#1-1. A Brief Version of Orthodoxy

"A Brief Version of Orthodoxy" is a short essay I wrote after reading "A Brief Version of Time" (Alan Lightman). I liked Lightman's essay format, and tried to use his format in writing. Maybe you could find out some parallelism, contrast, passive voice, etc.

I could not upload my philosophy essay because it was written in Korean. But I'm proud of this piece almost as much as the philosophy one, since this was a very new try; an alludely-argumentative story of short story structure.

A Brief Version of Orthodoxy

Suppose that everyone is Slytherine.

Strangely, the population of each city splits in two; the More-Slytherines and the Less-Slytherines.

The More-Slytherines believe that pure-blooded stratum is superior to other stratums. They have pure-blooded parents, pure-blooded grandparents, and pure-blooded great-grandparents. Thus, they understand everything about the history of Slytherines, the culture of Slytherines, the philosophy of Slytherines, the identity of Slytherines. Who can argue with this reality? The More-Slytherines believe only pure-blooded stratum is given the right to rule the world. They ride luxurious BMWs, and regard butlers as normal. They sit in cafes sipping Kopi Luwak and discussing social issues. The More-Slytherines view other stratums only as subject to reign over.

The Less-Slytherines perceive that their stratum is inferior to pure-blooded stratum. They may have pure-blooded great-grandfather, less-pure-blooded great-grandmother, pure-blooded grandfather, near-to-pure-blooded grandmother, pure-blooded father, and almost-pure-blooded mother. They, at heart, think they know as much as the More-Slytherines about the politics of Slytherines, the economics of Slytherines, the rules of Slytherines, the technologies of Slytherines. But they never say likewise in front of the More-Slytherines. Who can blame them for this? The Less-Slytherines secretly believe their stratum also has right to rule the world, though they never proclaim it. They ride normal Sonatas and clean their houses on their own. They take out their food from fast-food restaurant and run to their workplace to do trivial tasks in the corner of the office. The Less-Slytherines gaze the pure-blooded stratum with envy and hatred.

The More-Slytherines and the Less-Slytherines have one thing in common. They are always afraid of somebody who has purer blood than themselves. The More-Slytherines are afraid because purer means another subject to share the authority. The Less-Slytherines are afraid because purer means another subject of envy and hatred who will exert more authority on them. Therefore, they start to hurt anybody who looks purer than themselves. The world confronts World War III.

Once the War ends, the world is again divided into the More-Slytherines and the Less-Slytherines. World War IV occurs, World War V occurs, World War VI occurs… War breaks out endlessly. So who will be the last Slytherine left? Who will be the best pure-blooded? How can we gauge the real Orthodoxy?