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Heroes by Aerisu |  |
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Every nation has its own national heroes.
Koreans also have many national heroes and firstly, King-Se-jong, the
fourth king in the Chosun Dynasty created the Korean alphabet, which was
called Hun-Min-Jung-Eum. Secondly, General Lee, Sun-shin in Chosun Dynasty
made Ge-Buk-Sun, a ship shaped like a huge turtle which were sturdy and
armed with several powerful weapons. He led the navy on the Ge-Buk-Sun and
defeated the Japanese ships during the war.
Another hero is Lyu, Kwan-Sun who was a young girl who in 1919 initiated students and ordinary people into joining the movement for independence by crying out, "Hurrah, Independence for Korea!" After that the Japanese, persecuted and then executed arrested her. I know there are military heroes in Australia, the ANZACs are famous and many of them lost their lives in the First World War. So, frankly speaking, when I learned that Phar Lap, a horse, was a national hero I did not understand how this could be. But when I saw Phar Lap in the museum I thought his eyes were beautiful. The veins showed, and you could see his shiny hair and he looked so alive, I had the illusion that his muscles would move even though he has been dead for seventy years. Phar Lap broke the records when Australia’s economy was bad when the stock market crashed in the 1930’s. In a clogged situation like that, people need someone or something that can rescue them from their sad lives. I heard that Australians love sport and gambling, so in Phar Lap he was
a perfect combination to give hope in bad times. I can imagine how Phar
Lap encouraged Australians and gave them hope, while the unemployment and
the people’s depression grew. I heard that Phar Lap was a big-hearted,
generous horse and many Australians seem the same, so I now agree and
think Phar Lap deserves to be considered as an icon of Australian
nationhood - he was and is a hero. |
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