Title: Run, Melos, Run
Author: Osamu Dazai
Publisher: IBC PUBLISHING
Level: 1
Summary:
Melos is a young man and he is a person with strong sense of justice. However, the country which he lives is ruled by Dionys who is tyrant king. Melos hears that the king kill many innocent people, and he decides to assassinate the king. But he is caught and arrested. Melos wishes that the king give him three days so that he can attend his younger sister's wedding. The king agrees, but Melos' friend Selinuntius have to be left, and if Melos doesn’t come back, Selinuntius is killed. Melos continues to run for his friend's life's sake. After three days at sundown Melos finally arrives at the city, just in time to save his friend Selinuntius. The King is moved and Doesn’t kill Melos.
Rate: ★★★☆☆
The level is not high and the story is not long, so I decided to give 3 stars. I have also read this story before. Osamu Dazai is very famous author in Japan. So this story is adopted for many textbook in Japan. This story is written in Japanese at first, so reading this book in English seemed somewhat odd for me. However, I like this story, because the story tells us the importance of friendship and believe your friends.
2009年10月24日土曜日
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: IBC PUBLISHING
Level: 2
Summary:
Alice’s adventures started with the white rabbit. The white rabbit is guide and very important character in this book. Alice pursued the white rabbit with interest and entered the wonderland. In wonderland Alice met many wonderful characters. Drink me bottle made her little. Caterpillar smoked very much. The Hatter and The March Hare held strange party. The Queen of Hearts was very angry and likely to kill her. Then Alice realized this was not a real. So readers finally knew their wonder was Alice’s dream.
Rate: ★★★★★
While I read this book, I felt strange as if I was in the wonderland too. I think this book is philosophical and educational. Although this book is very strange, the fantastic story makes children much more imaginative. I have read this book before, but the book was written in Japanese. And I have watched the movie, which made by Walt Disney. So I knew the story, but reading this book in English was also fan for me, because I realized the different aspects of this book’s interests.
Author: Lewis Carroll
Publisher: IBC PUBLISHING
Level: 2
Summary:
Alice’s adventures started with the white rabbit. The white rabbit is guide and very important character in this book. Alice pursued the white rabbit with interest and entered the wonderland. In wonderland Alice met many wonderful characters. Drink me bottle made her little. Caterpillar smoked very much. The Hatter and The March Hare held strange party. The Queen of Hearts was very angry and likely to kill her. Then Alice realized this was not a real. So readers finally knew their wonder was Alice’s dream.
Rate: ★★★★★
While I read this book, I felt strange as if I was in the wonderland too. I think this book is philosophical and educational. Although this book is very strange, the fantastic story makes children much more imaginative. I have read this book before, but the book was written in Japanese. And I have watched the movie, which made by Walt Disney. So I knew the story, but reading this book in English was also fan for me, because I realized the different aspects of this book’s interests.
2009年10月9日金曜日
Winnie-the-Pooh
Title: Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: A.A. MILNE
Publisher: PUFFIN
Level: 5
Summary:
Winnie-the-Pooh is a main character, but he is not a real animal bear. He is a stuffed animal of Christopher Robin. In this book, though Pooh is a stuffed animal, he can walk, he can talk, and he can think.
Pooh has a many friends. Some of them are stuffed animals like Pooh, but some of them are real animals or a human. So he sometimes help them, and sometimes he is helped by them. He is so brave to go to where is very danger for helping his friends and taking honey, which Pooh likes very much. This is mainly point in this book.
Rating: ★★★★★
I thought this book was too long to finish reading in one week, but the story is very understandable and very fan. So I can read this book in one week.
Pooh and his friends are not a hero, but they think very much to solve their problems. This is very important thing for not only children but Japanese adults, because I heard that Japanese adults today are so languid that they don’t want to think very much. So I think, if you are not a child, reading this book is meaningful.
Author: A.A. MILNE
Publisher: PUFFIN
Level: 5
Summary:
Winnie-the-Pooh is a main character, but he is not a real animal bear. He is a stuffed animal of Christopher Robin. In this book, though Pooh is a stuffed animal, he can walk, he can talk, and he can think.
Pooh has a many friends. Some of them are stuffed animals like Pooh, but some of them are real animals or a human. So he sometimes help them, and sometimes he is helped by them. He is so brave to go to where is very danger for helping his friends and taking honey, which Pooh likes very much. This is mainly point in this book.
Rating: ★★★★★
I thought this book was too long to finish reading in one week, but the story is very understandable and very fan. So I can read this book in one week.
Pooh and his friends are not a hero, but they think very much to solve their problems. This is very important thing for not only children but Japanese adults, because I heard that Japanese adults today are so languid that they don’t want to think very much. So I think, if you are not a child, reading this book is meaningful.
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