2010年1月15日金曜日

The House at Pooh Corner

Title: The House at Pooh Corner
Author: A. A. Milne
Publisher: IBC
Level: 4

Summary:
This is the second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, written by A. A. Milne. In this book, Pooh and Piglet built a house for Eeyore, and this title comes from this story. The next story is the first introduction if the character Tigger. Yes, he is the one of the most famous characters in the Disney’s Anime “Winnie-the-Pooh.” This book is composed of ten chapters. Through those chapters, Pooh gradually became smarter, he knew many things and many times, and he invited a new game.

Rate:★★★★★
Winnie-the-Pooh is the first book I read written in English. I really like it, the stories and the characters are very cute and attractive. So I decided to read this book “The House at Pooh Corner.” Actually, I didn’t know very much about this book, because “Winnie-the-Pooh” is famous in Japan, but this second book is not so famous. However, when I started reading this, I found that I know some of the stories in this book. The reason is some of the stories are animated by Disney, and I watched it.

Robinson Crusoe

Title: Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: IBC
Level: 4.5

Summary:
Robinson Crusoe went to see looking for Adventure. But his adventure was much more severe than he expected. He became the slave and, after managing to escape, he reached an island. Robinson Crusoe lived many years in that un-inhabited island. He lived alone but made tools and built his life by himself. Finally, he could go back England about 28 years after he went to sea.

Rate:★★★★☆
Robinson Crusoe is, I think, one of the famous characters in all over the world. His adventure is fun but I don’t want to be him. There are many dangers, many people around him died, and he also met dead or alive situations, so he is only a lucky guy. I know it doesn’t make sense to say such things to novels, but I can’t understand why this book is so famous.

A Technique for Producing Ideas

Title: A Technique for Producing Ideas
Author: James Webb Young
Publisher: IBC
Level: 5.2

Summary:
There is the Formula of making new ideas. An Idea doesn’t come from nothing and is nothing but more or less than a new combination of old elements. So it is unnecessary to have any special talents or abilities for getting ideas. But you have to think and train the mind.

Rate:★★★★☆
I agree with this. I also think an idea comes from a combination of old elements. Getting idea is not as same as making new, creative, and fantastic story. For making such story it is necessary to have a talent, many knowledge and writing skills. But getting idea is not necessary any talent, but only combine the things you have learned.