals and insects are important.

  I think the consequence when we do something wrong is that the person who did something wrong will take that back one day. It's only my experience but when somebody bullies and does something bad to my friends then after that she gets bully by other girls and experiences something bad again too. I think it's like a cycle. When I do something good then one day somebody will do something good to me but if I do something bad to other then that will come back to me. Mostly, that's really true. Anyway thank you for reading!