A dictionary states a term ‘evil’ as wickedness, moral offensiveness, or anything bad. In Christian church, not following God’s words and being heretic is considered evil and bad. Being bad in normal society is little different. Actually, definitions of evil vary in every different community.
As a student, not following school rules are considered bad, but no one in the court find a student guilty and punish him or her just because he or she chewed gum during class period. People call a murder as an act that is morally wrong. Yet, several nations still perform death penalty. Government kills people—conducting a “legally protected” crime, eliminating a human life under a law.
Some group of people view an abortion as a murder. Suppose that you are someone who used to go against the idea of abortion, and your daughter is raped—and I am so sorry to mention this, but I need an extreme example—and to make it worse, she gets pregnant. Would you still disagree with having abortion? Is abortion an evil thing in this case?
Recent news that handled an issue in Islamic culture gave me a huge shock. It was about a case in which a girl was raped by five boys. This situation itself was awful and sad, but what actually disgusted me was the fact that the victim, the poor girl, was killed by her own brother after the happening. In certain nations with strong Islamic conservatism, women’s status is unimaginably low; and when this type of problem occurs, male citizens have no responsibility. Five boys raped a girl. But none of the five boys neither went to jail nor punished. I consider this unfair and evil, but do I have a right to judge them? They say its their culture and tradition.
The definition of evil depends on each situation, point of view, timing, and culture. Nothing can be determined as absolutely wrong, evil, or bad. Then, how can something possibly be evil?

We Should Marry Mr. Bing.

My English class—Ms. P and all of us—had a fevered discussion over a practical issue: marriage. The question of what kind of man a woman should marry seemed quite vague for me. Of course, it was. How could have a sixteen-year-old girl, who hasn’t even imagined putting herself in a wedding-dress, create a structured standard of her future husband? However, it is a question that I must end up with a clear answer in the near future.
Despite its ambiguity, the question brought several adjectives in my head that would describe “the man”: tall, rich, polite, well-mannered, concise, respectful, humorous, active, clean, attractive, courageous, wise, smart, charming, sweet-sounding, tanned, organized, muscular, assiduous, decisive, and short-haired.
What a long list of impossible fantasies. It is not possible for a man like this to exist on the same planet with me. Well, luckily he may exist. But why would this Renaissance man want to marry me? There is no way for me to marry that man, and I know it so well. So, I decided to tear down my nonsense delusions.
Let’s be more practical. Let’s think of a person, a man, a character, whom I would want to grow old with. After a while, I was able to think of a fictional character named Chandler Bing from my favorite TV program, Friends.
Why would I marry this man?
First of all, he has his plan. Mr. Bing is a man who looks after for his future and prepare ahead for it. He earned money and continuously saved small portion of it in order to save budgets for his dream house in the countryside with a small yard where he can be with his children and Monica.
He owns true courage that makes him a real man despite the absence of manly body. Chandler is capable of expressing his love in front of his partner. He is a man who can show his wife his tears to tell her his sincere feelings. He is not a pretentious coward who is busy taking care of one’s own pride. Moreover, Chandler is brave enough to quit his job in order to achieve his real goal. This decision may seem risky, yet his passion and effort are trustworthy of grabbing success.
The very profound evidence of Mr. Bing so appropriate for a life partner is Chandler’s possession of his friends: Monica, Joy, Ross, Rachel, and Phoebe. I think looking at one’s friend is a fine way to determine what kind of person the one is. Having such worthy friends for such a long time evidently proves his good traits as a human being.
Chandler Bing, this man is not very rich. He is neither concise nor muscular. His appearance is portrayed as unattractive (although I personally think he is charming). Mr. Bing is not necessarily smart, clean, or organized. He is definitely not a Renaissance man. Yet, I would still love to walk down the aisle holding this lovable man’s hand.

It was such a long day; I was bored. I turned TV on, so naturally as if I was planning to watch it. With the remote, I changed channels several time, and there it was. Cinderella. When I was young, I watched that film for more than ten times, and I just loved it. So I decided to watch it again with the remaining sweet feelings from old memories. Familiar songs made me smile. However, as it went on, I realized something; something new.
Currently, Cinderella is definitely one of the most loved and popular stories in the earth. Its sweet love lines attracted little girls all around the whole world. Walt Disney Productions had selected the fairy tale to make their 12th animation film, and its successful picturization caused more girls to fall in love with the prince.
Cinderella is the main character in this story. She is the one who was in charge of all the minor housework and she is the one who bears all the pressure from her stepmother and stepsisters. She is certainly a nice, polite, and virtuous girl, yet not a naïve one. The dress and her glass shoes that the fairy godmother has magically created for her perfectly fitted her size. If so, how is it possible for one of the pair of her glass shoes to come off? If she didn’t really have ambition, why would she want to go to the ball? Yes, she said “yes,” when the prince asked her out for a dance, and she was the one who later stepped out and tried the shoe on when the prince was searching for its owner. Love at first sight, people call it, yet loving someone after a couple hours of dance is certainly not enough for them to get married.
Although some people call Cinderella as the pleasant love story, the real truth about the story is quite bitter. The book directly handles lookism and importance of material possession. The prince fell in love with Cinderella since she was beautiful, not because of her inner personality. Cinderella loved the prince, knowing his background and wealth he had. They knew nothing deep about each other. What the prince recognized about her was her outer beauty, and what Cinderella noticed was his position, prince of a nation.
There is a new term called ‘Cinderella complex’. It is described as a desire to be taken care of by others, fearing being independent, which nearly occurs in women. This desire is originated from Cinderella, the story in which it values outer beauty, dressing pretty, and having wealth, but gives idea of a character that cannot be strong enough to be independent, waiting for a man—a prince—to rescue her.
Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast. What a coincidence! Every main character in the story is beautiful, young lady. Young girls do watch these things, and they do accept these things. Why do girls put on their make-up since young ages? Why do they want to shop all the time? Why do they consider plastic surgery? No wonder.

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