"And Then there were none" Part one.

I finished reading the "Part one" of the book. I found out that the part one was about 10 main characters' background. Thus chapter 4 through chapter 8 are about each character's information. However, the last chapter was different, it was about one old man who was writing all the characters' names in the book. He said to the person who was sitting next to him that "Watch and pray. The day of judgement is at hand." Then the part one finished.

I was wondering　why the chapter ended with "Watch and pray. The day of judgement is at hand.". Remember? Last week, in my blog, I was thinking that people will gather at Soldier Island. I think this quote prove that people will gather at there. Do you think so?? Or What do you think the meaning of that quote?

And Then there were none ch2-3

this week i read two chapters. The sch 2 is about Vera and Ch 3 is about Philip. Vera was looking for new job and finally she got a letter foam someone that she is able to get a good job and that job relates to Soldier Island. In ch 3, Philip decided to go to Soldier Island because he thinks that it is interesting.

Interestingly ch1, 2, 3 are not connected each other at all. At first I thought that the story is going to be about Mr. Wargrave, but now it seems that Vera and Philip are main characters. what's are the connection between these tree characters? I think the connection is Soldier Island. Somehow, these tree characters are talking about that island. Thus I assume that even though they do not know each other, they will meet at Soldier Island and will talk about their connections.

New book & All the years of her life & Enchanted Garden

Independent reading

I started to read the new book called "And then there were none" written by Agatha Christy. I read only one chapter yet. Therefore I am not sure about the meaning of the title. The story is about one man whose name is Mr. Wargrave. In the train, he is reading the newspaper about “Soldier Island”. He thinks that this is a news and after he read the news, he fell asleep.

When I looked at the cover page of this book, I think of Black Hole because in the cover page, the thing similar to the black hole is drown. I consider that this book is going to be something sad or dark. The reason why I decided to read this cook is that Dai recommended to me. Dai always chooses the good book. Even though the story seems quite sad, I am exited reading this book.


All the year of her life ( response for ( what strategies did I use)

I was thinking that if the gender of the characters are different, the story is very different. For example, if the mother was the father, the story will be changed. The father may be strict so that as a result a boy may be caught by the police If we change one thing of the story, we are able to see the story from many different aspects.

The strategy that I used was “I try to guess or make a prediction what the text is about before I read it.”. Before I read this story, in the class we thought about our mother. So that I was able to guess that the story is going to be about mother.


Enchanted Garden( evaluation)
I think of the theme of this story. I thought that the theme of it is freedom. However, in the class Pueng told in the class that the theme can be that the life is not easy and I agree with it. The reason is that even though the rich boy want to play in the outside, he can not because he is sick. Thus he is not happy. On the other hand, Two children are not happy because they were playing in someone else’s garden. Both of case, they envy each other.

The strategy that I used was “ I use pictures in text to help me understand better what I am reading” because in the story, there is one picture that is like a garden and thanks to that picture, I was able to think the picture of the story.

Gardens

A Garden ①

A Garden (Japanese Style)

Last blogging for The Chocolate War

I finally finished reading the book. I read about 15 chapters this week.

Jerry still continued refusing selling the chocolates even thought the last week of the selling. Sometime, his mind was unstable because some of his friends said to him that it's better to sell them. However, he did not. Because he was the only one who is different and wired, he was not accepted from other students at his school expect his best friend. After selling the chocolate, Archie gave him a chance to stand up in front of everyone so that everyone might change the attitudes toward him. That chance was that he would fight with another strong guy. There was a special rule for this and as a result, Jerry deiced to do this match(battle). At the end of the story, Jerry was almost dying because he was punched, kicked and so on. However there was one teacher who was able to stop this fighting. The teacher found out that Archie was doing something bad. Later on Jerry wen to hospital.

I do not like the ending of this story because it is unclear for me. I expected the book to be happy ending. However, this story is not like that. I thought that this story would be that Jerry would spend the great time with his friends even though he did something unusual. However, even the story ended, the book did not tell me that whether Jerry is fine or not even though he was almost dead at the ending of the story (that's why he was carried to the hospital). Is that means that readers can guess what would happen next in the story?? Or is it just because the author got tired? I want to read the books that have good ending or good, understandable ending and conclusion.

The Chocolate War ( until chapter 15)

Leon and Archie finally told to all the students about selling the chocolates. According to the Leon, He does not force students to sell the chocolates, however, his attitude shows that everyone must sell the chocolates. He called all of the students’ name one by one. When Jerry’s name was called, Jerry said that he does not want to sell the chocolates. Even the week past, he continued refusing.

Before chapter 10, there were two part of the story. One was about Jerry, and the another one was about Archie and Leon. However, from chapter 10, these two stories are connected each other.

This story reminds me of some of my friends. They also refuse everything that teacher said. Therefore they got trouble. Then I have a question!! Why do you think that Jerry refused to sell the chocolates. I think it is because that Jerry’s life was boring so that he wants to do something interesting. Refusing selling the chocolates would be very interesting because in the past, there was no one who refused to sell the chocolates. Thus by doing unusual thing, he may be satisfied.

The Chocolate War ch7-9

This week, I read ch7 through chapter 9. Chapter 7 and 8 is not important because these chapters only describe new characters, one whose name is Emile who is also selfish like Archie. However, he obeys Archie, even though everyone is afraid of Emile. Another character called Leon who is the vice principle. Chapter 9 is very important. This chapter talks about what the important thing for Jerry, What he wants to do. He does realize this because he was talking with his father at home.

Aha! Now I understand what the Chapter 3’s mean. In this blog, I wrote that I do not understand the point of ch 3. However, I could make a connection between these two chapters. In chapter three, Jerry doesn’t care what the important things for him and what he wants to do. But now, He began to think that there should be something that is important to him and he should do something meaningful. In chapter 9, it does not tell me these answers. So I can guess!! My guess is that he will try to be against Archie because I think that Jerry wants to do something meaningful so that by opposing to the Archie, he is able to be satisfied.