Reading note "Seeing Things Simply"
1) There are three main characters in this story, Princesse, the old man and Catherine. Princesse is an ordinary girl in her village. She goes to school like other girls do. However, she has a secret duty--she is the model for Catherine. Catherine often ask Princesse to take off all her clothes, including the under wares while she paints Princesse's body. No one but them know the relationship between them. Catherine promised to let no one in the village to look at the paintings of Princesse's naked body. The old man is married. He drinks beside the rooster battle field everyday. His wife always comes and try to take him home. It look like she has never succeeded yet.
2) Everyday when Princesse goes by the rooster battle field, she always hears people's yelling and the roosters' roars. This is one of the places she has to pass to go to Catherine's house. This day, after Princesse arrived, Catherine asked her to take off all her clothes and sit on the veranda. Princesse is always very shy and Catherine has had made so many promises to her in order to get her relaxed when she's naked. The second day when Princesse came, Catherine didn't ask her to take off her clothes. Instead, she just asked her to sit on a rocking chair and hold two candles in her hands. Catherine told Princesse that her most important teacher has died that day. After that day, when Princesse came back, Catherine was no longer in her house. After a week, Catherine came back. She gave Princesse a recreated painting. Princess looked at it for a long time. She was inspired. On her way home, she drew a painting with two people, but she didn't draw their faces. She hoped someone else will go and finish the painting.
3) This is the first story in this book that didn't make me feel so heavy after I finished reading it. And I actually didn't know what are the intentions of this story. What does the author want us to think about when we read it. I don't know. So, it actually took me longer to think about the meanings of this story. But still, I don't know. So I followed what the tittle said, seeing things simply. I stopped thinking about it, and decided to simply acknowledge the story. Maybe as we discuss more about the story in class, I will have more thoughts about those questions.
2) Everyday when Princesse goes by the rooster battle field, she always hears people's yelling and the roosters' roars. This is one of the places she has to pass to go to Catherine's house. This day, after Princesse arrived, Catherine asked her to take off all her clothes and sit on the veranda. Princesse is always very shy and Catherine has had made so many promises to her in order to get her relaxed when she's naked. The second day when Princesse came, Catherine didn't ask her to take off her clothes. Instead, she just asked her to sit on a rocking chair and hold two candles in her hands. Catherine told Princesse that her most important teacher has died that day. After that day, when Princesse came back, Catherine was no longer in her house. After a week, Catherine came back. She gave Princesse a recreated painting. Princess looked at it for a long time. She was inspired. On her way home, she drew a painting with two people, but she didn't draw their faces. She hoped someone else will go and finish the painting.
3) This is the first story in this book that didn't make me feel so heavy after I finished reading it. And I actually didn't know what are the intentions of this story. What does the author want us to think about when we read it. I don't know. So, it actually took me longer to think about the meanings of this story. But still, I don't know. So I followed what the tittle said, seeing things simply. I stopped thinking about it, and decided to simply acknowledge the story. Maybe as we discuss more about the story in class, I will have more thoughts about those questions.
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