The Call of Cthulhu Opening
2024-07-10
This post explores a Korean adaptation of the opening paragraph from H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” which delves into the unsettling idea that our sanity is preserved by ignorance.
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14 minutes
Story Difficulty
Vocabulary · 63
words
Elementary: 40 (63.5%)
Intermediate: 22 (34.9%)
Other: 1 (1.6%)
Grammar · 34
patterns
Level 1: 18 (52.9%)
Level 2: 8 (23.5%)
Level 3: 7 (20.6%)
Level 4: 1 (2.9%)
Level 5: 0 (0.0%)
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A Little Fable
2024-07-07
This post features a Korean adaptation of “A Little Fable,” a short story written by Franz Kafka, about a mouse lamenting the world’s increasing confinement and encountering an inevitable fate.
1886 words
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9 minutes
Story Difficulty
Vocabulary · 44
words
Elementary: 38 (86.4%)
Intermediate: 5 (11.4%)
Other: 1 (2.3%)
Grammar · 25
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Level 1: 13 (52.0%)
Level 2: 10 (40.0%)
Level 3: 2 (8.0%)
Level 4: 0 (0.0%)
Level 5: 0 (0.0%)
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The Stonecutter's Journey
2024-07-04
This post features a Korean retelling of the Japanese folktale “The Stonecutter,” where Taro, a humble stonecutter, is granted great powers and learns a timeless lesson about desire, strength, and true contentment.
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52 minutes
Story Difficulty
Vocabulary · 143
words
Elementary: 93 (65.0%)
Intermediate: 50 (35.0%)
Other: 0 (0.0%)
Grammar · 44
patterns
Level 1: 20 (45.5%)
Level 2: 16 (36.4%)
Level 3: 7 (15.9%)
Level 4: 1 (2.3%)
Level 5: 0 (0.0%)
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Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?
2024-06-16
This post features a Korean adaptation of the famous parable “The Old Man Lost His Horse” from the Huainanzi, an ancient Chinese text that explores Taoist philosophy.
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23 minutes
Story Difficulty
Vocabulary · 48
words
Elementary: 36 (75.0%)
Intermediate: 12 (25.0%)
Other: 0 (0.0%)
Grammar · 20
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Level 1: 15 (75.0%)
Level 2: 3 (15.0%)
Level 3: 2 (10.0%)
Level 4: 0 (0.0%)
Level 5: 0 (0.0%)
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