Analysis Of Soccer

Though this movie was made to portray the life in Korea 110 years ago, it really resonated with me because I found it very similar to life in present-day Nigeria—where I am from. The impoverishment of the people and the clear distinction in the social classes was all too familiar. I also observed similar customs as well as unity of the people through a sport. This paper would be addressing the similarity and some of the factors in the movie that I could really relate to or have personally experienced. In class we talked about the impoverishment of Koreans prior to modernization. The movie also reinforced this information by showing the lack of infrastructure and the poor standard of living of the people. This resembles my country even till

Nigerians—especially the men—love soccer; I have yet to come across a male Nigerian who does not like soccer or own a pair of their favorites team jersey. According to a poll survey, a whopping 83% of Nigerians—approximately 179 million people-- show interest in the sport and 65% play. Soccer is without a doubt a unifying element in Nigeria. Nigeria though not very big in size but enormous in population is highly segregated, either based on religion, tribe and even language. However they unify, forgetting all differences and hardships when that whistle blows at least for the next 90 minutes. I saw a similar situation in the movie when the YMCA baseball team played with the Japanese team. Even though there were conflicts within the society because of the treaty, emotional distress caused by the disbanding of the team as well as oppression from the Japanese, and even the betrayal of a friend who tried to kill his friends father; despite all this, when the whistle was blown all those differences were put aside and everyone became just Koreans who cheered for their country. It instilled in them a sense of pride both in their team and in their