I chose a book called "Never Let Me Go" written by Kazuo Ishiguro who won a Novel Literary Prise. I had read this book in Japanese before, but I had the interest to know the differences between the original one, and the Japanese version.
The story started with Kathy(the main character) who is a career talk about the memory in Hailsham to the donor she needs to take care of. Hailsham is a place were many of the children live together with the guardian. Tommy was a boy who was bullied by people, and Ruth was a girl in the same group as Kathy. However, the bulling was almost disappearing at the end of chapter 3.
The most interesting part for me is in the last part of chapter 3, where the children went near to the madam who seemed that she is scared of the children in the Hailsham. The children wanted to know why is so scared of them and thought of a little strategy to walk in front of madam with a piece of mischief. However, madam scared at them as the children scare the spider and the children got hurt by the madam's reaction. It says, "the first time you glimpse your self through the eyes of a person different to you, it's a cold moment. It's like walking past a mirror you've walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange". I think this case made the children realize that they are different from other people. Also, this part made me feel uncomfortable that the way I think about myself is different from what others think about me. It is a natural thing, but it sounds weird when I think about this calmly.
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