Well, I’m going to tell you about a book that has had a profound impact on me. So this book is called Dr. Zhivaga. It’s a novel written by Boris Pasternak. It even won a Nobel Prize. And yeah, this book is about Russian society stepping into the Soviet era where many changes have been done and it was a huge transformation in every field for everyone as well. So people of all walks of life were affected. And it also has a very deep philosophical nature. It tells about a main hero who is a doctor and he travels the country and faces, runs up against different circumstances that undermine his inner state and affect them. Not because he was not used to that huge transformation, that new country he lived in. It was a big strike to him, to experience all the differences that were coming up throughout his life. This book wasn’t recommended to me, I just heard that many of my friends have read it back in school, but I didn’t. So it was interesting to me to get this book and read it from cover to cover and it turned out to be a page tourney and I can’t regret that I read it. So it was interesting and it was educational. It was not provoking. So yeah.
Band 7+: Describe a book that had a profound impact on you. You should say: - What the book was about - When you read it - What you learned from it And explain why it had such a strong impact on you.
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Well, I'm going to tell you about a book that has had a profound impact on me. This book is called Dr. Zhivago. It's a novel written by Boris Pasternak, and it even won a Nobel Prize. This book is about Russian society transitioning into the Soviet era, where many changes occurred, leading to a huge transformation in every field for everyone. People from all walks of life were affected. It also has a very deep philosophical nature. It tells the story of a main character who is a doctor, and he travels the country, facing different circumstances that undermine his inner state and affect him. This is not because he was unaccustomed to the huge transformation in the new country he lived in; it was a significant shock for him to experience all the differences that arose throughout his life. This book wasn't recommended to me; I just heard that many of my friends had read it back in school, but I hadn't. So, it was interesting for me to get this book and read it from cover to cover. It turned out to be a page-turner, and I don't regret reading it. It was interesting and educational, but it was not provocative. So, yeah.
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