뷰티 인사이드/The Beauty Inside

　

"Am I the same today as  I was yesterday?"

　This is the story of a man who suddenly woke up one day and became a different person.

The main character of this story got a disease that changed his appearance, voice, gender and race every time he woke up. One day he wakes up as an old man, another day as a child, another day as a Japanese and speaks Japanese, another day as an American and speaks English. He may look different, but his mind is still him. One day he falls in love with a woman. But he can't get close to her because every day he wakes up and his appearance changes.

　If I had the same disease as he does, I would give up on falling in love. I think nobody would accept me. Who would love me like this, I think.In fact, the main character was also suffering. But when the woman learns about the hero's illness and accepts it, her line is, "Am I the same today as I was yesterday?"It is true that we don't change our appearance every day like the main character, but we live a different self than we did yesterday. We never repeat the same day. This movie taught me about the importance of caring for people and love.

Sherlock Holmes short stories

I still thought Sherlock Holmes was smart. There are lots of clues in the story, but I couldn't solve the mystery. And characters like Watson and Irene Adler are very engaging. Irene Adler, in particular, is as smart as Sherlock, and she can see what he's up to in an instant. I found her very attractive as the same woman. I'm always amazed at the amount of knowledge Sherlock Holmes has.He listens and solves any client's problem. This time I read a short story; there were only three stories and I wanted to read more. I've heard that Baker Street actually exists and I'd love to visit it.

TEAM KADOWAKI's Long Book Review②

　　The book’s contents based on true story. The main character Karen Silkwood was Union activist. In the book,  the story from the beginning of the activity to the mysterious death. She looked beautiful and smart. She started to work had the Cimarron plutonium plant. She thought there are a lot of danger for worker. She tried to change the working environment.

The story made into a movie, so I was ease to imagine scenes as a  Artistic Adventurer. At first, she founded new job with high salary and saw new friends and good boyfriend. They looked happy. However I associated miserable situation that one pretty and happy woman becoming exhausted while continuing the book. The book’s name is “THE DEATH OF KAREN SILKWOOD”. At that point I imagined a lot of image of story. Also I read the book of understanding she would dead. So I thought “Why she would dead?”or “How does she die?”. I could guess several stories.

I made power point about the book’s story. I wanted my team’s members to understand the story more specifically.

　　Since it's a true story, as a connector I searched more about her real life case. And then I edited it into a newspaper article and put it together.

Unlike the previous book, the book “The Death of Karen Silkwood was a little difficult for me to summarize. But the more I read, the more I can understand the content. I summarized it by myself and I introduced in 2nd Literature Circle, everyone listen to my introduction. And my team members showed me own materials, they were very interesting and persuasive. Thanks to my team members, I could have a good time. As I mentioned by text message, during previous Literature Circle, my phone battery was dying, so I will charge my phone enough next time.

　　Also, as a character person, I focused on the main character and asked other members about her opinion. It was very interesting because everyone had different ideas. Also, I did character quiz after we finish discussion. We all enjoyed and could remember story through this quiz. As a discussion leader, i enjoyed discussion because other member’s ideas were very helpful. I’m thankful for my member!

　　As a wordmeister, I wanted everyone to expand their vocabulary, so I created a quiz to collect words that everyone on the team didn't understand. Everyone enjoyed it. I think they had fun while learning.

　　Overall, we did better than last time. It takes some getting used to, but I think the key to our success this time was good preparation.

 

 

 

  I thank Sawa, Kaori, and Misaki for their contributions to this review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Death of Karen Silkwood

I read "The Death of Karen Silkwood".

I was very interested to learn that it was a true story that was made into a movie starring Meryl Streep.

She bravely took a stand to right an injustice. It was very cool to see her risking her life to gather evidence and expose the wrongdoings of a large corporation.

But she died. By a tragic accident. Was it an accident? I don't think so.

There was some great force that got in her way and made her die.

I'm sure she was aware of the risk, and yet she would still investigate to expose the injustice. She is a very respectful woman.