▶ Your Answer : Some people think that living in the past was more comfortable
and easier than in the present. However, in my opinion, today’s life is better
than past generation. This is because of improvement of economy and development
of technologies.
To begin with, compared to grandparents’ generation, overall
economic situation is improved. Half a century ago, there were many problems
that make people difficult to get mere sustenance. For example, my grandparents
had to experience Japanese colonial era in their childhood and youth. It is
difficult for a country without sovereignty to develop its economy. Furthermore,
after 36 years of forced occupation of Japan was ended, Korean society became
extremely unstable. Consequently, Korean war broke out after 5 years. Fortunately,
the society now we live in is more democratic and stable situation unlike turbulent
period. So, people nowadays are able to earn money enough to maintain their
living more comfortably without terrifying or worrying about disastrous social
condition.
On top of that, people who live today benefit from developed
technologies. It is evident that technologies make people’s life better in
speed and convenience. As industrial technologies including transportation and
communication improve, people can contact each other quickly and easily. Let’s
take the telephones as a simple example. Before the invention of the telephone,
it took a long time for people to send messages via letter or by person. Many
people lost their family members during the Korean war while fleeing, they
lived separatly for decades because there was no means to contact each other.
If communication technology had developed at that time, this tragedy would not
have happened. In contrast, almost everybody has their own mobile phone to use
with ease.
To sum up, today's society has become advanced not only in economic
situation but also in technology that positively influence people’s overall
well-being. In this regard. I strongly maintain that people these days have
much better life compared to those of in the past. |