Midterm Count: October 23rd, 2020

<Books read> - 41 points

Week 1: Frankenstein - 6 points

Week 2: Interview with a Vampire - 6 points

Week 3: A Wild Sheep Chase - 6 points

Confessions - 5 points

Week 4: Annihilation - 6 points

Week 5: I couldn't finish read Akata witch...! - no points

Week 6: The Hobbit - 6 points

Week 7: The Night Circus - 6 points

<Attendance> - 5 points

I missed the class on Sep. 14th, and the class on Oct. 19th. On Oct. 19th, I had a technical issue with my laptop. I apologize that I didn't email you about this earlier...!

<Total Midterm points> - 46 points

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Week 3_1: Confessions by Kanae Minato (#5 points)

The main background of ‘Confessions’ is a normal school. The homeroom teacher, Yuko, says her four-year-old daughter is murdered by her class at the school where she works. The story begins with the teacher confessing this murder case like a speech in front of her students on the day of the closing ceremony. Yuko is the parent who lost her daughter and couldn’t protect her daughter, and at the same time, she is a teacher who has a duty to guide her students in the right way. She confesses about the law and order, ethics, and moral ideas in a calm and grim tone, in front of the criminals in her class who killed her daughter. Everyone is quietly holding their breath. The incident begins with the death of Yuko's only four-year-old daughter, Manami. Manami was found drowned in the pool, but in fact, it was done by Yuko's students Naoki and Shuya. Shuya wanted to get his mother's attention by killing Manami, and Naoki pushed Manami into the pool to show Shuya, who i...

Week 2: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice (#6 points)

I grew up watching movies and was enthusiastic about Vampires, invisible men, wizards, and goblins, so they are like childhood friends in my imagination. Among these imaginative creatures, my favorite is a vampire, because they have special abilities surpassing humans. Furious power, and immortal ability to live forever while maintaining youth. They can sustain life only by drinking human blood. This vampiric act may be scary, but also feel like a fatal temptation. They are attractive because of their distinction, but at the same time, I like vampires due to their familiarity. The fact that they have the same appearance as humans (except the colors of eyes and skin) and that they were humans in the past make vampires more intimate. They can fall in love with a human, and they can even make children with a human. These characteristics of vampires make me feel that they might exist. Louis, who unwillingly became...

Week 6: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (#6 points)

<Hobbit> has praised that it is a novel everyone should read before we die, so I have always wondered about the story of Hobbit, and this was a great time to read it. As I read this book, I couldn't help but admire the story, even though it was written in the 1930s, is still entertaining and inspiring. “In a hole, in the ground, there lived a hobbit.” The adventure story of The Hobbit, a race that is only half the height of humans, begins with this. The main character is the Hobbit named Bilbo. Like the other hobbits, he pursues a comfortable life living peacefully in a comfortable cave, however, I think Bilbo has a spirit of adventure at the same time. One day, he meets strange visitors, the wizard and the 13 dwarves, tell the story of a mountain that a dragon lives in. The story of a gold-filled dwarf kingdom, a prosperous city, inspired Bilbo's curiosity, and the offer to get some of the tremendous...

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