에코잉 리얼리티(Echoing Reality)

"She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda



One of the best things about books is that they have that inimitable quality of being the world's only real flying carpets. They can take you wherever you wish, whenever you wish, at whatever cost you wish. But books, belying their ultimate accomplishment of pleasure, are written with an initial purpose of communication. In the joy of imagination this original drive is often forgotten.

The original drive is what makes books so powerful of a legacy in our everyday world, and this book is a tribute to the legacy our generation has inherited. The messages of the great works through the ages have been freshly viewed, analyzed, and applied with the youthful perspective of a seventeen-year-old. The pages of Echoing Reality will always be open for all seeking a cup of good literary cheer and youthful wisdom.

Word of Recommendation 004

Foreword 006



Part One Life on Paper - Novels

The Great Gatsby, by Scott F. Fitzgerald 016

Tender is the Night, by Scott F. Fitzgerald 025

A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner 036

Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston 043

Beloved, by Toni Morrison 053

Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis Carroll 059

Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand 069

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 080

Roman Fever, by Edith Wharton 089

The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton 098



Part Two Life on Stage - Plays

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde 108

An Ideal Husband, by Oscar Wilde 118

Lady Windermere's Fan & A Woman of No Importance, by Oscar Wilde 127

Mrs. Warren's Profession & Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw 136

A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen 149

Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen 160

A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams 170

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams 181

Macbeth, by Shakespeare 191



Part Three Life in Life

The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams 202

The Pearl, by John Steinbeck 213

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley 225



Works Referenced 251

김한빈 저자 김한빈(1996~ )은

◈ 24th National English Competition: Grand Prize

- Hosted by Sungkyunkwan University, sponsored by the Dong-A Ilbo

◈ 12th International English Test: Gold Prize

- hosted by the IET Committee

◈ 2012 National Foreign Language Competition: Silver Prize

- hosted by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

◈ 2011 National Spelling Bee of Korea: Silver Prize

- hosted by the International Graduate School of English

◈ 12th International English Contest: Bronze Prize

- hosted by The Korea Times

◈ 4th ESU(English Speaking Union) Korea Public Speaking Competition: Bronze Prize

- hosted by the British Embassy in Korea and JoongAng Ilbo, sponsored by HSBC



Due to father's overseas posting, moved to China during her second year at Daewon Foreign Language High School. Currently attending International School of Qingdao. (11th Gr.)