Sense and Sensibility

This is the story depicted Eleanor's and Marianne's life until they got married. They are two of three sisters. Eleanor is very sane. She can let her mind rule. Marianne is very susceptible and intense. Their characters differ very much. But how different were their love and which was better, Eleanor's or Marianne's? I will talk about them.

First, they were supposed to stay with John, child of their father's ex-wife. Then Edward, brother of John's wife, came there. Because he was a very good man, Eleanor fell in love with him. Eleanor wasn't predisposed to say her feelings clearly. So her love didn't evolve. She knew that Edward had his affianced, but she backed out of him. I thought that she should have shown her feeling and faced him. Otherwise she would remain got hurt. At last, Edward got married with her without marrying his affianced. She must have had a complicate feeling. If he had got dumped and decided to get married with Eleanor, she would get awful. But she didn't say her feelings clearly and had a beautiful heart, so she decided to get married with him.

Next, I will talk about Marianne's love. She was loved at first sight by Brandon, best friend of John. Because he failed in love in past time, he couldn't be aggressive. She didn't go well with him constitutionally, so she fell in love with Willoughby whom she had encountered by accident. She was very intense, so she was ardent about her love. After Willoughby escaped, she broke down crying intensely. But first, Brandon's sincere feeling had to be attended. That's because he never gave up his love though Marianne and Wiiloughby got along with. I mean he also had an intense character after all. And, Marianne and Brandon were supposed to be wedded.

Eleanor's and Marianne's characters were different, but they could get married. I think that's because they were compatible with their partners. They could get married by each way. The consequence was same though the ways were different. So I can't declare which is better.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo was born with the Capulet family, and Juliet was born with the Montague family. These families had been hating each other for a long time. So what two people of both families fall in love would be impossible. But Romeo and Juliet were attracted and promised love. How was the love that had been born between them? And what meaning did the love have? I talk about these. 69


Firstly, the reason that Romeo had fallen in love with Juliet was that his unrequited love to another girl and he was disappointed. The special feeling would well up from the conflict that he liked her but his tender passion had trouble achieving. In addition, I think that the feeling would develop into torrid love because of rancor between both families.


But I think that they should have got married after both families got over a quarrel. In this story, they got married with both families' rancor. Therefore Romeo and Tybalt exploded into pricking each other with a sword. In consequence, Romeo killed Tybalt. He was come down and expelled from the town. It made Romeo and Juliet despaired because they had just got married. 


However, it was made clear how deep Juliet's love from that. Though Tybalt, he was Juliet's relative, was killed by Romeo, she didn't blame him and got very sad for his being punished. Romeo was more important than her relative for her. 


Also I felt that there was a love between them because they didn't give up in spite of their being disrupted. Though a plan which the abbey suggested seemed to be in danger of death, Juliet believed Romeo's love and challenged the plan, so I was surprised at her. Her strong feeling that she wanted to be wedded with Romeo by all means got through. Romeo saw Juliet who had drunk poison and been in a state of apparent death, and he misunderstood that she had died foe real. Hence, he killed himself, but I was impressed that he followed her without changing his ex-affinity. Because he believed that the love with her was final, he would be able to do so. When she woke up from a state of apparent death and saw him, she would get same feeling and killed herself. Because of two's death, both families got over a quarrel. But I wonder that they wouldn't be able to got over a quarrel without two's death. 


I said that they should have got married after both families were reconciled with each other, but it was a big problem that they couldn't. That was how much they detested each other. Saying that the wall between them was broken historically, two's death was not wasted. The time that history of two families was put a period came when Romeo and Juliet met fatefully. It was Romeo and Juliet that were in the border that both families which had detested each other for a long time got along for tears to come.

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Essay 2-03b: About Myself

This is the presentation introducing myself. It has my family, my favorite band group and my language learning. Graphics of my niece and Ueda Juku are real photos I took. Please watch.



As you can see, I live in Yamaga. It is very comfortable, so I want you to visit there. I have four members in my family including me. Adding my brother's family, total is 7 members. I have many hobbies. I like to sing a song, so please invite me to go for karaoke.

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Essay 2-03: Language learning history

I will talk about my language learning history. I have learnt three languages, Japanese, English and Spanish. I have learnt Japanese for 20 years same as time I live. I think Japanese is better than any other language. Chances are it is said that Japanese is the most difficult language. Certainly, Japanese has many characters. So there are many things to learn for foreigner. But I like it very much. I feel happy that my mother tongue is Japanese. I have learnt English since I was an elementary school student. And I learnt Spanish last year. Then I will introduce my learning history of English and Spanish. 

Firstly, when I was an elementary school student, I was taught English by my mother. My mother is running a cram school at my house. She has taught English since she was 20. There are many people who learnt English from her in my town. Of course I used to be taught English by her. First, I learnt alphabet. And I learnt simple grammar, such as "I am Mitsuki." and "This is a pen." In addition, I learnt many words on cards by playing with them. So I have known words "vase", "hippopotamus", "subway" and so on since then. Also I was learnt English songs. And I and other students sang on the stage on the Christmas party in my town. In addition we told Momotaro story illustrated with picture cards in English on another stage.

Next, I learnt English when I was a junior high school student. Of course I was taught English by my mother. In addition I was taught by my teacher. But I thought that it was enough to be taught English by only my mother, so I didn't study English honestly at school. In fact there was nothing that I was learnt by junior high school teachers. Grammar which my mother taught me was more useful than my teachers. I had begun to want to be a cram school teacher someday from this time. That's because I thought that a cram school was better to learn English than school. 

When I was a high school student, I learnt much new grammar and idiom. I was very surprised at the difference between junior high school and high school. High school teachers taught me grammar that I had never learnt, so I felt that the interpretation of the world expanded. I felt that English teachers were very excellent for the first time. I was hard to catch up the class. When I was a third-year student in high school, I bought many grammar books and memorized many words and idioms to prepare for an examination. After I passed university entrance examination, I forgot the words. 

I went up to KGU. I majored in the English and American Department. I wanted to learn English more. The reason was that I was infected by high school teachers and I wanted to teach English to students at the cram school. At this university, there are more things to learn than high school. I have classes to improve various abilities. This is the different point from high school. The classes are Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading and Grammar. In high school, I almost learnt reading and grammar in English class. I think my listening, writing and speaking abilities improve at university. 

Also I learnt Spanish at university. Studying Spanish seemed difficult. But in fact I didn't feel so. I sorted of understand Spanish grammar because I am good at English grammar. I scored high in Spanish test by understanding grammar. So I think that I should begin to learn the grammar when I learn new language. Through this experience, I thought that I had to teach English to students with a focus on grammar, and they can understand English quickly. I don't have Spanish class in second grade, so I almost forgot Spanish. After all to learn new language is very difficult. 

These are my language learning history. I have been taught English by my mother mainly. I have almost learnt English to teach junior high school students at the cram school. Now I want to improve the ability of teaching English. To do this, I have to study English more. Firstly I have to develop a solid base of grammar. And I have to recall words I memorized in high school. I want to set a goal to score high in Test of English for International Communication. And I want to change my cram school into a very big and famous school someday.  

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Outline

My languages history

English
Cram school
Textbook
Grammar
Words
Preparation of textbook
STEP
4th grade
3rd grade
Pre-2nd grade
School
Textbook
Reviewal
Grammar
Univeusity
Reading
English newspaper
Speaking
Statistics
Original country
Original restaurant
Listening
The Third Man
Mr. Sline
Writing
Blog
Book review
Essay
Grammar
Spanish
University

My languages history

From whom & How I have learnt language

I have learnt English from Yudai. He often teaches me the fun of English. For example, English grammar and the origins of words. But I can't understand them well. I think it is interesting occasionally. And he talks to me in English once in a while. But I can't understand what he is talking well, too. I think he is great to speak English frequently occasionally.

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Pygmalion

Eliza is a poor seller of flower. Higgins is a linguist. I think that two don't usually get along well. But because Eliza's talking was bad, she visited Higgins to be educated to speak beautiful words from him. Eliza visited him to be an elegant flower seller, and Higgins educated her to win a bet with Pickering then. But when love feelings are born from there, how will the feelings of two people change? What is difference between the education with love feelings and without love feelings? I talk about them.

Of course two people would not have the love feelings at first. Eliza thought only that she would take a lesson desperately to make her language good. While Higgins thought only that he wanted to bring up ELISA into the elegant woman of the upper class. I thought they had thought nothing but it. That's because he would educate her very strictly and she would be educated very honestly. If he had the love feeling in this point, he would not instruct her so strictly. So it would take Eliza very longer time to be a woman of the upper class. And if she had the love feeling in that point, it would take very longer time too. That's because the purpose of education would be not to make her language better but to be with Higgins.

After the lesson of several months, Eliza was brought up to the very elegant woman of the upper class. Both Eliza and Higgins did not have the love feeling until this. That's why Eliza was able to bear the strict education of Higgins and be such woman. Higgins was also able to win a bet with Pickering. Eliza knew that Higgins had exploited her as the guinea pig of the bet, and she got mad. But Higgins felt gloomy. Certainly, he had exploited her because she had been the just guinea pig. But now she wasn't. She became the woman of upper class. She wasn't what she had been.

As the result, two people were due to be together. The factor was that they had not loved each other at first. The class of them had not been balanced after all at first. But now she was as noble as him. So she didn't have to take his strict lesson from now. Because Eliza realized that, she visited him in the end. And Higgins had regarded her as a woman who had a terrible dialect and a guinea pig. But he fell in love with her who was not what she used to. In conclusion, the love between them appeared not at the stage of education but after the education.

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Esssay 2-02b: Robin Hood

Probably many people recognize Robin Hood as a famous person, but the origin of it is from an animal, a fox that worked with a bear, Little John. Robin Hood and Little John were good at stealing many things from the rich. After that they gave them to the poor. Because of Robin's actions, he was regarded as a hero by the poor, while he was regarded as annoying fox by the rich. There was a reason why they were good at stealing money. It was because they were also good at disguise.

One day,  they stole something worthy from a king who loved money very much. The king rules a place in which people were forced to pay much money and it made them difficult to live. While they were struggling to live in the severe environment, Little John and Robin Hood appeared to help them. Robin Hood pretended to be a augur, who stared at someone’s hands and said their future. While he pretended, he stole much money and distributed money around the town. Little John also worked as a guardsman of Robin Hood. As a result, it made people happy and the king annoyed.

There was a very cute girl in a castle. Her name was Marian which was also fox. She and Robin Hood loved each other  for a long time. They couldn’t see for a long period. That’s why she felt that he didn’t love her or forget her existence, but it was not true and he loved her. Marian had a close friend, Crack which supported their lovely relationship.

One day, Robin Hood heard about a rumor that a shooting competition had been going to be held. As a result, he could attend it and win. This competition was held to attract him by King who hated Robin.The king knew that Robin would win the competition before it was held and he tried to catch Robin after the competition,but he could escape from the king because of support of many people who lived in the country and loved Robin.

Robin’s action reminded me of a phrase said by Mother Teresa. She said: ‘if you want to be loved, you have to love. This phrase is applicable to his action. Actually, he didn’t hope that he was loved,but he was nice and as a result he was loved and he made many people happy. When he was in danger, he was helped by many people who loved or were grateful for Robin’s action. Robin did something morally right but he did something illegally wrong. That’s why I can decide whether what  he did was cool or not. 

We like this movie. We could learn about something we didn’t know and remind me of what justice is. Recently, I am studying the UN. The UN stands for the united nations which is one of the biggest organization to keep the world piece. I think the UN seems similar to Robin’s action because the organization tries to help many people improve their lifestyle and other many things,but there is a totally different point between the UN and Robin’s action which is that he did something for many people with courage and he didn’t expect any return from them,while the UN try to help people and developed countries develop more and earn more money. I sometimes forget what is right and wrong morally. I think I should do something morally right even it is thought to be bad from the vision of many people. I recommend that many people should watch this movie. Especially I want  this movie to be watched by teenagers. Teenagers have lived more than ten years and they have  opinions about what justice is. This movie gives them an opportunity to consider it again. 

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Reference

Reitherman. Wolfgang, & Reitherman. Wolfgang. (1973). Robin Hood. United States. The Walt Disney Company.  

My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is parfait. When I eat out, I often eat parfait after meal. My favorite kind of parfait is strawberry parfait. That's because I don't like powdered green tea. Though I like green tea very much, somehow I don't like powdered tea. And I don't like chocolate parfait. I like chocolate very much. But I don't like chocolate ice. In addition, I don't like chocolate ice too. That's why I don't like chocolate parfait. So my favorite parfait is strawberry one. My best parfait is Joyfull's one. It is reasonable. So I am easy to order one. And it has very good size for me and many ingredients I like. I want to eat the parfait of Kumamoto Clair. It has a very big parfait. I heard that three friends of mine ate it, but they were not able to eat the whole of it. Someday I want to eat it with some friends of mine.

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My favorite book

My favorite book is "Door D". It's a suspense novel. It was written by Yusuke Yamada. He is a famous suspense writer. His first work is "Real onigokko". It was filmed in 2008. "Door D" isn't filmed, but I like this story. When I was 18, I was suggested this book by my friend. This story is very terrible. 8 club members were shut in a small room. There was a door, but it didn't open. They thought over how they could go out the room, but nothing occurred to them. There was a button on the wall. When one man pushed it, a large quantity of water flowed and the door opened. But it opened while he pushed the button. Though 7 members could go out the room, he had to be sacrificed. That's how remaining members encounter various rooms and become sacrificed one after another. I want to watch a movie of this if this is filmed.

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My favorite class

My favorite class is physical education. That's because I like sports very much. In first semester, I played recreation sports. We had to make a group. All my members were in Foreign Language Faculty. So we were able to get along with. In the class, we played small tennis. In the most of classes we do it. So I was sorry because I had thought that I played many recreation sports. We played pétanque and softball too. I enjoyed them very much. In second semester, I play tennis. I like to play tennis very much. But I had not played it since I was a junior high school student. At first I had a hard time with it, but now I manage to do it. I can get along with members of the class, so I enjoy it. Because the class is on Thursday, I look forward to coming Thursday every week.

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Mrs. Dalloway

This novel is the work which describes a day of Clarissa Dalloway which is a main character. The young man called Septimus appears parallel to her day, too. The story of Dalloway is that she reviews her who gets growing old while recollecting her past. Septimus once went for World War as the member of a party. He experienced the death of his war comrade close. He became mentally damaged by the result. He intends to commit suicide now. These two people are really unrelated as you know, and they never meet each other in this work. However, what would Dalloway think when she knew the suicide of Septimus? How was the life of Dalloway influenced from the death of Septimus? I want to talk about these.

Dalloway is a 52-year-old woman who belongs to an upper class. Generally, I feel that the age of 52 years old is not yet the age which you think about death. However, because Dalloway has experienced many things and they never come back, she might have felt close to death by looking back on her who was past. I was impressed by Mr.Yoshida's phrase "Because you feel the temptation of death, you are frightened at death." I think Dalloway felt close to death still more by recovering from the big disease.

When I consider to here, I am not mysterious even if Dalloway commits suicide finally. But she doesn't die after all. At the stage of the first draft of this work, Dalloway was to die. But Seputimas dies instead of her. But, I feel sense of incongruity from the expression of "instead". That's because nobody usually thinks that they don't die because of death of Septimus.

The reason that Dalloway gave up suicide is that Dalloway knew death of Septimus while she thought about suicide and she projected herself on him. By doing so, she supposed that she had experienced death once. There is life simply because there is death. So she was able to think only that she lived now. I thought that death of Septimus would let life of Dalloway be outstanding more.

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My favorite TV game

My favorite TV game is Kingdom Hearts. It is a role-playing game. I think it is very famous and poplar, but there are few friends who play it. I can not understand why everyone doesn't play it. It was produced by SQUARE ENIX and Disney. At this point in time I wanted to buy it. In this game, many characters of SQUARE ENIX and Disney appear. This is very exciting. And the director of this game is Tetsuya Nomura. He is a famous illustrator. He directed it for the first time. The point that I like this game is the story. Even if you complete one of the series, you are not able to understand the story completely. There are many series and each story is connected. And the story is very interesting and deep. I am sure that you are impressed. So you should play all series of Kingdom Hearts.

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My favorite subject

My favorite subject is mathematics. When I say this, I am often said "Why you are in the British and American Department?" I don't know. Anyway I want to be in it. Then I talk about the reason I like mathematics. By the way, I am often said "Why do you like math?" and "I am not able to understand number." too. On the contrary, I want to ask you. Why don't you like math? I think math is the easiest subject. After all, you do nothing but add, subtract, multiply or divide. So you just memorize how to do so and formulas. It is very simple. I think the other subjects have many things to memorize. So I don't like society and science. I can not memorize many words of them. So I like math because it has few things to memorize.

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My favorite drama

My favorite drama is "Majisuka Girl's High School". It was projected by Yasushi Akimoto. Performers are members of AKB48. When episode 1 was broadcasting, I was up by chance. I was not interested in it, but I watched it because I was free. After I watched it, I receive big impact. I really liked it. I became a fan of AKB48. Though I had not been interested in AKB48, the drama changed me. The main character is Atsuko Maeda. She transferred to Majisuka Girl's High School. And she fought members of wind-instrument club called Rappappa. She fought people who are not members of Rappappa too. After fight, they became on Maeda's side and fought together.There were many friendship stories, so I was impressed. Season II of it was also interesting. I think this is a god drama.

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My favorite place

My favorite place is my home. My house is located in Yamaga. It is my mother's parent's house. Yamaga is very rural. The scenery I look at from a window is very good. Paddy fields spread around my house. So I like my house. I always feel calm there. My room is not extensive. It is very narrow. My room has four and half mats, but it is very comfortable. There are many comics, and there are many goods of my favorite singer. I display them on the shelf. Of course, they are unopened. I want to keep goods unopened. That’s because I want to keep them new. I just like to look at them. I have the other room. The room has my clothes and toys that I got at an amusement park. I like my room very much.

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My favorite idol

My favorite idol is AKB48 as you know. But, in fact, I like them as not idol but singer. I think they have made an effort very much. So I like them. There are many people who do not like them. But I think the other singer do not make an effort as much as AKB48. So, I think if they know AKB48's effort, they like AKB48. My best song is "Anatagaitekuretakara". In this promotion video, their effort by now is showed. When I watched it for the first time, I was impressed very much. Of course, the other songs are very good, too. I want to go to the handshake party, but I have to pay much money because there are many members whom I want to handshake with. Someday I want to go there. I believe their popularity does not decline forever.

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My favorite member of AKB48

My favorite member of AKB48 is Aika Oota. She is called "Lovetan". When I tell that I like her, everyone is surprised. I do not know why. There are many units composed by members of AKB48. My best unit is "Watariroukahashiritai". Lovetan is in this unit. I like members of this. And their songs are very cute. That's why I like it. AKB48 acts at Tokyo. But SKE48 acts at Aichi, and NMB48 acts at Osaka. My favorite member of SKE48 is Rena Matsui. In Majisuka Girl's High School, her role's name is Gekikara. I liked her. So I like Rena Matsui. My favorite member of NMB48 is Nana Yamada. She is very cheerful. So I like her. I have talked about my favorite members, but in fact my favorite member was Erena Ono. She had graduated from AKB48 in 2010. If she hadn't graduated, I would be fan of her still.

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Essay 2-01b: Comfortable place

I will introduce my favorite place. My favorite place is my home. My house is located in Yamaga. It is my mother's parent's house. I will talk about the environmental, my room and comfort of my house.

Yamaga is very rural. The scenery I look at from a window is very good. Paddy fields spread around my house. So I like my house. I always feel calm there. In the morning, I hear birds singing. In the afternoon, I hear voices of neighboring children playing. At night, I hear cries of frogs, and sometimes owls. It is very nostalgic. If I lived in the city, I was not able to feel nostalgia.

I also like my room. My room is not extensive. It is very narrow. My room has four and half mats, but it is very comfortable. There are many comics, and there are many goods of my favorite singer. I display them on the shelf. Of course, they are unopened. I want to keep goods unopened. That’s because I want to keep them new. I just like to look at them. I have the other room. The room has my clothes and toys that I got at an amusement park.

One reason I like my house is the time that I stay home. My mother manages a cram school at my house. So I work there. Now I work six days a week. Of course, I have to work on Saturday and Sunday. So I hardly go out then. The time that I spend home is very long. So I think that my room is the most comfortable place.

The best reason I like my house is family. I have parents, a grandmother and a dog. I like my family very much. Of course, I like my pet too. I often go out and eat out with them.

Everyone thinks that their own room is the most comfortable after all. There is my family. When I go home, dishes my mother cooks are waiting. There is a pet. When I go to school, I play with my dog before I ride the motorbike. Of course, I play with him after I get off the motorbike when I go home too. This is my daily work. I am able to relax in my room. There is not anywhere I am able to do so. I think my house is the best place.

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BR 2-16: The Scarf

A girl knit a scarf. She makes a long scarf. She likes it very much. She goes out with wearing a scarf. She goes to the park with her friends. The pond freezes. They met three children. The children make fun of her because her scarf is too long. Then, the boy of the children goes on the pond. The ice breaks and he falls in the pond. But his friends run away. They are terrible. The girl who wears a long scarf, her mother and her friends decides to help him. They help him by the long scarf. Then they can help him. She thinks that the long scarf is very helpful.

After I read this book, I thought that we can use a scarf for other purpose.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). The Scarf. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-14: The Three Billy Goats Gruff

This is the story about three goats. When I heard this story for the first time, I was maybe 5 years old. The name is "Garagaradon of three goats" if I remember correctly. It is a Norwegian old tale. Three goats which appear on this book are family. They see green grass on the opposite bank. They have to cross the suspension bridge to go there. When the smallest goat is going to cross the bridge, the goat meets the troll. The troll wants to eat the goat. But the goat says "I am so small that you are not satisfied. The goat which is bigger than me comes later. You should eat that one." And the goat can cross the bridge. After that, the goat of the average size tries to cross the bridge. Then the troll appears. But the goat says "I am so thin that you are not satisfied. The goat which is fatter than me comes later. You should eat that one." And the goat can cross the bridge. After that, the biggest goat tries to cross the bridge. Then the troll appears. The troll says "You are very fat." and tries to eat. But the goat says "And I am very strong." and throws the troll into the water. All goats can cross the bridge after all.

I felt nostalgic when I read this book.

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Reference

Williams, Melanie, & McBride, Angus. (2000). The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Harlow, England: Pearson Education.

BR 2-15: Camping Adventure

This story is about camping. A family camp. They assemble the tent by themselves. They like camping. They eat supper under the tent. They like camping. When they sleep, the storm comes. The wind blow the tent. A woman who lives near them is expecting. Her husband has to take her to the hospital. But the storm blows down. So the road to the hospital is obstructed by the tree. They decide to call the hospital to come by helicopter. They make the landing point. When doctors arrive, the baby is born. It is a boy. They hope he will like camping.

I have camped once. Probably, I was 6 years old. I went camping to Ashikita. I found much jellyfish on the beach. At night, I tested my courage with my family. I was small, so I was frightened. Now, I have grew. I want to test my courage again.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Camping Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-13: Pirate Adventure

This is the story about pirates. Four children fly to another world by the power of the magic key. They get to the sea. They meet some pirates there. They take children to their ship. A captain gets into the ship. He and his crew welcome children. They hold a party for children. Children were afraid of them first. But they are very kind, so children are not afraid them. In the middle of a party, the magic key blows and children go back to the real world.

After I read this book, the pirates looked like Luffy's Corps. It appears on "ONE PIECE". The crews of the corps are very kind. They beat bad people. I wish all pirates were kind like them.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Pirate Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-11: Superdog

This is the story about a dog. His name is Floppy. He is the common dog. So his family trains him to be a super dog. But he wants to live a normal life. Then the magic key blows. It is the adventure only for Floppy this time. He flies to the big city. He has never seen such big city. So he explores the city. He meets a woman leading a pram. She thinks that she puts the brake on. But the pram begins to work. It goes down the slope at great speed. He notices it and goes to stop the pram. The woman thanks him and praises him with Superdog. After that, he does a good thing many times. He catches a thief. He helps a drowned boy. He helps a tormented dog. But then, the magic key blows. He goes back to the real world. He returns to a common dog again.

I have a dog. His name is Rocky. I named him it because I wanted him to be a strong dog like Rocky acted by Sylvester Stallone. He is very strong and cheerful just as his name.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Superdog. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-03: In the Garden

This is the story that children become small and have an adventure in the garden. They become small by the power of the mysterious key. Grass in the garden looks like a jungle and the small sand hill in the sandpit looks like a big mountain. They find a strawberry field. Strawberries are very big. The children run to eat them. By the result that strawberries are too big, they can't eat all. After that it rains. When they hide under a big flowerpot, they get big and the adventure is over.

I think this story has a dream. But I don't think I want to be small. That's because I don't want to watch insects from a close distance. I hate insects very much.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). In the Garden. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-12: Survival Adventure

This is the story about survival. Three children want to camp. But the magic key blows and they fly to another world. They are in the forest. They meet two children there. Then they are attacked by a bear. They don't know what they should do. So the girl anyway opens a umbrella and spins it round and round. Then the bear is surprised and runs away. After that they go to the river. The boy whom children met there catches fish. And he makes a fire by a bow and a stick. He is very cool. After that the boy's family comes. They are surprised that the children frightened the bear by an umbrella. When they apart, children give him the umbrella. It seems to be useful to frighten a bear.

I often watch TV program of survival. Each time I want to live in an uninhabited island. I want to catch fish without diving equipment.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Survival Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Essay 2-02a: Robin Hood

Probably many people recognize Robin Hood as a famous person, but the origin of it is from an animal, a fox that work with, a bear, Little John. Little John is good at stealing many things from the rich. After that he gives them to the poor. Because of his actions, he is regarded as a hero by the poor, while he is regarded as annoying bear by the rich.There is a reason why they are good at stealing money. It is because they are also good at disguising.

One day,  he steals something worthy from a king who loves money very much. The king rules a place in which people are forced to pay much money and it makes them difficult to live. While they are struggling to live in the severe environment, Little John and Robin Hood appear to help them. Robin Hood pretend to be a augur, who stares at someone’s hands and say their future. While he pretends, he steals much money and distribute money around the town. Little John also works as a guardman of Robin Hood. As a result, it makes people happy and the king annoyed.

There was a very cute girl in a castle. Her name was Marian which was also fox. She and Robin Hood loved each other  for a long time. They couldn’t see for a long period. That’s why she felt that he didn’t love her or forget her existence, but it was not true and he loved her. Marian had a close friend, Crack which supported their lovely relationship.

One day, Robin Hood heard about a rumor that a shooting competition had been going to be held. As a result, he could attend it and win. This competition was held to attract him by King who hated Robin.The king knew that Robin would win the competition before it was held and he tried to catch Robin after the competition,but He could escape from the king because of support of many people who lived in the country and loved Robin.

Robin’s action reminded me of a phrase said by Mother Teresa. She said: ‘if you want to be loved, you have to love. This phrase is applicable to his action. Actually, he didn’t hope that he was loved,but he was nice and as a result he was loved and he made many people happy. When he was in danger, he was helped by many people who loved or were grateful for Robin’s action. Robin did something morally right but he did something illegally wrong. That’s why I can decide whether what  he did is cool or not. 

Totally, I like this movie. I could learn about something I didn’t know and remind me of what justice is. Recently, I am studying the UN. The UN stands for the united nations which is one of the biggest organization to keep the world piece. I think the UN seems similar to Robin’s action because the organization tries to help many people improve their lifestyle and other many things,but there is a totally different point between the UN and Robin’s action which is that he did something for many people with courage and he didn’t expect any return from them,while the UN try to help people and developed countries develop more and earn more money. I sometimes forget what is right and wrong morally. I think I should do something morally right even it is thought to be bad from the vision of many people. I recommend that many people should watch this movie. Especially I want  this movie be watched by teenagers like me. Teenagers have lived more than ten years and they have some opinions about what justice is. This movie gives them an opportunity to consider it gain. 

[643 words]

Reference
Reitherman. Wolfgang, & Reitherman. Wolfgang. (1973). Robin Hood. United States. The Walt Disney Company.

BR 2-10: Storm Castle

This is the story that four children have an adventure at Storm Castle. "Storm Castle" is the name of a computer game. They get into the world of the game. They must go through various rooms to accomplish this game.  But each room has a danger. Four children enter the castle. First, they get to the room which has many mirrors. They meet a monster who looks like Morizo. I don't know why he is there. Thereafter, he doesn't appear. After that, they get to the maze. After they go through the maze, they get to the strange room. The room has a question. They can solve the question. And at last, they meet a robot. Somehow a friend of theirs is in it. Then the magic key glows and they go back to the real world. The castle is mysterious, but the story is also mysterious.

I like quiz very much. I often watch quiz program on TV. I respect Yoshiko Miyazaki. She is very wise. I want to be like her.

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Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Storm Castle. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-09: Egyptian Adventure

This is the story that four children and a dog go to Ancient Egypt by the power of the magic key. Many people are building a pyramid there. Of course, the children have never seen it. So they are amazed. When the dog leaps on to the pyramid, somehow Egyptians put their hands together and raise them in the air. They seem to look after the dog. The dog doesn't believe it, and so do the children. The pharaoh finds the children and makes them work. When they are working, they find that Egyptians are carving a big stone into the form of the dog. At the moment, the magic key blows and they go back to the real world. I thought that the children who have the magic key could change the past.

I like Egyptian history. If it, such as about Pharaoh, run on TV, I can't help but watch it. I want to visit the pyramid someday.

[171 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Egyptian Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-08: A Fright in the Night

This is the story about two children who go to stay with their grandmother. Her house is very old and small. They make the blackberry jam, build a fire and make some toast. At that time, the boy asks their grandmother if there is ghost many times. Two children have to sleep in the same room at night. When they look outside, a ghost is in the garden. They are frightened by it. They look for their grandma, but they can't find her. Then the ghost comes into the house. When they look at it carefully, it is their grandma who puts on a hood. They roar with laughter.

 In passing, because I do not have an inspiration, I never see a ghost.

[134 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). A Fright in the Night. Oxford: Oxford University Press

BR 2-07: The Jigsaw Puzzle

This story has nothing to do with jigsaw puzzle entirely. On the rainy day, four children are fed up in their house. Then their mother brings a jigsaw puzzle. They decide to do the jigsaw puzzle. A boy is on it. But one boy wants to play with the frisbee. At the moment, the magic key blows and they fly to a time long ago. There is the important family there. And there is the boy who was on the jigsaw puzzle. They are going to play with the frisbee. Then soldiers come over. They are going to catch the father. So the family hides him. The soldiers try to find him. After a while, one boy tells the soldiers to play with the frisbee together. While they are playing, the father escapes. Then the magic key blows and the children go back to the real world. After that, when they see the jigsaw puzzle, a boy who has a frisbee on it.

Jigsaw puzzle is very attractive. I used to play jigsaw puzzles. I want to play a big puzzle someday.

 [194 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). The Jigsaw Puzzle. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-06: Mirror Island

This is the story of the continuances of some story. When I saw the title of this book first, I thought that this was the story about world that right and left were reversed. Actually, it was only a map of the treasure that was reversed. This is the story that four children and one man decipher the map with a mirror and find treasure. It is the man that has the strange map. His name is Captain Crow. Because he has been left in the uninhabited island alone, his mustache is very long. He can't understand the map. He needs help of somebody. At the time, the children come over. Because this is the story of the continuances of some story, the children have met him. When the children see him, they are surprised at the length of his mustache. Because one boy has a mirror by chance, they can decipher the map with it. And they can find treasure. At last they leave a mirror to him. That's because he can check his mustache and shave it anytime. Johnny Depp can't be able to play this Captain Crow.

I want to go somewhere by ship. I like ONE PIECE very much. I want to compose my pirate party.

[221 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Mirror Island. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

My favorite sport to watch

My favorite sport to watch is baseball. I like to play baseball too. I watch not only score or victory or defeat but also each play. I watch pitching, batting and defense. A pitcher pitches various kinds of ball. A batter bats various kinds of ball. Many player catch a difficult ball to catch. When I watch such plays, I get very excited. I think that people are divided into people who like to watch soccer and people who like to watch baseball. I like to play soccer, but I don't like to watch soccer. Certainly, when someone scores a goal, this makes us lively. But if no one scores a goal, this is not interesting. So I like baseball better than soccer.

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My favorite TV show

My favorite TV show is "Gakitsuka". When I say precisely, I like the one corner. It is the talk show of Down Town. It is hardly broadcasted now. It is very interesting for me. It has two contents. One is the content that two talk whatever they like. The other is the content that Hitoshi Matsumoto answers the question which the audience asks. Both are very interesting, but I like the latter. Matsumoto's answer is very interesting. I like another corner too. The corner is broadcasted on the last day of the year. 5 people including Down Town spend 24 hours without laughing. Many extras try to set them laughing. If they laugh, they are flogged as punishment. It is the trifling program, but I like it very much.

[129 words]

My favorite dish

My favorite dish is pasta. I often eat pasta. My favorite pasta is carbonara. I like cheese very much. So I like carbonara pasta too. When I eat carbonara, I like it even if it is the frozen food. My favorite pasta is carbonara, but I like any pasta. In Arao, there is a pasta restaurant. It is a smorgasbord restaurant. And I can eat many kinds of pasta as much as I like for 1500 yen. The staff brings pasta and distributes a small amount of pasta to customers per about 5 minutes. So I can eat various pastas. There are other dishes there, for example salad, fried chicken, pilaf, bread, dessert and so on. And I can drink many soft drinks as much as I like. So I want you to go to the pasta restaurant if you like pasta.

[142 words]

Essay 2-01a: Comfortable place

 I will introduce about my favorite place. My favorite place is my home. My house is located in Yamaga. It is my mother's parent's house. I will talk about my house.

 Yamaga is very rural. Paddy fields spread around my house. So I like my house. I always feel calm. The scenery I look at from a window is very good. In the morning, I hear a bird's singing. In the afternoon, I hear playing voice of neighboring children. At night, I hear cries of frogs, and sometimes owls. It is very nostalgic. If I live in the city, I am not able to feel it.

And I like my room. My room is not wide. It is very narrow. My room has four and half mats. But it is very comfortable. There are many comics. And there are many goods of my favorite singer. I display them on the shelf. Of course, they are unopened. I want to keep goods unopened. I like to only look at them. I have other room. The room has my clothes and toys which I got at the amusement park.

One reason why I like my house is the time that I stay home. My mother manages a cram school at my house. So I work there. Now I work 6 days a week. Of course I have to work on Saturday and Sunday. So I hardly go out then. The time that I stay home is very long. So I think that my room is the most comfortable place.

Everyone thinks that their own room is the most comfortable after all, I think. There is my family. When I go home, dishes my mother cooks are waiting. There is a pet. When I go to school, I play with my dog before I ride the motorbike. Of course, I play with him after I get off the motorbike when I go home too. This is my daily work. I am able to relax in my room. There is not anywhere I am able to do so. I think my house is the best place.

[352 words]

BR 2-05: Land of the Dinosaurs

This is the story of the continuances of "The Outing". Four children go back to the dinosaur era by the power of the magic key. They find a dinosaur's big footprint. So the girl takes a picture of it. After that they find a dinosaur's eggs. One of those is going to hatch. Then, one flying dinosaur flies down to it. Because the dinosaur is going to eat the egg, the girl helps it. After that they find a dinosaur called Apatosaurus. When the girl takes pictures of it, a carnivorous dinosaur comes over. So they run away. At the moment, the magic key blows and they go back to the real world.

I think that the carnivorous dinosaur was a parent of the dinosaur which they helped and it wanted to thank them. There are many people absorbed in dinosaurs in the days of a child, but I think that it is very scary if dinosaurs exist at the present. Only animals are enough.

[173 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Land of the Dinosaurs. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-04: The Outing

This is the story about the outing. Many children go out by bus. First, they go to the lake. One boy tries to kick a pebble and one of his shoe flies to the lake. Afterwards he puts on a plastic bag on his foot. Next they go to the zoo. But they can't enter the zoo because of heavy rain. So they decide to go to the museum. At the museum, they watch fossils of the many dinosaurs. Before they go home, one boy buys a model of the dinosaur. When he tries to assemble the model, the magic key glows. The story leads to "Land of the dinosaurs".

I liked outings very much when I was young. Now I hardly go the outing, so I want to go somewhere with snacks.

[144 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). The Outing. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-02: Roman Adventure

This is the story that two children have an adventure in Rome. I thought what kind of adventure it would be and read this book. But it was not great adventure. The context is whether Romans had pizzas or not. Two children are welcomed by the family. The father is a baker. So he makes bread for them. But it becomes flat and he doesn't make it well. He makes some more bread, but it becomes flat. Then one of two children hit on an idea. The idea is that they make pizzas with the bread. But the family doesn't know what pizza is. That's because there is not pizza in Rome in those days. They are impressed by the taste of the pizza and pizza become popular in Rome. In the end the Emperor likes it. At the moment the adventure is over.

I think that everyone likes pizza after all. Is there the person who does not like pizzas? But Joyfull's pizza tastes bad.

[178 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). Roman Adventure. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

BR 2-01: The Joke Machine

This is the story of jokes. When I say precisely, this is about American jokes. Many American jokes are on this book. Still, I can't understand American jokes. I don't know how funny they are. They are out of my knowledge. This question is on this book "What does an elephant do on a motorway?" The answer is "About two miles an hour." Why? I can't understand this meaning. The boy on this book hit on many American jokes. I thought that he was very wise, but do all the Americans hit on so many jokes?

Do you like jokes? I like jokes and always say jokes. They are not American jokes but Japanese jokes. However, I don't know what Japanese joke is. What I always say is Japanese joke if it is decided.

[146 words]

Reference

Hunt, Roderick, & Brychta, Alex. (2003). The Joke Machine. Oxford: Oxford University Press 

My favorite TV star

My favorite TV star is Hitoshi Matsumoto. He is an entertainer. He is the funny man of "Down Town". It is my favorite pair. I admire him and I want to become a funny person like him. His good point isn't that he has interesting gags. But he always says funny things. He can say funny things in the flow of whatever kind of conversation. Besides he says what nobody hits on. I think that he who can do such a thing is very smart. If he says, the thing that is not funny becomes funny. I always watch TV programs which he appears. In addition, he is a supervisor of the movies. His movies have the original view of the world. In passing, his partner is Masatoshi Hamada. Fun of Matsumoto becomes more attractive because Hamada is his partner.

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My favorite drink

I had drunk carbonated drinks all the time. But I abstain from drinking carbonated drinks because they seem to be bad in health. Now my favorite drink is green tea. I always drink it. I may drink 2 liters of green tea at most. My mother usually makes green tea for me. I divide it into several plastic bottles of 500 milliliters. I put them in a refrigerator and cool them. I always go to school with one of them. When I forgot to take green tea, I buy "Ayataka" at a vending machine. I have had various green tea drinks, but I think that "Ayataka" is the most delicious. How do you think about that? "Ayataka" is the most delicious green tea, isn't it? In passing, I don't like barley tea. The occasional sweet taste of it makes me bad feeling. After all, Japanese look good with green tea.

[150 words]

My favorite elementary school memory

I have a bad memory, so I don't remember the time of the elementary school student very much. But I remember only the school trip. As I said before, I intended to go to Singapore as a school trip. But SARS spread to foreign countries, so I was not able to go there. Instead I went to Tokyo. Then I went to Tokyo Disney Land. I had wanted to go there. I was very glad to be able to go there, so I remember. Because there were many visitors, I wasn't able to get on many attractions. And I didn't see Mickey Mouse. It is my last trip of there in a beginning. I want to go there again and get on many attractions. Furthermore I want take a picture with Mickey.

[132 words]

Something special I did during vacation

I went to Aso with my family. I am rarely away overnight with my family. So I think this was special. I was glad to meet Pan-kun at Cuddly Dominion. I saw Pan-kun's theatrical. It was very interesting. Many animals appeared. They performed a play on the stage very well. I was surprised. And I came in contact with many dogs and cats. They were very cute. I like animals very much, so I feel happy to touch animals. I don't know when I go out with my family next time. But, in the next summer vacation, I want to.

[100 words]

Good and bad points about summer

I talk about good and bad point about summer. But I don't know good point. That's because I don't like summer. If I am forced to say, I can eat thin wheat noodles, ice cream and shaved ice deliciously. I hardly have only bad point. Anyway it is hot. I don't like hot day. When it is hot, I want to do nothing. I don't want to move. And I can't avoid hot day. So I don't like summer. I prefer winter to summer. When it cold, my body warms if I exercise. And I don't feel cold if I wear many clothes. So winter is good.

[107 words]

How I study during the vacation

I study English by writing a blog during summer vacation. Because I use many words, it is good to practice English. I want to post blogs as many as possible. I will post papers as blogs which I change Japanese into English. The words are difficult, but that improves my English ability. And I will post some book reviews during summer. I think that reading foreign books is very important. I want to improve the ability to understand difficult words along the context. And I want to listen to foreign music. That's because I like to listen to music. I always listen to music, so I want to study English by listening to music.

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What classes I will take

I talk about my classes I will take in second semester. Monday, I have a Psychology class in the first period. And I have a Speaking class in the fourth period. Tuesday, I have a Cross-cultural communication class in the second period. And I have a Western art history class in the third period. And I have an International mechanism theory class. Wednesday, I have a Writing class in the second period. And I have an Introduction to American linguistics class. Thursday, I have a Cultural anthropology class in the second period. And I have a Listening class in the third period. And I have a P.E. in the fourth period. And I have a Reading class in the fifth period. Friday, I have an International society class in the first period. And I have an American literature history class in the second period. And I have an Introduction to English study in the third period. Then my workday is continued in next week.

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Vacation plans

I'm going to go to Yamaga Lantern Festival on August 15, 16. I go there every year. I want to go to various festivals. I'm going to cook because I want to do non-daily thing. And I'm going to hang out with my friends many times. But I have not planned yet. I want to stay at friends' house. I want to do a crepe party at Hashimo's house. I want to do a Wii party at Shiraki's house. I don't want to have free times, if I am possible. When I have a free time, I want to study.

[100 words]

Self-Intro. Mind Map

[Explain the map and how you made it, briefly, about here.]

Mind Map of Topics from My Letter to a Homestay Family

Essay 1-01b: Letter to a Host Family

Hello. My name is Mitsuki. Nice to meet you. I am a student at KGU. I study English every day. But I am not good at speaking and listening. So I want to improve my ability of speaking and listening by this home stay.

 I study Spanish as a second foreign language at my school. So I can speak a little Spanish. I want to study Spanish more. But the class is harder than last year. I gave it up this year.

My hobby is listening to music. My favorite singers are Acid Black Cherry and AKB48. Do you know them? Acid Black Cherry is a band group. Its vocal is very cool. So I like him. AKB48 is the most famous and popular idol group in Japan. Which Japanese singer do you like best? And which American singer do you like best? I hardly know any American singers. So please teach me your favorite American singer and let me listen to that song.

What sport do you play? I played softball in high school. So I like to play softball and baseball. But I like to watch soccer on TV. It is very exciting. I watched the World Cup and the Asia Cup. I like Honda’s play. Did you watch them?

What is your favorite animal? I like dogs. But I like cats too. Do you have a pet now? I have a dog. His name is Rocky. He is very cute and wise. He can sit and shake and wait. I like other animals. So I want to open a zoo someday.

Did you have a part time job? I have too jobs. I work at a cram school and a convenience store. The cram school is run by my mother. I teach English and math to junior high school students. I get 1,000 yen an hour. I get 26,000 yen a month. I want to be a math or English teacher in junior high school. I’m looking forward to seeing you. Thank you.

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Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

Do you know which is right, to say truth or falseness? I think that most people will answer truth is right. But, we can see what is right through "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn".

This movie is the story which describes an adventure of Hack and Jim. Hack is a boy. He wanted to escape from his father. Jim is a slave. He wanted to go to the Free State. Though the purposes of the adventure of two are different, close two were supposed to go down the river by ship together. This story has constituents of family, racial discrimination and encounter with people of various circumstances. But I paid my attention to various negotiations with Huck and the characters. Huck is called a liar, but I will talk about importance of the truth of remarks.

In the case of drifting, Huck meets pursuers of Jim. In this scene, we can see Huck's psychological conflict. He thinks whether he may continue this adventure with Jim and should deliver Jim to the pursuers. In this movie, we can often hear the narration. Most of it is voices of heart of Huck. In other words they express the true intention of Huck. In short, it is the true intention of Huck to think about informing of Jim. On Hack's way to the pursuers, he thinks that this is right as if he persuades himself. But in the case of negotiations with the pursuers, he told falseness that he is not with a black.

For Huck that it is natural to tell falseness, how did he feel this lie in this scene? He has been based on him and if he judges that is OK, he tells falseness. But he tells falseness while thinking that he has to tell truth then.

Huck thought that it was right to tell truth first. When Hack told falseness, Jim called Huck a right person. If it is so, whichever Huck told truth or falseness, he was right. So I cannot conclude whether truth is right or falseness is right. But an element that it was right for Huck to tell falseness at that situation will be in sight after this.

Their ship sinks, and they change to a raft. But the rift is broken and they are exiled to an island. Huck is welcomed by certain family, while Jim is caught as a slave. The negotiations of them here have a notable point though it may be against the theme.

Jim has an adventure to go to Free State. So if he is caught as a slave here, he will get absolutely nothing out of it. Therefore he suggests to Huck to leave the island, but Hack doesn't take it. Hack said that he wants to live this island a little more. And Hack said to Jim that if even himself is all right, he is all right. If we judge it from the flow and the tone of the negotiations, the phrase is not falseness or a joke, but it is clear that is the true intention.

After that Huck saw Jim is hit with a whip and his body is swollen with Hack's own eyes. And Huck is shocked. Actually, is he surprised at Jim's swollen body? Because Jim is a slave, Hack should have been able to expect that Jim is hit with a whip if he makes a mistake.

Then Huck found that he was wrong by having seen Jim's body. Hack's surprise expresses his feeling of despair at himself. Tough he said to Jim that if even himself is OK, he is OK, himself has been so. He has told falseness so that he is OK. But he got rid of Jim. Though it is Jim to be hard, Hack thought of only himself.

Here Huck chose a side that he profited and thought that it was wrong. In other words, the thing coming from this scene is that it is right to think of somebody not thinking about one's profit. If I apply this about the truth of remarks, it will get closer to a conclusion.

After they left the island, they meet brothers who give their name as King and Duke. They are going to seize property by being disguised as brothers of millionaire who died the day before. They indeed seem to symbolize falseness. Huck is disgusted with them and waves his neck. For Hack, it is the obvious thing that they are not right. That's because not only they deceive others but they think of only their own profit as I talked some time ago.

Finally their lie comes out and they are punished with being soaked in a tar. We can see how they were not right by their result. The wrath of Heaven seemed to fall to them.

 To tell the conclusion, truth is not always right and falseness is not always wrong. Falseness is sometimes necessary to help an important person. Falseness that you think of only own profit or only help yourself should be denied. In other words, it is not important whether truth or falseness. It depends on your situation. In the scene of Huck's conflict I talked first, Huck thought of Jim and told falseness to help him. Huck was right.

Here it is the last, but I want to talk about Jim's falseness. Rather than falseness, he didn't tell truth.

When Huck and Jim change to a raft, Jim witnessed the dead body of Hack's father. Jim didn't tell it to Hack. Why did Jim do so? That's because he feared that the adventure with Huck was broke off. The purpose of Huck's adventure is to escape from his father. And the adventure just began. If Huck had known father's death, he would have stopped the adventure. Two are better than one to raise the success rate of the escape and he might think he has to go to Free State as soon as possible. So Jim thought of only himself and didn't tell truth.

Then it is expected that Jim didn't do a right thing in the conclusion. The wrath of Heaven may fall in Jim. However, in the scene that liar brothers appear, Jim was caught and put in the jail, but he honestly told everything to Huck. He thought that he had to tell truth to Huck because he might be killed. And Huck came to help Jim later.

As for this, Jim had thought of own profit and kept secret, but his sin was forgiven by telling truth to Huck. Even if you told falseness, it is important to tell truth honestly.

I talked a conclusion some time ago, but I add contents and talk it briefly. It is a right thing to tell truth, but also falseness to help someone or to think of someone is necessary. Falseness to help only own or to get only own profit is not right, but it is important to confess if you notice your mistake. If the feeling reaches partner, you are blessed someday. It is thought that "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" conveys it.

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Toward the past. final version

May 22, 1991, Wednesday

Where is here? It is dark and narrow. But I don't feel bad. I feel as if I am in the water. It is silent. Nobody is here without me. But if I listen carefully, a faint sound is audible. What sound is this? Is this someone's voice? Whose voice? It is very soft. Is this a melody? What melody? It is very calm. I see nothing. I am tied together with a string. Can I cut this? I can't. I don't mind it. I want to be here from now on. But I feel like having to go out of here. That's because the soft voice calls me. Let me get out of here!

Then Mitsuki Ueda was born.

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Toward the past. extra version

April 7, Thursday

Spring term started from the day. I have 15 classes. If things go well, I can get 25 credits at most. I want to do my best!

April 2, 2010, Friday

The day was an entrance ceremony. My campus life started. I entered KGU. I worried about whether I can made friends. I had to manage.

Febrary 8, 2010, Monday

The day was an entrance examination of KGU. I was very nervous. No my friend was around me. But I had to do my best. Be calm. Be calm, Mitsuki! After the exam, I felt refreshed. Maybe I got a perfect score in math. I was sure to pass the exam. I was in the victory team!

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Toward the past ⑦

April 29, Friday

I went to karaoke with Hiroki. I was not able to sing well because I had upset my throat.

April 27, Wednesday

I went to karaoke with Tsukaji, Shiraki and Hashimo. I was not able to sing well because I had upset my throat.

April 26, Tuesday

I went to Katsu's house. His room was very good. I want to stay there.

April 16, Saturday

I went to Youme Town to watch a movie with Shiraki. The movie was "Gulliver's Travels". When I watched the previous announcement, I thought I wanted to watch it. In fact, it was very interesting. I was a little impressed. After that I ate ice creams which tasted of kiwi fruit, mango, brown rice, yogurt, cherry and black sesame. All of them were very nice. I want to eat another taste ice cream.

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May 9, Monday

I had a psychology class in the first period. I entered the room, and I found that I was alone. I usually take a seat with my classmate, but the day he didn't the class. So I took a seat with younger students. After that I went to the Toroku Park to practice baseball. I got tired.

May 7, Saturday

I went watching a movie with Shiraki and Hashimo. Before the movie started to show, I went to the game center. There was a game which had a prize I wanted. The prize was the clock on which Watarirouka Hashiritai appeared. I am a fan of it, so I wanted it. I managed to get it though I paid for it more than 1000 yen. I was glad to get it. After that I watched a movie. The movie was "Crayon Shinchan". It was very interesting though many winds appeared. Even if it was the scene which impressed, I wasn't impressed because the contents were about a wind. The next movie of Crayon Shinchan will be showed on next Golden Week. I'm looking forward to it.

May 5, Thursday

I went to AEON MALL OMUTA alone. On the way I got lost. I followed some cars and managed to get there. I didn't buy anything after all. After that I went to Shot. It is an outlet store. It sells clothes cheaply. I bought 4 clothes. If I remember correctly, it cost about 3500 yen. They were very cheap. I want to go there again.

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May 22, Sunday

The day was my birthday. I got many e-mails from friends. I was happy. I got e-mails from my best friend in junior high school after a long time. He changed his e-mail address and didn't send me it. I heard that he broke up with his girlfriend. I got sad. But the day was my birthday, so I was happy!!! Everyone, please give me a birthday present.

May 17, Tuesday

I had a party to celebrate the successful completion of Freshman Camp at Mugen in the Kumamoto town. I drank liquor. I can't drink much, so I got drunk. I lost my then memory. I want to cut down alcohol. After that I went to ams with Kouhei and Tsukaji. It had a lottery, so I drew lots. Surprisingly I won second prize. I got a crepe maker as the prize. I want to hold a crepe party with my friends. After that I went to Saku's house. I had stood talking with Saku and Kouhei for a long time. Hashimo and Nitta joined later, and we had stood talking together for another long time. I stayed at Hashimo's house at night.

May 14, Saturday

I had a practice game of baseball. I was not able to hit. I didn't contribute to my team. So I want to practice hard.

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