A Journal of the Plague Year
In the face of massive disaster and the fear of death, how are human reason and morality tested?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first read this novel in the form of reportage, my skin crawled at how vividly the horrors of London were described. Daniel Defoe's insight lies in coolly recording the full spectrum of humanity in the extreme crisis of plague, from the psychology of crowds gripped by selfishness and fear to the ordinary heroes who quietly devote themselves to helping others. It poses a weighty question: how disaster shatters ordinary life, and what dignity we must hold onto within it.
"The danger was immediate, and the terror was universal."Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
"두려움은 전염병 그 자체보다 더 많은 사람을 파멸로 이끌었다."
🌱Apply It Today
Don't be easily swept up by collective fear amid an unexpected crisis or confusion. Right here where you stand, find the smallest selfless act you can do to help others, and carry it out quietly.
