the final reflection

The book "Funny in Farsi" appeals me more than "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency". The book “Funny in Farsi” mainly talks about the author’s, who is an Iranian, memoir growing up in America. The theme has a little bit relation with my situation. I want to know how is the author's life like, so it attracts me more. Moreover some of the chapters are funny.

The "The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency" makes me confuse some time. It jumps in contextual chapters. For example, I read chapter six but cannot know what happens then, and the following chapters almost have no connection with that till the end of the story. That is very different from the books I have read in the past. Most of the books I have read before tell a big story in the whole book or more than one book. Things going on in order of time in all. Few of them tell different little story in each chapter, like the "Funny in Farsi". I feel satisfaction after reading the two books. It is not very hard to understand the stories. And I feel that my English improved a little after reading the books. But sometimes the details are not clear. I think I will try to read more books like “Funny in Farsi”.

Chocolate and Curry

There is no comparison between the two books, “The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” and “Interpreter of Maladies”. When the previous book is a chocolate bar, the next book is curry. I do like both chocolate and curry. Let me more explain about curry. First of all, the author of the second book is Indian-American, so this reminds me curry, which is the most famous Indian food in the world. It is so delicious and tasty food, and easy to make. Although it is not a fancy menu at a restaurant, I have been always with it unconsciously while I do not realize that curry is wonderful. Most characters in the book are Indian-Americans who have a self-conflict in themselves. They have been looking forward to chichi lifestyle, American culture, but they have been neglecting their inherent lifestyle, Indian culture. Their behavior can be explained by eating curry. They eat curry and another their traditional food at home, but they do not know that eating curry means they play and succeed their native culture. The previous book is funnier, easier, and more amusing than the second book. The second book is more impressive, considerable, and inspiring than the first book. Hence, I cannot compare the two books, but I have learned a lesson that reading a book is like eating rich food. Whenever I ingest carbohydrate, protein, and vitamin, my organs automatically take care of the ingredients and make me physically alive. Then, whenever I read fiction, non-fiction, and even textbooks, my brain spontaneously performs thinking and let me psychologically alive. Reading the two books in fourteen weeks gives me a chance improving my reading skills in both quality ways and quantity ways.

Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies

We live in the world which is getting closer and closer. And this book describes the lives of people who live in America as strangers. There are nine chapters, and each story is short and different. Frankly speaking, I don’t like the atmosphere of this book because every story is too depressing and melancholy, and this book always treats depressing and gloomy topics. But the stories are around our lives, so I can understand their emotions and lives. Even though the stories are too sad, the end of every story is happy end. And I could think about lots of emotions and my life. The part of what I read the most impressive is chapter nine “The third and final continent.” There is a guy who is from Calcutta, and he lives in New York now. He lived in London for a while, so he has had a vague loneliness in his whole life. He got marry with a woman whose name is Mala by the arranged match, and as time goes by, they are accustomed to each other and new life.

I’m not sure which book is better than the other one. Both book’s characters are humane, and they give me something to think about this world. The background of “No.1 detective” was so special, so I could get lots of interesting facts. And Indians of “Interpreter of Maladies” has their own religion and culture, so it gives me attractive facts too.

I’ve never read any other English novel before I began this semester. I tried to read “Life of Pi” because I’m really interested in religion, but it was not easy to read. I used to be stuck on some vocabularies, so I couldn’t keep reading. However, I’m going to read it again after this semester. I got some confidence to read English novel, and I’m sure it was really helpful to me.

The final reflection about interpreter of maladies.

The final reflection about interpreter of maladies.

      “Interpreter of maladies “by Jhumpa Lahiri was very impresses and sad at the same time. The interpreter of maladies is a young writer. That captures the contexts lives of immigrants, traveling India to America and discussion the journey about people lives as an immigrant in India and America cultural. At the beginning it is very depressing story and sad. However, the story continue it get better each episode. In somehow I personally did not like the book.  However I prefer the # one private detective agency, which means I was more connected to Mma Ramotswe story. And she had great story, and she is very independent women and educated has well. Even though the book consists of different small stories, they are all connected together, and the last story explains more about the point of view on life and relationship between people.