Book report- Adrian Mole

Book Report
Class & Number: 1812 Name: Ji-Yeon Beack
Title
The secret DIARY of ADRIAN MOLE aged 13¾
Author
Sue Townsend
Publisher & Year
Jung-Hwan Chai & 1990. 02. 12
Vocabularies
boil: A boil is a red, painful swelling on your skin, which contains a thick yellow liquid called pus
malinger: pretend to be ill in order to avoid working
obstruction: Obstruction is the act of deliberately delaying something or preventing something from happening, usually in business, law, or government.
mongrel: A dog which is a mixture of different breeds.
squalor: refer to very dirty, unpleasant conditions. luscious: Luscious food is juicy and very good to eat
blotch: A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking are of color, for example on someone's skin.
indecent: be shocking and offensive, usually because it ralates to sex or nakedness.
bugger: A person who has done something annoying or stupid.
Reflection
Before I read whole text of 'The secret DIARY of ADRIAN MOLE
aged 13¾' , I just saw some comments located in the back of the
book quickly and quietly. There are lots of comments that praise this book as a hilarious thing. For example, A reader whose nickname is 'Daily Express' said " The bestseller of the year! A laugh a minute!" After reading these positive comments, I turned the first page with the expectation of 'A laugh a minute'. However, I was disappointed at first time. There was no special event that attracted my attention. As I turned the pages continually, however, I felt interesting in that book. Ware there some interesting big episodes in the latter? Definitely not. The interesting point of the book is the Adrian's life is so ordinary and there is no fictional events that I could be familiar. At the same time, I could know the life and thoght of boys my age that I didn't know in detail since I am not a boy. Those are little strange and sometimes hard to understand but I think visiting their brain was pretty good experience that I can do indirectly by reading book. In this sense, I thank this book. Adrian, the main character who writes this book-at the sight of him, it is his daily diary-is a young man believes himself as a unfounded young intellectual. (I wrote him as a young man not a young boy because I judged he has the feeling that adults can possess-the LOVE!) At first everything seems to go to the worst for him. Pandora, his first lover felt in love with his friend, Nigel who has expensive bicycle. His neighbor Mr. Lucas attracted his mother and she divorced father, the father lost his job, spots on his face made him mad, Bert, the old man who received volunteer work from him had bad temper, and his pet got sick, and Kent, one of his classmate menaced him to give money. However, at th end everything was going to be alright. He became familiar with Bert, his grand mother receive his all money back from Kent, His mother and father got together, then he and Pandora were in love! The most important part I sympathized is the diary that is written on Thursday June 11th- 'Spent all day with my love. Can't write much, hands are still trembling.' The reason why I sympathized is I have experience like that. Few years ago, I liked a boy who did Tae- Kwon-Do very well. And one day, he told me he liked me. On that day, I was so happy that I couldn't concentrate on anything. I can understand his situation and how he felt. With falling in love, his diary became bright. I also know when someone fells in love, she or he only can see the beautiful side of life. In this sense, I think falling in love has good effect on the person. Secondly, the thing I learned from this book is there are some durations when every things are massed up to someone and there are also some times when people can do well in life. In fact, I think I has not been doing so well as I expected since I entranced this school. Although I have pretty hard time, I sure that the bright day will be coming soon.