The Giver

 

    My favorite book is 'The Giver'.When I saw the title of the book for the first time, 

in fact, I didn't think it would give me a big impression. But, as I flipped the book page by page,I realized that it was an extraordinary book.

    The story begins in a country in the future named Utopia. In Utopia, the individuality of people are eliminated and they are forced to become "unified" people. People can't see colors or hear music. They only acts systematically controlled by the Elders, who decides each and every incident of the country manipulating people. People obey the Elders with no complain because they do not have feelings, such as happiness, pain, loneliness or sadness. So, the Elders protects the people from all the violations such as war or crime. The main character of this book is Jonas. Because Jonas was selected as the receiver of the memory, he receives the memory of the past of human beings from the last receiver of the memory which is 'the giver'. With that, he is able to feel feelings, see colors, and hear music. At the end of the book, Jonas opens his eyes to a new and wonderful level of living with feelings, and he decides to leave the Utopia to give the past memories back to all of the citizens.

    This book left me a lot of questions. Why would Jonas choose to leave the land while he could live a safe life? Why does humans should feel all the pains and have unpleasant memories besides just being happy and safe? I thought about the answer and came up with an idea: people in the Utopia are living very safely, but they can't enjoy living because without knowing pain and suffering, they couldn't understand the real meaning of happiness and thanksgiving. I prefer having suffering to having no feelings at all. 

I believe that Jonas would have felt the same way. That is why he decided to leave the Utopia to share the real life with everyone. I believe people need to feel pain to make a progress in their lives, and the pain is a medium that helps us to understand what real happiness means.

No academy!!!!

   When I was second grade, my mom came to me and told me to do not go to academies.

She told me that i was going to study alone in the house.

I was like "What, really?!" with wide opened eyes.

I really liked that idea since I hated academies.

Then, I had much free time.

   At first, I was bored because 

I didn't had anything to do except for studying, but I couldn't study since I didn't know how to study alone.

Then, step by step, I got more comfortable with studying alone, and finally I could study by myself.

   Just by studying my own, I got 100 points in all my tests of 3rd and 4th grades.

While other students were going to academies after school, I was done studying and could play, because the time was much saved.

Even though my time for studying was shorter than those who went academies, I got better grades than them.

   So, I think studying by myself is important because, it can save money and time.

In addition, it is more easy and efficient to remember or understand the contents of the subjects that I study.

I hope everyone realize the fact that the skill of studying on own is necessary, not just relying on the academies.

soccer

If you don't block
I'll tear your socks.

If you don't pass
I'll kick your ass.

If you don't kick
I'll make you sick.

If you don't score
I will roar.

I'm the best
So if you listen to me
It's the easiest
And best player you'll be.

My hobby

   I think hobbies are important because it can support your future and you can enjoy your hobby as a leisure.

   I am going to write about my hobbies and how I like it.

My hobbies are playing musical instruments such as piano or violin, reading books, and playing soccer.

   I learned piano since second grade and I learned violin since last year.

I love to play these, and I believe that I can play them well, too.

   Reading books are the thing that I hated the most, but now I love reading.

I read 1~2 English books and 3~4 Korean books nowadays.

   I like to play soccer, also.

well, my dream is being a scientist, but if I fail I can get job related to my hobbies.

I think this is why hobbies are important.