Highrise: Compare and Contrast Essay

Hey guys! I am Yoo Jin, back again with a compare&contrast essay about Highrise; it is about suburbans evolving into urban areas, with 'highrise,' which means tall apartments and buildings. I have chose to compare myself to Donna of Chicago, who lives in one of the 14 buildings. It is a documentary movie called Highrise. You can visit here to explore the website just like me. It is pretty cool, having all those interactive things. Please read it, and feel free to make comments.

Donna lives in a highrise in Chicago. At least she used to. Her family, with a lot of sisters, lived in one building. She misses going up and down the stairs to meet her sisters and ask, 'What ya doin', girl?' And her grandmother would always come down and say, 'Turn the music down!' Now, with the building demolished, she lives in a shelter that is an apartment. Her grandmother is dead.

Donna lives in a pretty harsh life. She got shot when she was young, her son got shot even when he was innocent, and saw a lot of people dying. It is a very dangerous town. Her building that she used to live in, a highrise, is demolished. Now everything is hopeless.

My life is very comparable to hers. It is a fact that I also live in a highrise. I live in the 29th floor. However, my life has been quite stable, without any great sadness but only happiness. The city that I live in is safe and peaceful, unlike the town that Donna lives in, where people are shot even when they are innocent. When I explored her house, I was so surprised, how she was living in poor and dangerous conditions. now i am very thankful for my life.

Also, there are different things that I see out of my windows. As I live in Seoul, I usually see Seoul N. Tower from my room, Han River in my parents' room, and even Incheon from the living room. Of course, I see a lot of high buildings from every window. But from Donna's window, I see demolished building, a school, and a couple of buildings. I think, from this, that Seoul and Donna's town is completely different.

In conclusion, I think that we live in a completely different environment, as she lives in a highrise where there are a bunch of gangsters, dirty streets, and an empty field, while I live in a condition where I see a very developed urban area which is one of the biggest cities in the world.