10월, 2021의 게시물 표시

[Watch out for spoilers.] What does "One Lucky Day" mean in the last episode of the squid game?

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Netflix's Korean drama "Squid Game" is gaining popularity around the world. It is an attractive drama that reinterprets the game that Koreans enjoyed when they were young as 'adult play' and tells a fresh and shocking story. The last episode is titled 'One Lucky Day'. This title is a homage to the novel of the same nave. We would like to tell you why the title of the last episode is One Lucky Day and what it means. 1. What is the origin of 'One Lucky Day'? One Lucky Day is the title of Hyun Jin-geon's short story 'One Lucky Day(운수 좋은 날, 1924)'. The main character of this work, Kim Cheom-ji, is a poor rickshaw driver. He goes out to earn money without listening to his sick wife telling him not to go to work for just one day. There were many customers using the rickshaw on this day, so he made a lot of money for one day. He went home after buying seolleeongtang, her favorite food, for his sick wife, but the wife had already passed away. K...