I will have been in Tennessee, Oak ridge this week. I will be back to Charlottesville this Friday. I drove 6 hours today, so I am tired. The experiment is going to be 5 days. I am excited. But a number of experiment are going to be made. I will be tired at the end of this week, because I came here only by myself.
Let me talk about books. In July, I read or listen 20 books. Among these books, I will write short summaries about what I was interested in.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand.
This book is about the pilot who fight world war II against Japan. During war, his plane was sunken. Fortunately, I could survive using the raft, but unfortunately, he was captured by Japanese. He was sent to a camp in Japan main island. He met terrible torturer called “Monster”. After World war II, he was back to Japan to find this torturer. He was also runner who has record of 1 mile. I was into reading this book.
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo.
After reading “Unbroken”, I was interested in why people become so cruel. Since the “torturer” is from wealthy and elite family, I did not understand why he had behaved so terribly. This book is about the famous psychological experiment. In this experiment, normal students are asked to be “Prisoner” or “Guard”. Nonetheless “Guard” were normal students, they behaved so badly in the experiment. The mental condition of “Prisoner” became so bad, they are terrified by cruel “Guard” asked for help even during experiment. I heard this experiment already is prohibited to do. It is too dangerous to do.
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren.
This book’s title is ordinary, but the contents is important every reader whoever reads fiction, science, poem whatever, this book teach you how to read deeply. I will reread this book once in a while, this book teach me the attitude of reader. I am going to write review.
I just write about 3 books. I have several more books which I wanted to write here. I will write later. Lately, I am learning “writing” from tutor, I wrote several “Book review” here though. By learning writing, I realized that “Book review” is difficult. But I will be back surely. I want to write “Book review” the way I do.