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Born a Crime Day 4: Fufi

    Trevor had a dog named Fufi. Once he and his mother left the house, Fufi went to another boy's house. Trevor found this out, but that boy thought the dog was his. After some arguments, Trevor's mother had to pay the boy's family to get Fufi back.  From this, Trevor learned that you don't own the one you love.           I could relate to Trevor and Fufi's story. You don't own the people you love. They do what they want to do, and it's the same with you too. However, when I was much younger, I easily got jealous. Whenever my friends or my family played without me, I just didn't like it. They had to be with me. Thinking back, it was silly of me to feel that way, but I was really sad. As I got older, though, I learned that you can't be with someone all the time and that they have their own lives. Also, I just came to know that there's nothing really to be sad over. I have my own life, and they have theirs. We sometimes hang out but sometimes ...

Born a Crime: Day 2: Chapter 6

      As a kid, Trevor was a naughty boy, misbehaving and causing trouble. He knew what he wanted to do and did it. Even though he was scolded and beaten for what he had done, he would get up again. From this, though  Trevor's story can be a silly example, I figured one of the themes of this story is getting back up from the past and keep challenging new things.     From silly things to serious things, times of failure or hopeless do come in life. As Trevor stated in the chapter, if these times come, it is  better to get up, shrug off what happened, and try again.     I've been learning Japanese for about three years. Now, I am continuously studying the language, but when I first tried to learn it, I couldn't. Though the grammar is similar to Korean, Japanese was hard to start because of its writing system. Japanese writing system has three parts: hiragana, katakana, and Chinese characters. Also, the Chinese characters don't have one sound. T...

Born a Crime: Day 1: Chapter 3

.................Hi!! 😂 This feels weird......... but oh well .......okay [Chapter 3: Trevor, Pray] Summary: One day, Trevor didn't want to use the outhouse, so he "defecated" indoors on some newspapers. Though he threw it away, his mother smelled it. In Trevor's town, people believed in witchcraft. Also, there were prayer meetings that only women and children attended. Therefore, Trevor's mother thought a demon cursed the house and gathered people to pray to God, not knowingly embarassing Trevor. Theme: I think one of the themes of this chapter is the connected or disconnected feeling that languages can give. In the story, people believed God would hear out Trevor's prayers first because he spoke English, so they asked him to pray for them. They thought God was white and spoke English. This shows how people can feel separated and different just because of the language they speak. My Story: I think language is certainly something that can make you feel both b...