I had A Hero

What is a hero for you?
I read "I Had A Hero", which Mike Tidwell wrote. In this story, tow men appear, one is Mike who understands how to make pond, and another is Ilunga who hoped it for fish. In the story, Mike is asked to dig the pond for fish by Ilunga, and they starts digging the pond fifteen by twenty meters with shovel. On the way, Mike became bad condition but Ilunga does not stop digging until he finishes. And Mike feels his way ought to be a hero.

When I was reading it, I drew the pictures to understand what I read. These pictures are the scene of fatigue duty of Mika and Ilunga."the work is like a marathon. If you go too fast, you invite physical ruin. If you go too slow, you may never finish" (paragraph 14) And there are the peculiar words of the place they dig; therefore, I used a dictionary many times. And I took note such words to remember if such words appear again. These three strategies helped me to read the story smoothly well. 

If this story could continue, I predict Ilunga will succeed to teach people how to raise fish to other person from Mika with his dream. 

Chapter 6-Criss Cross

I am reading Criss Cross, which Lynne Rae Perkins wrote. Chapter 6 started from the scene which Debbie and Patty change own cloth. They told varied sort of subject, and Debbie started talking about turquoise, which white and orange plaid double-knit bellbottoms and jeans that she bought with her mother. 

In chapter 6, there are few difficult words so I did not use a dictionary as them. Furthermore, the sentence of chapter 6 is not difficult, too. However, chapter 6 is told about girl’s garments, sentence is easy but many kinds of names of girl’s garments are I had to use a dictionary to understand what I read. 

When I read it, it makes me remind about buying garments. I knew everyone has own sense as it, indeed, there were lots of people who insisted own sense to me in Japan. And I learned the cloth is a part of oneself from them. In chapter 6, I felt Debbie’s consideration what she wants and does not want, everyone is serious when buying or choosing the cloth. When I choose my cloth, I always ask it how it looks good on me. I want to ask all reader. What do you think when you buy the cloth?

Criss Cross-chapter 5

I am reading Criss Cross, which Lynne Rae Perkins wrote. In chapter 5, to watch the radio show became a habit of Debbie and Hector. She invited her friend Patty to watch it, Hector and his male friends became chivalrous, like gentleman, in front them. While they watched the radio show, she was tempted by his smile and had a smile. All men started dancing with all girls because they have not watched her smile until them, they were enjoying well. As the end of dancing, she stepped on Hector’s foot. She apologized him. “I kind of liked it” He said it as a joke. I infer that the author wanted to picture the scene, which her mind started changing and growing up. I can see her changeable and growth from this chapter and it reminds me common pleasure assumes human relations it smoothly. 

In chapter 5, there are few difficult words that I needed use a dictionary and took a note. I think this novel is consisted of easy words and unusual words, so it is easy for me to read it if unusual words do not appear in the story. However, this novel makes me think keenly and deeply. The reason is that the author tries to make profound meaning by easy words. So I must read sentences more than once. 

When I read it, I felt pleasure from this chapter. Because I also like the radio. When I was in Japan, there were few friends who listened to the radio like them. Probably, this is a problem of the times. Therefore I wish that their relationship which is consisted of a radio show continue. But I expect that the radio show does not appear in the next chapter because the next is Hector’s chapter. This novel crisscrosses. A radio show is her important article. It is not his article.

This chapter reminds me the time when my few friends and I had listened the radio together 1:00 a.m. of every Sunday. 

After thoughts, The Wisdom of Toads

After I read The Wisdom of Toads, my thought has changed a little. He told that he thought running away with Karen could solve everything; it means he had consciousness of sin. And his criminal was on the mutual understanding of man and Karen, even he who was the teacher may explained running way is the criminal to her. He does not indicate not only resentment but also angry as her. I felt so. He called himself “hardly a father except a title”, and he recognizes his criminal is betrayal with Karen. I like such a father. My thought has changed to good will from disgust as this story.

The wisdom of Toad

I read the Wisdom of Toads, which Ken Lamberton wrote. This is about the story of a man who is in the prison and puts family outside of the prison. He has three daughters, who are Jessica, kasondra, Melissa, and he wants to influence them as much as possible. The reasons why he spends in the prison are things that he got married with Karen When he was Karen’s teacher and she was 14 years old. In the paragraph 14 and 15, Karen went back to school of the criminal law to study the law behind his crime to save him, and the judge gives him the release on parole to live with children. 

 When I read it, I confused reading technical terms about the court and the judgment. I used the reading strategies “I use a dictionary to help me understand what I read” and “When text becomes difficult I re-read it to increase my understanding”. However, this text is still too difficult to read for me, even though I use two strategies. But I hound my original strategies “When unknown words increase, I take a notebook to put down and define them”. I sometimes forget the word that I defined once. Therefore, if I can look the notebook which wrote a word immediately, as for it, it is a tool helping most for me. 
   
 In the story, it surprises me that men’s conviction and his activities in the prison. As for his conviction and activities, I think they should not be allowed in the society. But I felt he is kind person from the novel. A paragraph 10 is filled his love for his children, I begun to like him as I read it. I wish he will be happy with his family. 

 I predict he will tell thanks which couldn't be better for Karen who is his wife. I think his temporary release is consisted of his wife’s efforts. He also understands his life in the prison is the betrayal as his wife. I expect that Karen appears in front of him. She studied the law behind his crime to save him, and she saved him temporarily from the prison. I think she is feeling pleasure. 

And, I found mp3 of The wisdom of Toad.
http://www.assistivemedia.org/
There is it in this website.

the summer the sun did not blow up

I am easy to be swayed by a rumor. When I was in grade nine, someone told me that we need credit in fencing and curling to graduate from RIST.  Because my classmate  said so and because i was new to the school I believed him. When I read "the summer the sun did not blow up", which Birmati Lakhan wrote, I suggested myself from children in the novel. I think to believe is very important characteristic but sometimes it become fault. 

“the summer the sun did not blow up” is wrote by Birmati Lakhan. In this story, started since small rumor spread radically among the childlen. The children discussed keenly to make idea can resolve problem index is “the sun would break”. But that rumor stopped as it arrived by the parents. The children were angered by their parents but they were swayed by a rumor again. That rumor is the sun would not commit sin. I think only one thing that childlen is happy because there are people scold as bad things.

I used three strategies. One of all, it is to try to go back and re-read when I lose my concentration. Second of all, it is to pay closer attention to what I am reading when text becomes difficult. I have a certain habit that to read slovenly if I lose my concentration. So I tied to do it when I feel text becomes difficult or losing my concentration. To re-read text is very useful technique for me. And last of all, it is to use a dictionary to help me understand what I read. There are three words I do not understand in the story. It is not only this story but also all novels to use these strategies. If I read difficult novel that I can not read smoothly over again with a dictionary, even I can understand it generally: therefore this technique is always useful for me.

chapter 4 "radio show"

I read chapter 4 of “Criss Cross” which Lynne Rae Perkins wrote. As I was reading it, I knew a fact of the surprise. Hector has already known Debbie. It is really surprising fact because each chapters I read did not imply their relationship. I expected a story of the sadness and love story that they appear in crisscrossing each chapters and came across someday. It is a shock really. But I must clean this slate to write next.

In this chapter, Hector plays with their friends. There is not detail description in the novel. Surely this is not important for the story. After they played, Debbie is sleeping their car. I want to read this chapter again, but there is not really detail description how they did. Then one of Hector’s friend, Lenny notices the car of another friend, named Phil, can watch the radio show. Just this timing, Debbie awakes. Everyone recommend to watch it to her. She begins to watch as she feels bewilderment. (I beat fast when I imagine the scene.)
As a result, she is satisfied that radio show. But everyone who watched radio show is confused by the last question appeared in the radio show. I am also confusing yet.“What do you get when you cross a (something) with a (something else)? Joke.” 

The theme of Criss Cross

The book I am reading is Criss Cross which Lynne Rae Perkins wrote. This book always makes me consider how we should live a day. Title of Criss Cross is meaning just to crisscross. There are two main characters in the story, and they appear in the story reciprocally. 

The reason is that they had not been satisfied well. One of main character is Debbie, she always wished something happen. That something is including not only pressure but also grief. She is waiting something happen. This her way of living makes me consider how I thought and lived past-days. She is thinking and living for her identity, but I do not do so. She demands a meaning of her existence. However, I spend meaningless days without thinking about anything.
Furthermore, Hector who is another chief character is perfect. He can easily perform everything so he is anxious in days. His story advances while he feels doubt in days without the change. His way of life is about to appeal to us for something in the same way as Debbie’s way of life, too. It is the sadness without the purpose in the day. When I read his story, I felt so. In chapter 1 to 4, I think they are waiting something happen. It is to discover their purpose and something they lives for, and interpret their way of live is just this novel’s theme.

Boys, Dogs, Science Fiction.

In the chapter three, Debbie came back in the story. The name of chapter three is “Boys, Dogs, Science Fiction.” I understood that the constitution of this book, which named Criss Cross, crisscrosses in the same way as a title. Chapter three treats the story that Debbie and her younger sister Chrisanne and neighbor Tesey lay prostrate on their chaise lounges. There is specialized rule among Chrisanne and Tesey, it is that one of them must have said something to Debbie. But she does not notice they ask her, she ignores them and begins to read a book. When she finished the last page, suddenly she tosses the book down on the grass. As I read that sentences, I interpreted that book could not satisfied her. When I am also unsatisfactory, I read books well: however, a book has not satisfied my desire. That book she read is science fiction novel, it treats about telepathy. She was interested in telepathy first: however, loneliness occurred in her heart when she began to think about telepathy. I knew she should have been able to talk with boy in the middle of a normal conversation, but she does not decide this way. When she notices, her dog, Cupcake, who was is sitting in the grass a few away from her. When her neck-scratching transported him to a state of bliss and he offered her his throat for scratching, she wishes if boys could be more like dogs. For the reason that he already found everything what her interesting and important are. 

I strongly sympathize with her. The impatience, which is important to find what I want to do, is very hard. In my expectation, her desire will be satisfied by meeting Hector. .
 

monster parents

Today, I read the time. That time is not recent published one. It is I received by my tutor to up my ability to read English. It was published on June 7. It treats “Japan's 'monster' parents take centre stage.” 

An article the time treated is that monster parents falsified the story of the Snow White that kindergarteners planed to do it in a recital. Its process is monster parents sued it is so sadness and bad things for children that only one girl can perform the snow white princess, therefore, they made children’s teacher fired by complaining the boss of that teacher, and they made an unit founded monster parents to make their snow white. When I knew index of their snow white, I laughed and angered and grieved. There are 25 snow whites in the story. Can you understand their story? An answer is really simple. They thought only one girl can perform the snow white is so sadness for children, therefore, they made all girl students perform the snow white. They are mad and crazy and brazen and unscrupulous. 

Now, Japan is worrying about such a person called monster parents. Their characteristic is only one thing; it is over-love of their child. The event I remember latest is about a shoplifting of children. Recently, their shoplifting of books and games is increasing. I think the mother should anger the children who did commit shoplifting: however, such parents called monster parents do not do anger them. Conversely, they sue the owner of the shop that was shoplifted by their children because why the book shop puts the book at the place where even child can steel easily. They are crazy and mad.

To be honest, I thought Japan is very good country as compare with other country because we are held on the Statute Books. This Statute Book is the most important why I thought Japan is good country. Japan had Japanese low until the result of Japan’s lose was apparent in the world war two. After the world war two, Japanese low was refused and received the Statute Books by the America. I heard this Statute Book is ideal of America. That is to say Japan is an ideal of America as far as possible. I believed it and made it a proud of Japan. Now I think they are like a neoplasm of Japan. I am feeling embarrassment because of them. 

I wish the time comes when they look themselves. If that time comes, all monster parents will surely commit suicide by their rotted behaviors.