Introduction Stories in an anthology often depict the cultural beliefs of a society in which they are based. Stories have been used as a way of passing down communal values to young generations. These stories have information literary on all the values that the society upholds and even those that are despised. Therefore, it is very easy to comprehensively understand a given society by analyzing the stories written about that society. This essay is a form of analysis of societies depicted in four stories. The four stories which are analyzed are the Silver Trout Fishing Network, Third Meeting, A Day and a Half of Freedom and Until the Next Century. Societal values that are depicted in these stories will be analyzed in this essay with a major emphasis laid on how the different societies depicted in the stories view relationships. Half of Freedom A Day and a Half of Freedom is a wonderful story set in Asia specifically in Japan, Tokyo in the 1960s. At this time in Tokyo, kids and adults attended schools and worked respectfully half a day on Saturdays thus Saturday afternoons were full of freedom. Through Kazuo’s imagination, a reader is previewed how a Saturday afternoon may be spent in Tokyo. The author used a flashback to build up the rest of the story in bringing out an element of discrimination which was directed to the Koreans by the Japanese. The third meeting is a story from Korea authored by Mi-na Choi. The story is about a family that struggles to make ends meet. There are so many disappointments in the family and the story is filled up with heartbreaking moments. The story is weaved around Kyung-sook and her struggles in her life and the hard moment she had to confront her son Seuk-ho whom she even never brought up. The third story is until the next century and is written by Xu Xi and based in Hong Kong. This story is centered on two lovers. The Silver Trout Fishing Network was based in Korea and written by Yun Dae Nylon. The story is about a fishing network called The Silver Trout. Through the interaction of the members of this network, we get to understand the way of life at this moment in Korea. Third Meeting All four stories above depict different relationships among people of different ages. Generally, the relationship in the stories can be classified into romance, marriage, and just friendship. The Third Meeting story presented a very strained kind of relationship between a mother and her son and between the mother again and her family consisting of two sons to whom she is a stepmother. Kyung-sook goes through a very trying moment especially after the first meeting with her son Seuk-ho. Seek-ho is mistreated by the stepbrothers. Seek-sook has torn apart between her son Seuk-ho and her family. After Seuk-ho being mistreated by the stepbrothers, he goes back to her grandmother where somehow he makes through his academics and enrolls in the military. Seek-ho shows attachment to his mum despite all the bitter moments they underwent and as a show of confidence in her, he (Seuk-ho) sent his baby to be taken care of by the mum (Seuk-sook). In my opinion, I see the relationship between Seuk-sook and Seuk-ho has a very tight one despite all the fire that this relationship undergoes. The othe