My Reading Journal 7 K組 蘇郁玫

This is the last reading journal of this semester. There are four seasons' themes in this book, and I have already finished the forward two seasons, autumn and winter. This week I enter the third season, spring. In the start of this season, something terrible happened to Frieda. She was crying in her room, and then Claudia found her and ask her what happened. Frieda told her about the whole event. That was because that Mr. Henry, the roomer of Frieda's home, did something obscene to her. Frieda was so afraid and running to her Mom and Dad for help. Her Dad was so angry and wanted to kill Mr. Henry. He even shot at him. And Frieda was afraid to be ruined. They thought about the three whores lived in the apartment above the Breedloves' storefront. They always drank whiskey. So they thought Frieda might drink to help herself. Then they thought about Pecola. Because Pecola's father always drunk. So they decided to ask Pecola for help.

Reading until now, I can find something about the point of this story. I have known the final of this story. Pecola was raped by her father and having her father's baby. She went crazy and believed she had blue eyes. I feel very sad about the final, but I think it can make me think about everything. Everyone in the world is equal. No one should be depreciated. I will continue read this book until I finished it. I think reading this book can make me learn many thing about my life.

My Reading Journal 6 K組 蘇郁玫

There were three whores lived in the apartment above the Breedloves' storefront. Pecola very loved them, and always visited them. They, in turn, did not despise her. But because they were whores, they would teach Pecola some wrong concepts and affect her life in the future.

Maureen Peal is a new girl in the school, and she was a mulatto. She was so beautiful and earned everybody's attention. Maureen was nice to Pecola because she thought Pecola can make her represent her largess. She used Pecola to set off her beauty. She disguised to talk with Pecola kindly, but actually thought Pecola was just a black and ugly girl. Frieda and Claudia noticed this fact, they were very angry and quarreled with Maureen on the street. Maureen screamed said that she was cute and they were ugly; even use the word of black so many times.

Through the story, I saw the friendship among Pecola, Frieda and Claudia. Although they were black girls, the friendship among them was bigger than the fake kindness of a mulatto girl. I think the important thing to a person is not what kind of race he is, but what consciousness he keeps in mind.

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My Reading Journal 5 K組 蘇郁玫

These two week I have read about the situation of Pecola's family. They lived in a very shabby house. They lived because they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believe they were ugly. One day, Cholly, Pecola's father, had come home drunk. And Mrs. Breedlove, Pecola's mother, asked him to take some coal for her. But Cholly didn't want to do it. Then they started to fight each other. Pecola's brother, Sammy, even screamed, "Kill him! Kill him!" Pecola was so afraid that she started to pray. Pecola thought if her eyes were different, her teeth were good, and her nose was not big and flat, she would be beautiful. Maybe Cholly would be different, and Mrs. Breedlove too. Each night, she prayed for blue eyes.

When I read this book, I deeply feel sad with the little girl, Pecola. Everything was not her fault, but she had to accept all of the harm. Racial discrimination exist in this society for a long time, and also made a lot of problem until now.

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My Reading Journal 4 K組 蘇郁玫

Because this two week is midterm, I didn't read many part of the novel. But although I read a little page, I still found some meaning from this novel. The little girl of this story, Pecola, has already moved to live with MacTeer family, and keep well with Claudia and Frieda. There was a scene that makes me have an emotion. It was when Frieda's mother found that three quarts of milk in the icebox has disappeared. And she knew that Claudia and Frieda hated milk, so the only one would drink the milk is Pecola. But what make me surprise wasn't Pecola drank three quarts of milk, but the reason why she want to drink so much milk. The reason is that Pecola hope drinking milk can make her skin white, so she drank so much milk. When I read this paragraph, I felt sad with Pecola. She was a pure little black girl just wanted to become a white girl. There was a big contrast between these two families. I learned many things from this novel.

reading journal K組 蘇郁玫

Through this two week, I decided to change the book I read. Because I thought the last book was too difficult to me. The book now I am reading is named The Bluest Eyes. It was written by Toni Morrison and originally published in 1970. My classmate introduced me this book, and borrows me the book. Toni Morrison is an American author and Nobel Prize recipient. This is her first novel, talking about racial hatred and historical memory.

The story focus on an 11-year-old black girl named Pecola Breedlove. Pecola's father drinks, her mother is distant, and two of them often beat each other. Pecola believes that if she had blue eyes, she would be loved and her life would get better. I think this book can make us thinking about the issue of racial and racial equality. I wish I can keep reading and learn something from this book.

My Reading Journal 2 K組 蘇郁玫

The book now I am reading is Lying Awake, and it was written by Mark Salzman. I borrowed this in our business building library. Why I chose this book is because the size of the word in this book is big and clear, it made me read very comfortable. But when I stared reading this book, I found that I have a little barrier. Because the word in Lying Awake has a little difficult to me, I can't realize the contents about this book easily. It was talking about a nut's life in a convent. And what would happen when religious commitments strike the tangled. I am trying to read

My Reading Journal 1 K組 蘇郁玫

The book I chosen is Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. It is publish by Oxford, and leveled stage 2, 700 headwords. I bought this book when I was senior high. Our teacher wanted us to read more English book, but I never read this book after I bought it. I thought it is a good opportunity for me. Because I never read any English book before, I think 700 words can be a nice beginning for my free reading.

Almost everybody knows Sherlock Holmes and has read his story. Holmes books' author is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). But the book I read was retold by Clare West. It includes three short stories: The Speckled Band, A Scandal in Bohemia and The Five Orange Pips. The stories are very easy for me to read, and I can realize the coherence through these simple words.

In these three stories, I like The Speckled Band most. It was talking about a stepfather wanted to kill his two poor daughters. The older sister was killed unfortunately, so now the young asked Mr. Holmes for help. Mr. Holmes came to the woman's home, and after observed the environment, he knew everything. Through Mr. Holmes's help, the woman missed death luckily.

I have already finished this book. Now I read another book named Lying Awake.

The words used in this book are more difficult than the last book, so the pages I can in one time are very little. But I would try to read it, and keep going.