As the Leaves Fall Part 2

As I finish Falling Leaves, it became an instant favorite of mine. It's definately I'll re-read again. This book simply defines one's hardship, loniliness and struggle. I see many symbolism in the book. I feel analyzing it for my IB Englsh HL essay, but no I feel an urge of laziness.

One symbolism I'd like to express would be the relevance of Adeline's position in the Family as being unwanted and disregarded, also her struggle for acceptance. I can see this in many parts of history of the world. For such as Nelson Mandela's pursue for equality and acceptance of black people in South Africa, the blacks strugge for social acceptance in the USA and also the racial boundary that is widespread during the cold war [1946 - 1989], where people who were communist or born from/have a blood from a communist country are straight away disregarded and known to be minorities. This of such I could place a really good example, which the philippines. It's a pro-american country (I of the opposite), so during the cold war the Chinese and chinese-filipinos (such as my faternal grandmother) were greatly disregarded and known to be minorities. As such today, China prosper and it's the other way round. China is the top of the chart and very laughable against westerns that us asians are very much prospering!

Why did the book became an instant favorite of mine? Easy and simple answer for that, it made me wonder about my faternal grandmother. It touched me and awed in disgust on how adeline was treated during her childhood being unwanted. Disgusted by the near end of the book where she looked back where her san ke gege urinated into her orange juice. There are so many symbolism in the book, I would definately recommend this to my friends. And of course, all books have happy endings and sad endings, this book. A touching ending.

This book gave me an idea in future, where I'd write my own book based on my family and my own history. It'd be revealing, yes, but may do something that'll be pleasant and no harm will be done.

I now start a fresh new book, I am having a dilemma of which book to read. Stalin's Ghost, a book that caught my eyes when I was looking around my favorite book shop in gadong. Or The Historian a book also caught my eyes. Which should I read? No matter, which ever book I pick up tomorrow morning is the book I will definately read!

Now I'll depart with this qoute:

"The way I see it, The nineteeth century was a British century. The twentieth century is an American century. I predict that the twenty-first century will be a Chinese century." - Adeline's Aunt Baba

That qoute is in fact true.

Something to ponder why: Why on earth would somebody[that somebody is a lady] have the 'happy birthday' song be copyrighted?