Alex Shearer, the author of this book, is a famous British novelist and playwright. According to the author's brief introduction, this book caused a great sensation after it was published in China in 2004, and became a rare best seller for more than ten years. What is the content of the book so popular? Moreover, the Internet said it was suitable for primary school students in grades four, five and six, so I finished reading it in three free days.
The novel is about a boy, Harry, who was in elementary school and died in a car accident when he was in the fourth or fifth grade. He came to another world-a place different from his hometown. There are trees, paths, long lanes and fields in other places. The sun always hangs on the horizon, and there is a sky-blue coast in the distant sunset. Ghosts from other places can follow the road signs to the other side of the sky blue, but they don't know where it is. Some ghosts in other countries rushed to the other side of the sky blue, while others felt that they had unfinished wishes before their death and were unwilling to go there for the time being. They must finish what they want to finish first, so they wander around other countries or return to this world, trying to finish what they care about.
Harry was a very naughty boy when he was alive. After quarreling with his sister, he came out by bike. When he quarreled with his sister, he said, "If I die one day, you will regret it", but her sister said, "I won't, I'm so happy, you should disappear quickly". As a result, he rode into the road and was killed by a truck. After his death, he regretted saying that to his sister, because he knew that her words were angry words, but his death would plunge her into deep remorse. He really wants to go back and tell his sister not to blame herself and not to cry. He loves her and won't live in regret and sorrow, but he can't go back.
In a foreign land, Harry met Arthur, a child who died 50 years ago. Arthur's mother died while giving birth to him, and Arthur died of childhood fever. After coming to another country, Arthur 150 has been looking for his mother with buttons left by her mother for more than 50 years.
Later, Arthur brought Harry into this world. He felt that he had just died, but it was half a semester since he came into this world. Harry went back to his old school. He is narcissistic and thinks that everyone there will be sad because of his death. Whether the headmaster, teacher, friend or enemy, they must be talking about him. But when he got to school, he saw his former friends playing with his enemies on the playground. In the corridor, the clothes hook where he used to hang clothes and the place where the lunch box was placed on the bench were occupied by new students. In the classroom, he thought that his seat would be decorated with flowers by his classmates and become a sacred place to commemorate him, but it didn't, and it was occupied by new classmates. All his previous positions in the school were occupied by freshmen. The teacher didn't mention him, and the headmaster didn't take him as a warning to everyone. He felt completely forgotten by the world. Originally, I thought everyone could not live without him, but the earth turned around without anyone. Just when he was disappointed, he suddenly found that the pictures posted on the back wall of the classroom and what he wrote were all his thoughts about teachers and classmates. Even his opponent Kim wrote an article telling the story between them. Turns out they don't know each other either. After reading Jin Tang's article, he was relieved, forgave Jin Tang and wanted to be friends with Tang Jincheng.
He wants to go home. When he passed the cemetery behind the church, he found his own grave. While admiring the beautiful tombstone, he found his father picking flowers there. When he left, his father told Harry that he would come again tomorrow. It turned out that after Harry's death, his father would come to Harry's grave every day to accompany him for a period of time. Seeing that his father's face was sad and his steps were no longer light, Harry advised him not to do so, but he could hear nothing.
When he got home, Harry saw that his father, mother and sister were still extremely sad. He wants to do something to resolve their sadness, but no matter what games he uses to make his family happy, they can't feel him, what he says, or his hug. When father, mother and sister tried to separate, he went to his sister's room to make peace with her. When he arrived at his sister's room, he found his sister's wall covered with photos related to him, including his single photo, his photo with his sister and his family. My sister stroked those photos and missed him very much. He told his sister that he loved her, but she heard nothing. Finally, Harry used the method he learned from Arthur to concentrate all his thoughts on the pencil his sister put on the table and let it stand on the table. My sister was surprised to see it, but not afraid. She thinks Harry is here. My sister apologized to Harry, and Harry forgave her, apologized to her, begged her forgiveness, and told her that he loved her. After expressing this apology and intention, Harry finally got his wish, so he quickly left and returned to his hometown, still moving towards the other side of the sky blue.
Along the way, Harry met Arthur again, and Arthur finally found his mother. Arthur's mother told Harry that the other side of the sky blue is where ghosts become new life again, just like leaves fall into the soil, making trees grow leaves again the next year. So, when Harry walked to the sun, he saw the seemingly sky-blue sea-the power of life, and remembered that mom and dad said they wanted to have another child. He thought of his father, mother and sister saying goodbye again and again and jumped into the blue "ocean".
After reading this novel, I began to narrate in the second person and the first person, which was very confusing. Read on and gradually understand. Reading that so many ghosts are wandering in other places, unwilling to go to the other side of the sky blue, knowing that they have unfinished wishes, I think this should be what we call worry. If you are tired of worrying, you can't be born again. When I read that the self-righteous Harry returned to campus and found that no one thought he mentioned him, I laughed at his narcissism and smelly fart, but felt sorry for the reality. I can't help but say that Harry is really a distinctive child, mischievous, active in class and an important figure in the football team. But nothing on campus showed his sadness of leaving. Yes, the earth has been moving away from everyone. More than one normal teacher and student died in our school these years, but none of them splashed any waves. What matters is just what you think. However, when Harry saw all this on the back wall of the classroom, I was as moved as Harry. It turns out that people are not without true feelings!
But when a person dies, no matter what others do, nothing is more sad than one's own family. Parents will suddenly grow old because of the death of their minor children, and the brotherhood will be saddened by the death of brothers and sisters. Therefore, if a person does nothing for others, he must cherish himself and his life for the people he loves.
Harry didn't feel sorry for his misfortune, but he didn't want to leave because he couldn't alleviate his sister's remorse. Rebirth, but no regrets. I know Harry too well.
I didn't know that the author wrote this novel to cherish life. Or can you be reborn by completely letting go? Or something else? I didn't look it up, but I felt what I could feel while reading, feeling the constant changes of my mood and understanding.
Maybe we can get to know each other better by communicating with the teachers who study in * * *, but we really don't have time to communicate with the group, so we can only write down our feelings.