Now let’s take a break from typical anime and look into something different from the usual shall we? Today we review the 1997 novel Audition by Ryu Murakami. Audition was published in 1997 and written by Ryu Murakami, then published in 2009 in english translated by Ralph McCarthy. The book was published by Bunkasha in Japan and Penguin in the US. I hope you don’t lose your feet in this review. Disclaimer: There may be spoilers Story: The story is pretty simple, in the beginning of course. We Aoyama, a documentary maker, who is a widower. A long time ago his wife, Ryoko, died due to an illness. After her death, Aoyama was left along with his son, Shige, in a miserable state of existing. However, over time, Aoyama and his son managed to …show more content…
Where to begin with this guy? Well for starters, Aoyama gives the air of an old fashioned kind of guy. Through the course of the book, Audition, he gives off this impression by how often he recalls his younger days and how often he recounts so olden philosophy and wisdom to his young lady friend. If I had to give him a fatal flaw is that he was TERRIBLY blinded by love. I heard love makes you do stupid things but my word! The red flags were all over the place yet he foolishly ignores the obvious signs of danger or is just plain oblivious. In essence Aoyama was a love struck idiot through the entire course of the book. Next we have Shige, the son. Shige is the whole reason behind the events of the book, as it was his idea that his father, Aoyama, should go off and get remarried. This is further shown in the beginning as Aoyama thought the whole process of getting remarried was nothing but troublesome and unnecessary and only gave it a try due to his son's recommendation. Other than that, Shige was just a normal happy go lucky 15 year old teenager enjoying his youth while his father was preoccupied. I did find it ironic how Shige became the center of things. Next is Yoshikawa, Aoyama’s long time friend and the essential mastermind to the audition plan. Yoshikawa was the first major voice of reason trying to warn Aoyama off the potential danger of his new girlfriend. At first Aoyama did listen to Yoshikawa’s advice by …show more content…
However, this by no means, was a bad read. I found this story to be very interesting and compelling, but seriously wtf? 1st I found that Shige was the only one with a combination of sense and some compassion. Example is that Shige is open to Aoyama dating but is cautious, while Aoyama's friends are usually telling him to straight up keep his distance, to stay away. And if anyone has that one friend who gets easily infatuated should know, telling them to stay away is like saying the exact opposite to them, which is exactly what happened. Another thing, who the hell was that guy in the wheelchair that freaked out when the first ate together? I had a feeling it was the stepfather, but it was never really addressed. Lastly, that ending....was so damn abrupt. "What was this all about?" "I don't know, nothing really." Lastly the so called friend Asami had to speak to her Mentor....why was that never addressed? Not that it matters since readers of the book should be able to piece together what actually happened. Final points, that sex scene was descriptive as hell and I couldn't read that with a straight face no matter how hard I tried because of laughter and absolute horror at the calm before the storm. Oh, and RIP Gangsta (he was
what kinda sucked about it is that they dragged out to the end. which made you know what's going to happen when ending came. that's why it was so dull cause I was on the last page and Sam still hasn't been killed yet so I knew right away what was going to happen. Recommendations: I would recommend this if you want to study the sight affects of the war.
Hungry for some food, the boys return to Mattru Jong again. However, they were ambushed by three rebels and Ishmael and Junior were chosen to be killed in line. Gunshots were heard from the village and ... ... middle of paper ... ... r family or to strangers.
...s were so long. I was just about sick of cod after I was only half way through the chapter. I feel like Greenberg could have done a better job of separating the book and make it more readable. While I really enjoyed Greenberg’s opening personal story, I did not see its purpose by the end of the book since he did not tell any more in-depth personal stories. For me personally, I did not really enjoy this book. I would not read it again.
This is my personal reflection about this book. First and foremost, I would like to say that this book is very thick and long to read. There are about nineteen chapters and 278 pages altogether. As a slow reader, it is a quite hard for me to finish reading it within time. It took me weeks to finish reading it as a whole. Furthermore, it is written in English version. My English is just in average so sometimes I need to refer to dictionary for certain words. Sometimes I use google translate and ask my friends to explain the meaning of certain terms.
After Antwone’s graduation from his Japanese courses, Dr. Davenport explains that he no longer can see him for psychiatric help, and that he cannot always depend on him being there. Antwone then feels a feeling of abandonment not only by his family, but also by Dr. Davenport who has been there for him through many tough times. He then decides to change his life around and move on headstrong.
Many people think that reading more can help them to think and develop before writing something. Others might think that they don’t need to read and or write that it can really help them to brainstorm things a lot quicker and to develop their own ideas immediately (right away). The author’s purpose of Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, is to understand the concepts, strategies and understandings of how to always read first and then start something. The importance of this essay is to understand and comprehend our reading and writing skills by brainstorming our ideas and thoughts a lot quicker. In other words, we must always try to read first before we can brainstorm some ideas and to think before we write something. There are many reasons why I chose Stephen King’s essay, Reading to Write, by many ways that reading can help you to comprehend, writing, can help you to evaluate and summarize things after reading a passage, if you read, it can help you to write things better and as you read, it can help you to think and evaluate of what to write about.
PERSONAL RESPONSE: Initially, this novel attracted me because of the presence of the ghost. However, what I ultimately found most intriguing was not Brother’s ghostly visits but rather Tree’s struggle to take care of herself and her brother, her feelings towards her mother, and her attempts to make sense of her life after Dab’s death. In fact, despite the effectiveness of the ghost in revealing Tree’s past to her, I do not like this tactic. The text is very realistic—harsh issues are dealt with honestly—and I found myself being pulled out of the narrative at the mention of the ghost. It simply did not seem to fit.
Much about Kogawa's novel makes it difficult not only to read but also to classify or categorize. First, Obasan blurs the line between nonfiction and fiction. Kogawa draws from actual letters and newspaper accounts, autobiographical details, and historical facts throughout the novel, but she artistically incorporates this material into a clearly fictional work. In addition, Kogawa's narrative operates on multiple levels, from the individual and familial to the communal, national, political, and spiritual. Stylistically, the novel moves easily between the language of documentary reportage and a richly metaphorical language, and between straightforward narrative and stream-ofconsciousness exposition. This astonishing variety in Kogawa's novel can, at times, become bewildering and unsettling to the reader. But as many readers and critics have noted, Kogawa's style and method in Obasan also constitute the novel's unique strength. Kogawa writes in such a way that ambiguity, uncertainty, irony, and paradox do not weaken her story but instead paradoxically become the keys to understanding it.
Although I loved the plot, the characters and all the twists and turns. I didn’t fall in love with the writing style. I am not a massive fan of lots of short sentences, I felt that when the book was in Lorali’s point of view it made sense but not when it was in others. I also felt the ending lacked – I was just really confused by the ending. I don’t know if that was just me and I missed
In conclusion, this was an awesome story. The above questions were the catalyst to the real truth that would make the brother to that little girl free at last. His son was determined to break the cycle and remedy this generational condition, although the means by which he used were terrible. But, he would get through to his father. He shed light in the dark place by first beating his father into sobriety, so that he could think clearly. He then helped his father to open up to the discussion concerning the secret he had held on to for so long. Then, he also convinced his father to burn the “Shawl” of his deceased sister. And finally, his father realized what the true story was. A story that would in turn loose the tie that bound them all together with generational sorrows.
What I did not like about this book was all of the wasted space and time. The book itself had a really good story but could have been told much better. I found that after the problem was stated at the start of the book it all just turned into Terry going after the same useless leads over and over again. The author could have left all of that out of the book and it would have been much more exciting instead of getting the feeling of dragging on until near the end when it picks up again.
There is a constant stream of action in this story, which makes it rather difficult to process what's going on as it happens. The story rarely drags and it is written so that it feels very real and alive. Slang terms are used often too, which are also hard to understand. But after the first few chapters it seems that most readers are able to get around this and start enjoying the fast paced style in which the book is written. This style also adds to the mood of panic and paranoia that encompass the entire book as Marge, Hicks, and Converse try to flee with their dope.
The storyline is very simple and straight forward. However, there are still some things I don’t understand and have to use a dictionary.
...uses the reader to be more invested in the story and therefore truly strive to understand the world portrayed instead of just shallowly absorbing the setting. This is a strength because it gave the reader unique outlook on the Asian cultures because the audience feels personally involved in these situations. There are a few weaknesses in the book. I think perhaps, by putting the audience in these men’s shoes you cause them develop a bias. The reader will possibly have and emotional tie to the characters and because of this not see straight facts of history. The book is highly recommended to readers interested in pre-modern history, the book is a good look into the eastern world especially if one lacks research experience with that part of the world and its history.
My reaction to this article was quiet agreeing. I agreed with many things stated in this article, the article explained the story exactly right. For example when it states the relationship between Shug and Celie because Shug was always there for Celie. The article did a really good job explaining the novel and gave a really good report. (The New York Times).