Adrian Mole And I

Adrian Mole And I
1722 Hwang Hyun-ji
Title: The Secret DIARY of ADRIAN MOLE aged 13 and 3/4
Author: Sue townsend
Publisher & Year: Do-sol & 1994
Vocabularies:
nearly killed itself- 죽을 뻔했다.
introspection- 내성, 자아성찰
assured- 틀림없는, 보증된
give a nasty laugh- 조롱하듯 웃다
bear a grudge- 원한을 품다
have a relapse- 병이 재발하다
the ghetto- 빈민가
clutter up- 흐트러지다
have a vertigo attack- 현기증이 났다
at least that is their story- 말인즉 그렇다
Reflection: I read it because reading this book is a assignment of English in school. I didn't expect about it because almost everybody around me said to me it's very boring book even English teacher! So I started to read it with very low expectancy. However it was so exciting and interesting.
This book was written about a boy's life.(actually this book is a kind of diary of the boy.) The boy's name is Adrian Mole. He has mom, dad and a dog, yet his mom and dad got busted up in the middle of story because his mother fell in love with a man , Lucas , who live in next. So Adrian had a hard time between her mother, father and Lucas. However finally his mom returned to the home because her realized her true love is his father! In that situation, I was near crying because I was too pleased for her to come back. If you read that, you must be delightful because Adrian and his father's life was so a total mess after her leaving. Also Adrian had a girlfriend named Pandora. At first, Adrian did one sided love, but he eventually got her heart and then fell in deep love. Their love was really deep so I was so coy to read their caress. Also he was a teenager so he had a lot of interests and thoughts about sex. In that situation, I was so embarrassed. they had not only caresses but also lots of events such as talking about their future, demonstration against oppressed school and helping other people. In that side, I think cultivating with the other sex friend can be a good thing and I envied their relationship for a second. They helped a solitude old person, Bert, by doing housework and becoming real friends of him. I think he needed not helpers but friends so they did a great job. So I think I should be a real friend of my grandmother. They had equipped him to get happiness. Also Adrian thought he is intellectual. So he sent many letters made of poetry written by him to BBC, a big broadcasting station of England, and received some replies. However they are just for fan management but he got happy and then sent reply with belief that his poetry can be read in BBC. I thought he is very cute in this part. In this book, the most impressed part to me is demonstrating against stubborn school. Adrian and Pandora held a demonstration for socks color. It could be passed by others but I couldn't because I catched that is very similar to my case. Not only my school, Busan International High School, but also other schools force student to be neat and restrain our freedom about style and action. I think students are also people so we have rights to enjoy and express our feeling and style. I believe it's irrational to restrict us just because of social position. Therefore I believe demonstration is very essential however I have never demonstrated because of lack of courage. Yet they got my dream instead of me even in book so I was too pleased and impressed a lot!!!!!!!!!! They looked very awesome.
In conclusion, this book was really interesting and I can have a opportunity to look back upon my past. Also I promised I would write my own diary for my abundant life. I believe this book will remain in my mind forever.