Thursday, 27 October 2016

A time to reflect

A-yo everyone! So as we are finally come to an end of our lesson on TSLOB novel ......... it's time for the reflection!

Okay so after finished reading the novel(thank god) there are surprisingly many morals that i have learnt. But the one that gets me i that no matter what every clouds has its own silver lining. Thick and dark clouds sometimes obstruct the sun. When it happens, the surroundings darken. It is surely not a pleasent sight, but if we look at the clouds carefully we can see that their edges are tinted with a silvery glow. This glow tells us that the sun is somewhere there behind the clouds. As time passes, the clouds will move off and the sun will come out of it. Wherever there is sorrow, happiness will be somewhere nearby. Whenever there is shadow, light should be nearby. And whenever there is darkness, the bright light is near. In the same way as Lily, although at first her life has been such a miserable one with her abusive father but in the end her life couldnt be better with the Boatwright sisters and Rosaleen. Like the silver tint in the edges of thr dark cloud, hapiness always lurks behind the darkest hour. 

(spot the copy pasting activity going on?)

The thing that i like the most about this novel is its story line that is not cliche as any other novel out there(probably because i haven only read two or three English novel before). I like how the novel starts with Lily feeling unsure whether if she was the one who killed her mother when she was four. It somehow kept me wondering about it and also pushed me to continue my reading. I also like how in every chapter there will always one or two facts about bees. On how they survived during winter, the role of every bees in the colony and so many more. The thing that i disliked the most is the lack of narration on T-Ray and Deborah's relationship. The author should add a little more details on their relationship and how they end-up wrangle with each other. 

One last thing, I would not recommend this novel to ones who do not wish to understand more about life. This novel really opens up my mind to appreciate my life better than before and also to treat others equally as we are all humans no matter white, black or blue our skin color is.


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