Time Loop on Groundhog Day

The film Groundhog Day(사랑의 블랙홀)

Time loop on Groundhog Day

  Have you ever imagined to be trapped in a time loop at one place? Most people might think about going back to the past sometimes because some of their days were not perfect in their mind. However, what would happen if someone repeats his day for uncountable years in one area? Phil Connors who is the main character in the film spend his interminable Groundhog day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The one spot, Punxsutawney, is the most important element in the movie because it shows that how a man's life is being changed.

  Even though there are few events in Punxsutawney in the beginning of the film, they directly shows what kind of personality does phil originally have. Phil Connors is an arrogant and selfish weatherman and also thinks that he is a talented person. After arriving at the village, Punxsutawney, he meets the man who was one of his classmates in high school, but Phil is not exactly pleased to see him because he is not a important person to him. Moreover, Phil ignores a homeless who need help and does not respect his colleagues. All of these events can only happen in Punxsutawney because if  Phil did not go to the town, he could not meet his classmate and beggar.

  In the middle of the film, Phil is aware of the repetition of his day and does whatever he wants to do because his day is only repeated on February 2 in limited area, Punxsutawney. Phil steals bank money and buys a expensive car, drives drunk, experiences the police chase and seduces several women. These events could not occur in his normal life and also he might never think about doing such things in real life. However, if it is a kind of situation that the date has not changed, but the place is not limited, Phil could not do easily something he wants to do. The reason is that he can know everything such as what could happen in the town because he is in the limited area.

  However, if the day is repeated so many times and everything becomes boring, it is easy to sink into a deeper depression. This situation happens to Phil and he tries to break the time loop, but he fails all the time. For example, he commits suicide in various ways such as letting a truck hit him on the road, electrocuting himself and jumping from a tall building. Moreover, he fails to get her love consistently. In this process, he realizes the importance of being together with other people and tries to start his endless day differently. Phil learns about several skills such as how to sculpt ice, speak French, play piano and memorizes the whole events in town to help people. Even though he lose his vitality to do the things, he find his precious moments with townspeople and become a new person in Punxsutawney.

  Phil's co-workers do not easily understand Phil's changes such as his characteristic and how he acts because they do no know how many of Phil's days had passed. If Phil did not come to Punxsutawney on Groundhog day, he could not be changed. However, time loop gave him a lot of chances to live over and over again. Will Phil ever look around his life truly when he does not come to Punxsutawney?

Geotourism in Damyang

Geotourism in Damyang

  Damyang which is located in South Jeolla Province is one of the areas where people can feel that they are gettng rest. Furthermore, tourists can enjoy its beautiful scenery because the number of buildings is quite few. The Metasequoia road where a lot of trees are standing along the both sides and Jungnonwon Bamboo Garden which is green all year-around are typical tourist attractions in Damyang that shows wonderful landscapes. For that reason, the number of foreign tourists is increasting recently and Damyang is trying to make its place a global city from new tourism business. Being a famous area in Korea can bring positive effect to Damyang such as helping local community that could make money of tour and local products. However, Damyang's effort to make itself popular could bring two side effects to the area such as the destruction and losing its identity. Therefore, Damyang has to keep its present geotourism business.
 
  One side effect of tourism that Damyang is trying to work on these days is that "the destruction of nature" such as trees. One of the reasons that tourists are visiting Damyang is they can feel relaxed while they are traveling the area. However, Damyang is recently putting LED lights to the Metasequoia road's trees because of The World Bamboo Exhibition. LED lights could make the way more beautiful and more tourists can come and enjoy to see the view, but these lights could harm the trees. One of the officials from the environmental movement organization mentioned that it is the antinatural act because LED lights could casue too much stress to trees. If trees get much stress from artificial stuffs, they will lose their greenish color someday. Moreover, Damyang could not make money from this attraction any longer because the Metasequoia road would have no value to visit. Therefore, if Damyang wants more tourists from its tourism, it has to keep the road as it is and stay with its geotourism business.

  Another side effect of tourism is "losing its identity" from tourism. The best feature in Damyang is that the area is nature friendly. However, after many foreign tourists started to visit Damyang, it made a plan to build Meta Provence which is the village of European style in 2007 and was finished in 2013. Most signs in Meta Provence are wrote in English because of foreign tourists. Moreover, some people felt as if they were in abroad. This means that Damyang is losing identity because of tourism. It can make more money, but tourists lose attraction to tour Damyang in someday if the area has no own style. Therefore, Damyang should care about the places such as Jungnogwon and Gwanbangjerim Forest where people can enjoy their geotourism in the area.

  If Damyang keeps their tourism business in those ways which was mentioned for side effects, its area will lose tourists who want to feel its original atmosphere. Furthermore, tourists will not visit Damyang, if it does not have any attraction to enjoy. However, if Damyang is trying to work on geotourism, local community and people who sell local products which are made by bamboo and traditional foods can benefit from it. Moreover, Damyang could be a area that could be called the best nature friendly place and more tourists take it attractive than before and any other place.

  The destruction of nature and losing own identity are two side effects of tourism. However, if Damyang makes its mind to work on geotourism more, those side effects will be solved. Geotourism in Damyang needs more development of its area and if it is improved than before, it can bring better results to local community and people who live in Damyang.