2014年6月18日水曜日

CALL Literary Reaction Journal 4






. Summary
The story I choose to summarize and react to is “The Happy Prince” by Oscar Wilde.
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince",
who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the story centers round what is happiness to human.
貧困に苦しむ町で、ある一匹のツバメ(彼の仲間である群れはすでに六週間前にエジプトに出発していましたが、 そのツバメは残っていました)が冬の間に幸福な王子(生きていた時に本当の幸せを味わった事のない)と呼ばれる銅像に出会う。その幸福な王子像は高台から貧困に苦しむ人々をみて、物語は人間にとって幸せとは何かを軸に展開してゆく。

 


.  Reaction
1. Denouement
The swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds. The statue of Happy Prince is then torn down and melted leaving behind the broken heart.
ツバメは頑張りすぎた為死んでしまう。幸福な王子の像はその後ボロボロになり、壊れた心臓を残して溶かされてしまいました。

2. Symbolism
The more stripping of all of the statue's beauty is focused upon, the more the self-sacrifice of the happy prince and the swallow becomes tragic.
幸福な王子の美しさ(宝石)がどんどん無くなっていくことが強調されるにつれて、彼とツバメの自己犠牲が悲劇性を帯びてくる。

3. Theme
This theme holds this dead locked feeling that we sense in our time must have been sensed the way we do so repetitively in many places at many historical times. Because this story take pity on people (that there are those who have unfortunately taken the joker phisically or mentally)  
この物語のテーマは歴史の中で何度も繰り返し起こって感じ取られている時代の閉塞感だと思う。なぜならこの物語はこの世の中に生きていて、どうしようもない、不条理な運命の中で生きている人々に同情しているからである。

4.General opinion
I thought what is the true happiness on human life after reading this story. I wonder how anyone could just ignore this problematic chaotic side of the reality and how could just say "we are going to be alright!". Without the descriptions of the very problems that we are facing right now, the creating something is meaningless I thought.
人間にとって真の幸せとはなにかをこの物語を読んだ後考えた。今現在直面している混沌とした問題があるのに、とりあえずそれは置いておいて今日を楽しく行きましょうとは言えないのではないか。もしそういう今の最大の問題を軸に考えなければ創造とは意味がないのではと思った。





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 件のコメント:

  1. Hello, Mariko. I read your comments. It is very wonderful. I think you are hardworker. I think this text is very interesting.

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    1. Nice to meet you, Reina☆ Thanks for praising me♡ And keeping touch.

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  2. Hello Mariko,

    I'm impressed by the strong critical thinking you show in your insightful comments on the aspects of this story, particularly your General Opinion.

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  3. Hello Mariko.
    Your LRJ4 is very nice! It is easy to read your LRJ4,because your LRJ is given a particular account of the contents.

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    1. Thank you for praising my work and giving comment to me♡ I try to read your blog, please wait a bit!

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