Recently I just finished a book named No Longer Human by Dazai. He’s a Japanese writer. He published his book like years ago. And it talks about his own life. He was talking about the depression he was living in, the problems he had in his life, and how he sees the word in his own perspective. And he talked about how he felt his feelings and how he actually just had the suicide in the end and how he killed himself after writing this book. I decided to read it because it’s actually Like one of my interests, I really like the first Japanese writers, Japanese artist and everything. And when I first saw the title of this book, I just felt like it’s calling me. I just knew it, that I have to read it. Because reading these kind of things, it’s just like I liked it, these things. And it’s like one of my interests. What’s my perspective? What about reading it? As I said from the first time I saw it, I just felt like I have to just read it. Because I actually have been living the same situation that does I was living in it. So I just thought that maybe will make me feel more comfortable that I’m not the only one leaving this. And how did the book change my perspective? I just like, when I was reading this book, I just learned about does I more and more. It just like, it really just had an effect on me and it just changed my opinion and my perspective on life. And even though it’s still actually, in my mind, every single word he wrote, but he literally change the fact that life is unfair. Like, there is something in life that is good. And that’s what does I told me and make me feel.
Band 6+: Describe a book you read that changed your perspective on something. You should say: - What the book was about - Why you decided to read it - What your perspective was before reading it And explain how the book changed your perspective.
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Recently, I finished a book named No Longer Human by Dazai. He's a Japanese writer who published this book years ago. It talks about his own life, discussing the depression he experienced, the problems he faced, and how he sees the world from his perspective. He talks about his feelings and ultimately about his suicide at the end, as he took his own life after writing this book. I decided to read it because it's one of my interests; I really like Japanese writers, Japanese artists, and everything related to that. When I first saw the title of this book, I felt like it was calling me. I just knew I had to read it because I enjoy these kinds of stories. What's my perspective about reading it? As I mentioned, from the first time I saw it, I felt compelled to read it. I have been living through similar situations that Dazai described, so I thought it might make me feel more comfortable knowing I'm not the only one experiencing this. How did the book change my perspective? While reading this book, I learned more about Dazai and his struggles. It had a profound effect on me and changed my opinion and perspective on life. Even now, every single word he wrote stays in my mind. He really changed the fact that life is unfair, showing that there are still good things in life. That's what Dazai conveyed to me and how it made me feel.
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