Best Time to Live in Present

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Hyobin Cho English 52B April 2,2013 Best Time to Live in Present When is the best time to live in? Is it past, present or future? In movie in “Midnight in Paris”, main character Gil wish to live in 1920’s Paris because he gets boring in present. His longing to live in 1920’s Paris leads to time-travel. He travels in 1920’s Paris and meets many people. Paris in 1920’s developed many fields such as ethnic, ideology, art, and literature, so he thinks people living in this time may satisfy with their era. Yet it didn’t. They wish era before 1920’s. He travels backwards through time again in 19th century. He meets Gauguin and Gogh who also long for renaissance. People always imagine another time was their golden time. Then he realized that present which he lives in might be the golden age to someone. It is easy to forget value of now and remind nostalgic for a time will never return. However, being alive right now is awesome. Epically, living in present is the best time to me. There are many reasons why now is the best time for me. Living in present is the best time, because I am living in U.S. While I have lived in U.S, I became more independent and had a strong will. When I came in Unite States on first day, I didn’t know anybody, so I’m hard to adjust in a strange place. I was crying everyday and no eating all day. However ten days later, I remind myself why I came here is to study and be successful. I did myself all of things. I went to market, cooked myself, washed the dishes, washed clothes, paid for apartment fee and utility fee and woke up in the morning. These experiences made me to be self-reliance. Moreover while I have lived in U.S, I have a lot of friends who are in different country. My friend, Susan who lives in U.S instructs American etiquettes. Zeydi who came from Mexico teaches Spanish to me and Haruka who came from Japanese makes me her

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