23rd July 2014 — Sri Gurugita is a part of Skhanda Puran which describes the conversation between Lord Shiva and Parvati Devi. Parvati Devi asks Lord Shiva to teach her about the Guru and Shiva answers her by describing the Guru principle, the proper ways of worshiping the Guru and the methods and benefits of Chanting the Guru Gita.The text also gives the etymology of the word Guru, where the root `gu’ stands for darkness, while the root `ru’ stands for light. The term Guru is therefore explained as the remover of darkness, who reveals the light of the heart. Kasi Sri Sacchidananda Saraswati Swamiji, who was one of the Sringeri Disciples, has given the Tamil Translation for the Sanskrit Verses. 30th December 2013 — This Tamil book contains the sacred expositions of Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji and compiled by a disciple. The Jagadguru had taught the Bhagavad Gita, Brahma Sutras and the Taittiriya Upanishad, with Shankara Bhagavatpada’s Bhashyams thereon.
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Some of the chapters of this book are based on His classes. On several occasions, the Jagadguru had explained scriptural passages and devotional verses, in private, to the disciple, either completely of His own accord or in response to the disciple’s queries. These rare teachings of Jagadguru also figure in this book. Meijnana Vilakauraikal is the translated version of English book `Enlightening Expositions’. Complete Works of Adi Shankaracharya - Bhashyams of Brahma Sutra, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads and Other Prakarana Grandhas.
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One of the greatest philosophers of India, Adi Shankaracharya founded the Advaita Vedanta, which is one of the sub-schools of Vedanta. Adi Shankaracharya whole-heartedly believed in the concept of the Vedas but at the same time advocated against the rituals and religious practices that were over exaggerated.
On a closer introspection of the life history of Sri Sankaracharya, we find that he also started the monastic order known as Dashanami and the Shanmata convention of worship. Given here is Adi Shankaracharya biography, which will give you valuable insight into the life of this great poet and philosopher.
My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl.
And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobod My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead.
Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he has leukaemia he wants to know the facts about dying. Sam needs answers to the questions nobody will answer. 'Ways To Live Forever' is the first novel from an extraordinarily talented young writer. Funny and honest, it is one of the most powerful and uplifting books you will ever read. Let's be honest.
I usually only review books I can bash. It's something I like to do. But for Ways to Live Forever, one really must follow my thought process. Page One Thoughts: This stupid book is going to make me cry. Page Seventy-Six Thoughts: Actually, this might turn out to be cheesy.
Page One-Thirty-One Thoughts: Why am I scared of dying all of a sudden? Also, this is pretty heady stuff for young readers.
Page One-Seventy-Two Thoughts: No! This is manipulative! This book wants me to cry! I wil Let's be honest. I usually only review books I can bash. It's something I like to do. But for Ways to Live Forever, one really must follow my thought process.
Page One Thoughts: This stupid book is going to make me cry. Page Seventy-Six Thoughts: Actually, this might turn out to be cheesy. Page One-Thirty-One Thoughts: Why am I scared of dying all of a sudden? Also, this is pretty heady stuff for young readers. Page One-Seventy-Two Thoughts: No! This is manipulative!
This book wants me to cry! Page Two-Oh-Four:.uncontrollable sobbing. Make no mistake about it. Sally Nicholls could quite possibly be Nicholas Sparks for the middle school set.
Her first novel, Ways to Live Forever, was written at the tender age of 23 and has all the trappings of youthful shmaltz: 1. Sam is an eleven-year old with leukemia. He knows he's going to die. His family knows he's going to die. We know he's going to die. There should be no surprises. Sam has an adorable sister, Ella, who is feisty and irrepressible.
In other words, she's the stock little sister that populates every YA novel too lazy to create a real character. Sam's best friend is Felix, a sage in a wheelchair, also battling a terminal illness. Basic, unscrupulous foreshadowing.
Sam makes a list of things to do before he dies. This is equivalent to Nicholls clicking her stopwatch and calling out, 'Go!'
Sam's handwriting, pictures, photos, and ticket stubs litter the book. Like it's an actual scrapbook!!! Are you gagging yet?
Because a Little Baby Jesus Christmas Miracle happens. Nicholls, for all her faults and reckless abandon, creates quite a lovely character in Sam. Although he's prone to thoughts that are a little out of sync with a kid his age, he is unusually grounded. Furthermore, his ruminations about death and dying are particularly child-like. This is the book's primary strength: in Sam, young readers will find a strong, likable boy who's been dealt a rotten hand. That Sam never feels sorry for himself, that he fights with his mother, that he is unapologetically stubborn are all the more meaningful as life slips from his fingertips. Perhaps even more astonishing is how Nicholls handles death.
Throughout the books, she tosses off factoids about coffins, leukemia, and souls in a nearly insouciant manner. So disarming are these facts that several caused me to put the book aside and seriously consider my own death. Let's revisit that: A children's book caused me to think about my own death. Admittedly, this was embarrassingly anxiety-inducing at first, but being with Sam as he slowly dies eases that nervousness, if only because here's a kid, albeit a fictional one, who's facing the grim reaper with a savage bravery, and I'm getting upset about death. Man up, Joseph.
There are some problems with Ways to Live Forever, but it's probably because of Nicholls' tender and impressionable age. But there's a good story squirreled away in the affectations, and it's a book many kids will quite enjoy. 'There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them' —Sam McQueen, Ways to Live Forever, P.
60 This book subtly captured me and led me into its story, until before I even knew what was happening I was totally invested, heart, mind, and soul, in Sam and his life. The tension of approaching climax weighed on me as if it were happening to my own friend, and the panic juxtaposed against Sam's own calm regarding the seeming inevitability of his impending death lay powerfully on my mi 'There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them' —Sam McQueen, Ways to Live Forever, P. 60 This book subtly captured me and led me into its story, until before I even knew what was happening I was totally invested, heart, mind, and soul, in Sam and his life. The tension of approaching climax weighed on me as if it were happening to my own friend, and the panic juxtaposed against Sam's own calm regarding the seeming inevitability of his impending death lay powerfully on my mind the entire time. If this story were American, I would say that I could hardly think of another book winning the 2009 Newbery Medal.
'Things I Want to Happen After I die: You're allowed to be sad, but you're not allowed to be too sad. If you're always sad when you think about me, then how can you remember me?' —Sam McQueen, Ways to Live Forever, P. This book was so far out of my comfort zone. This is a book you can read in one sitting and finish in about two hours.
However I just couldn’t. I needed to be in the right mood for the final part because I knew what was coming. So I put the book aside for like three months, and today was the day I picked it up again and broke my heart. This book isn’t literature. It’s written very easily and it was really far out of my comfort zone because I normally read YA (dystopian/fantasy).
But this book it This book was so far out of my comfort zone. This is a book you can read in one sitting and finish in about two hours. However I just couldn’t. I needed to be in the right mood for the final part because I knew what was coming. So I put the book aside for like three months, and today was the day I picked it up again and broke my heart. This book isn’t literature. It’s written very easily and it was really far out of my comfort zone because I normally read YA (dystopian/fantasy).
But this book it shocked me awake, it broke my heart and I’m still crying writing this review. Sam is only ten years old and has cancer. He knows his days are limited so he decides to write a book about what he still wants to accomplice in life. This book really reads like a diary and it is super quick and the beginning is actually quite fun. It really captures the life of a sick young child well, and it was so believable with all the sticky notes and lists. I actually learned a few new things from this book reading Sam’s fun facts.
I also found the side characters, Sam’s family, Felix and Miss Wolters super believable. The dark side of this book was of course that Sam has cancer. And there isn’t really any sugar coating the reality of a cancer patient. But that actually was why this book was so heartbreaking.
I know there are so many kids (and also adults) struggling with this disease. And I think that there isn’t a person walking this earth who doesn’t know someone who died off this terrible disease. And though you know what’s coming it doesn’t make it easier reading the final pages. I think I cried reading like the last 40 pages of this book.
After I finished I sat there for about 10 minutes thinking about life with the book on my lap. It made me appreciate so many I have and take for granted. Being healthy and having a healthy family are one of the most important things in life. This book is just. I'm sorry I can't think of a more intelligent way to put it, but it was so incredibly. You can't often say that about what is supposed to be a kids' book, but this was so simply, heartbreakingly written, it was like.
It was so terrifically honest and convincing, half the time I was sure I was reading a true, Anne-Frank-style diary. Both Sam and Felix leapt off the page and in to my head, and I can tell you now, I will never forget them. But what is so he This book is just.
I'm sorry I can't think of a more intelligent way to put it, but it was so incredibly. You can't often say that about what is supposed to be a kids' book, but this was so simply, heartbreakingly written, it was like. It was so terrifically honest and convincing, half the time I was sure I was reading a true, Anne-Frank-style diary. Both Sam and Felix leapt off the page and in to my head, and I can tell you now, I will never forget them. But what is so heartbreaking.there can never be a sequel. Although I think Ella is an interesting character. If she wanted, the author could explore her further in a companion book, although Ways to Live Forever is pretty stand-alone.
It doesn't need a sequel. I just love Sam, is all. Lagi asyik-asyiknya liatin rak-rak buku di Gramedia PS ma adek, eh saya malah ketemu buku ini. Beruntungnya lagi kaver plastiknya gak ada, jadi saya bisa baca dan seperti biasa memutuskan Beli atau Gak.
Dan tahukah kawan, setelah membaca halaman awal buku ini saya malah keterusan baca.Kesimpulannya: Buku ini jadi saya beli (walau sudah lumayan kotor dan lecek karena sering dibaca dan stoknya cuma ada satu!). Singkat Cerita: Buku ini bercerita banyak hal, tapi akan saya singkat saja berdasarkan p Lagi asyik-asyiknya liatin rak-rak buku di Gramedia PS ma adek, eh saya malah ketemu buku ini.
Beruntungnya lagi kaver plastiknya gak ada, jadi saya bisa baca dan seperti biasa memutuskan Beli atau Gak. Dan tahukah kawan, setelah membaca halaman awal buku ini saya malah keterusan baca.Kesimpulannya: Buku ini jadi saya beli (walau sudah lumayan kotor dan lecek karena sering dibaca dan stoknya cuma ada satu!). Singkat Cerita: Buku ini bercerita banyak hal, tapi akan saya singkat saja berdasarkan poin-poin ceritanya. Kematian 'Bagaimana kita tahu kita telah mati?' Pertanyaan-pertanyaan tak terjawab no.3.
70) Sam tahu kalau dia takkan lama lagi akan mati. Untuk itulah ia menyiapkan berbagai macam hal seperti daftar-daftar keinginan yang ingin dia lakukan sebelum meninggal, dan persiapan rencana kematian. Yang menarik bagiku adalah, saat Felix mengusulkan agar Sam membuat semacam buku rencana kematian seperti menulis ucapan terima kasih kepada keluarga atau teman (biasanya berupa pidato singkat), dan menulis beberapa pertanyaan tentang kematian Sam yang ditulis seperti soal pilihan ganda seperti contoh yang dibuat Felix ini: 1.
Sam meninggal dengan? Sangat menyedihkan dan menyakitkan. Antara a dan b d. Kami tidak tahu -kami sedang di toko keripik kentang waktu itu. Lain-lain, jelaskan. Beberapa pertanyaan yang ditanyakan Sam pernah saya tanyakan pada diri sendiri. Dan saya sudah mendapatkan jawabannya melalui Sam.
Walaupun tidak sepenuhnya benar, toh suatu saat jawaban itu akan saya temukan, meski tak sempat saya menuliskannya. Tertarik mencoba membuat pertanyaan seperti ini? Fakta-Fakta dan Cerita Fantastis Sam sangat menyukai fakta-fakta dan selalu penasaran tentang hantu, UFO, film horor, ilmuwan, dan terutama balon Zeppelin.
Dalam buku ini dijelaskan beberapa Fakta-Fakta unik yang berhubungan dengan kematian. Salah satu fakta yang membuka wawasan tentang persiapan2 penguburkan jenazah di beberapa negara, ada fakta yang cukup ekstrem dan membuat saya bergidik.
Mau tahu apa? Baca aja bukunya langsung. Felix Felix adalah satu-satunya teman Sam ketika Sam dirawat di rumah sakit, dia juga mengidap Kanker. Karakter Felix dalam cerita ini menurut saya lumayan ekstrem, terutama tingkah lakunya.Tokoh Felix ini mengingatkan saya pada Steve Leopard dalam serial Darren Shan. Walaupun kadang sering membuat sebal Sam, Felix adalah anak yang sangat pintar berdebat dan juga pencetus ide yg unik, dan seperti Sam, Saya suka kalau Felix sudah mulai berdebat. Felix takkan berhenti berdebat sampai ada yang menyerah. Perdebatan yang cukup sengit adalah ketika Sam bertanya pada Miss Willis, kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit?
Felix yang mendengar pertanyaan itu serta merta menjawab dengan gayanya yang tak mau kalah pada Sam. Saat membaca buku ini saya sebenarnya cukup kagum dengan pola pikir Felix yang nyeleneh alias beda dari kebanyakan orang. Daftar-daftar Menjelang Ajal Sungguh.Membaca tiap bab dalam buku ini, aku tak sanggup menahan air mataku. Bahkan aku masih ingin membaca lagi dan lagi. Merasakan betapa menderitanya Sam menahan sakit, membayangkan seperti apa rupanya, keluarganya, dan buku yang ia tulis untuk ia persembahkan kepada orang tuanya dan Ella adiknya setelah ia meninggal nanti.
Sam mengingatkan saya pada teman masa kecil saya yang mengidap kanker, namanya Rifky, sama seperti Sam, Rifky mengalami kebotakan, wajahnya pucat, dan kemana2 ia selalu menggunakan masker. Air mata saya tambah deras mengalir mengingat memori saat saya bersalaman untuk terakhir kalinya pada Rifky yang waktu itu saya belum mengerti benar apa itu kanker dan kenapa bu guru menyuruh saya dan teman2 saya yg lain untuk bersalaman dan minta maaf pada rifky.Yang kupikirkan waktu itu mungkin Rifky akan pindah sekolah. Dan beberapa hari setelah itu Rifky meninggal. 11: Hal-hal yg kuinginkan setelah aku pergi. Di akhir cerita dalam buku ini, terdapat tulisan dan daftar2 terakhir Sam, salah satunya adalah: 6. Kalian boleh saja sedih, tapi tidak boleh terlalu sedih. Kalau kalian selalu sedih waktu memikirkan aku, bagaimana kalian bisa mengingat aku?
Sejenak saya tersenyum setelah saya membaca daftar terakhir dalam buku ini dan menyeka air mata saya yang tak lagi mengalir. Sungguh karya yang indah. This Book + The Feels=Broken Heart This was so heartwarming, i had quite high expectations of this book due to seeing the film first but the adaptation of this book is so good!
I loved how innocent a this book is, there is no sugar coating the reality of a cancer patient. The character in this book Sam asks all the interesting questions that either nobody answers are no one knows the answer to. My favourite character in this book is Felix, he was a real representation of what the world truly is a This Book + The Feels=Broken Heart This was so heartwarming, i had quite high expectations of this book due to seeing the film first but the adaptation of this book is so good! I loved how innocent a this book is, there is no sugar coating the reality of a cancer patient.
The character in this book Sam asks all the interesting questions that either nobody answers are no one knows the answer to. My favourite character in this book is Felix, he was a real representation of what the world truly is and Sam follows that example. He points out all the important stuff in life even the stuff we'd rather not discuss. I loved the illustrations of this book and the fun facts included. While reading you go on the journey with Sam while writing his book within the book.
This book I think, is quite a middle grade language due to the story being in a child's perspective but the intelligence of it makes it appropriate for all audiences. I was so engrossed in this book that I managed to finish it in one sitting which i haven't been able to do in a long time. Highly Highly Highly recommend this book to everyone out there. Such a beautiful and genuine read.
Happiness is not about what you will get, but what you have and do now. Membaca buku ini awalnya saya sangka hanya akan menemukan cerita anak2 biasa yang typically kisah seorang anak sebelum meninggal, yang sudah banyak saya baca di edisi2 Chicken Soup. Tapi semakin lama, ternyata saya ikut masuk ke dalam tubuh dan pikiran Sam.
Saya mulai ikut merasakan sendiri kesepiannya, saya ikut merasakan bahagia dengan mimpi2nya, saya ikut merasakan sakit atas penderiataannya, dan pada saat dia mengatakan Happiness is not about what you will get, but what you have and do now. Membaca buku ini awalnya saya sangka hanya akan menemukan cerita anak2 biasa yang typically kisah seorang anak sebelum meninggal, yang sudah banyak saya baca di edisi2 Chicken Soup.
Tapi semakin lama, ternyata saya ikut masuk ke dalam tubuh dan pikiran Sam. Saya mulai ikut merasakan sendiri kesepiannya, saya ikut merasakan bahagia dengan mimpi2nya, saya ikut merasakan sakit atas penderiataannya, dan pada saat dia mengatakan 'INI TIDAK ADIL', saya menangis. Buku ini benar2 mengajarkan saya untuk memaknai hidup dengan arti yang sesungguhnya. Nikmati hidup selagi bisa, syukurilah apa yang kita punya.
When he was eight, the son of friends of mine went through a sort of John Webster phase, being much obsessed with death. His fondness for poking at road-kills and gazing at graveyards troubled his parents, of course, but not half as much as the interminable questions.
What's it like to die? How do you know when you're dead?
What happens afterwards? Why do we have to die anyway? These are 'The Questions that Nobody Answers', according to Sam McQueen, the 11-year-old hero of Ways to Live Forever. When he was eight, the son of friends of mine went through a sort of John Webster phase, being much obsessed with death. His fondness for poking at road-kills and gazing at graveyards troubled his parents, of course, but not half as much as the interminable questions.
What's it like to die? How do you know when you're dead? What happens afterwards? Why do we have to die anyway? These are 'The Questions that Nobody Answers', according to Sam McQueen, the 11-year-old hero of Ways to Live Forever. But Sam isn't just going through his morbid phase.
For him these questions have a special urgency because he is going to die, soon, and he knows it. Ways to Live Forever is the diary/scrapbook Sam compiles during the last two months of his life. Reading it is less like reading a novel than watching an exceptionally brilliant TV documentary.
The text is punctuated by ephemera: drawings, tickets, and especially lists. Lists not only of those eternally unanswerable questions, but also of facts. Sam likes facts.
He believes, touchingly, that they are the opposite of questions. A different kind of list gives the book its structure. 3: Things that I want to do' ranges from the entirely reasonable ('Go up down-escalators and go down up-escalators'), via the barely achievable ('Ride in an airship'), to the impossible ('Go up in a spaceship and see Earth from space'). I don't want to give away the plot, but I have to say that all these wishes are granted, one way or another. Killing children is something that writers indulge in from time to time.
It's a high-risk business. If the crime is aggravated by mawkishness, the penalties can be severe. Passing sentence on Dickens, Oscar Wilde famously asserted that 'One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.'
In seeking to evade the charge of sentimentality, other writers have been sententious, offering pseudospiritual comforts, such as death being part of 'a cycle' of some sort. (It is almost a rule, these days, that in children's literature death has to be presented as life-affirming, or even life-enhancing.) Beyond all this, of course, is the reasonable suspicion that killing children is the easiest way for writers to squeeze their readers' tear ducts.
A surprising number of us think that a good cry is an essential part of a good read. Knowing all this, as she obviously does, Sally Nicholls has been either courageous or reckless to write, as her first novel, the story of a boy who dies of leukaemia. And she would seem to have made matters even more difficult for herself by writing in the first person, which means, among other things, that her narrator cannot be around to write the last scene. Does she get away with it?
Yes, she does. She knows what the traps are, steps into them, and steps out again unscathed. In all first-person narratives the voice is, obviously, everything.
Sam's is the voice of an unexceptional boy transformed by the enormity of what awaits him, and getting it to ring true is a hugely impressive achievement. I should mention (through gritted teeth) that Nicholls was only 23 when she wrote Ways to Live Forever.
Her publishers have very high hopes for her, and on the strength of her debut they seem entirely justified. This is an elegant, intelligent, moving and sometimes even funny book. Young readers (and brave parents, and teachers) will love it. The 9-to-12 age group's answer to Jenny Downham's.
11-year-old Sam keeps a notebook in the final months of his life, while he's getting palliative care for his leukemia. He's on homebound instruction with his friend Felix, who also has terminal cancer, and visits a clinic once a week to get his medicine. Sam has a real voice, just the right one for a child his age.
His story brought tears to my eyes. What struck me the most about the story was Sam's family. They were a functional fam The 9-to-12 age group's answer to Jenny Downham's. 11-year-old Sam keeps a notebook in the final months of his life, while he's getting palliative care for his leukemia. He's on homebound instruction with his friend Felix, who also has terminal cancer, and visits a clinic once a week to get his medicine. Sam has a real voice, just the right one for a child his age.
His story brought tears to my eyes. What struck me the most about the story was Sam's family. They were a functional family, refreshing to see when children's and young adult books are so full of decidedly DYSfunctional ones. Obviously his parents and sister were stressed from his illness, and they fought with each other about it, but it was clear that they all loved Sam very much and wanted him to be happy. Di dalam buku yang satu ini, ada seorang anak berumur 11 tahun yang mengidap leukemia. Can you imagine that?
Dia berusia 11 tahun dan mengidap leukemia!! Anak ini dikenal dengan nama Sam. Sam suka mengumpulkan fakta. Ia bercita-cita menulis sebuah buku. Buku yang berisi berbagai fakta, pertanyaan, bahkan kumpulan hal-hal yang disukainya. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang ia sampaikan disebutnya sebagai pertanyaan tak terjawab.
Salah satunya adalah: 'Kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit?' Jika pert Di dalam buku yang satu ini, ada seorang anak berumur 11 tahun yang mengidap leukemia. Can you imagine that? Dia berusia 11 tahun dan mengidap leukemia!! Anak ini dikenal dengan nama Sam. Sam suka mengumpulkan fakta.
Ia bercita-cita menulis sebuah buku. Buku yang berisi berbagai fakta, pertanyaan, bahkan kumpulan hal-hal yang disukainya. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang ia sampaikan disebutnya sebagai pertanyaan tak terjawab. Salah satunya adalah: 'Kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit?' Jika pertanyaan itu diajukan kepada saya, saya tidak punya jawabannya. Buku ini adalah buku harian sam.
Ia menulisnya diminggu-minggu terakhir kehidupannya. Awal membaca buku ini saya sering tertawa.
Saya tertawa membayangkan wajah Sam dan sahabatnya Felix yang juga sedang sekarat, namun tetap iseng. Saya tertawa ketika mereka sedang mendiskusikan sesuatu yang akan ditulis di buku harian itu, seperti ketika mereka berdebat tentang jawaban 'Kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit?' Atau setiap kali Sam dan Felix bertemu, saling menatap dan bertanya 'sekarang ngapain?'
Saya membayangkan wajah nakal anak-anak malang itu dan tersenyum. Saya paling suka ketika mereka mendapat ide untuk membuat pertanyaan dengan model pilihan ganda tentang kematian sam yang harus diisi oleh orang tua sam kelak setelah ia meninggal.
Mereka membuat segala sesuatu sebagai lelucon. Namun di saat saya sedang tertawa, tiba-tiba saya harus terdiam, terharu dan merenungkan betapa anak-anak ini, Sam dan Felix mensyukuri kehidupan mereka yang hanya sebentar.
Memang ada saat-saat ketika Sam tidak kuat untuk beraktivitas dan hanya tertidur, namun ia selalu bersemangat, ia terus bersemangat. Ia memandangi keluarganya, merekam memori kehangatan kebersamaan mereka untuk mengingatnya selamanya.
Cukuphanya itu yang bisa saya sampaikan. Review ini pendek bukan karena buku ini tidak bagus, tetapi karena bahasa saya menjadi terbata-bata ketika mendeskripsikan hal-hal seperti ini. Silahkan anda baca sendiri untuk memahami Sam.
I Love Sam.reallyI love his spirit. Pertanyaan no. 1: Bagaimana kita tahu kita sudah mati? Pertanyaan no.
2: Kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit? Pertanyaan no. 3: Bagaimana kalau ada orang yang sebenarnya belum mati, tapi dikira sudah mati oleh orang-orang lain? Apakah dia akan dikubur hidup-hidup? Pertanyaan no. 4: Sakitkah kalau mati?
Pertanyaan no. 5: Seperti apakah kelihatannya orang yang mati? Atau apa rasanya? Pertanyaan no. 6: Kenapa sih orang mesti mati? Pertanyaan no. 7: Ke mana orang setelah mati?
Pertanyaan no. 8: Apak Pertanyaan no. 1: Bagaimana kita tahu kita sudah mati?
Pertanyaan no. 2: Kenapa Tuhan membuat anak-anak jatuh sakit?
Pertanyaan no. 3: Bagaimana kalau ada orang yang sebenarnya belum mati, tapi dikira sudah mati oleh orang-orang lain?
Apakah dia akan dikubur hidup-hidup? Pertanyaan no. 4: Sakitkah kalau mati? Pertanyaan no. 5: Seperti apakah kelihatannya orang yang mati?
Atau apa rasanya? Pertanyaan no. 6: Kenapa sih orang mesti mati? Pertanyaan no. 7: Ke mana orang setelah mati? Pertanyaan no.
8: Apakah dunia masih ada setelah aku tidak ada? Pertanyaan tak terjawab itu diajukan Sam, bocah 11 tahun pengidap leukimia yang tinggal menghitung hari menuju kematiannya. Beberapa pertanyaan yang mungkin dihindari sebagian besar orang, tapi akan dialami juga pada akhirnya. Saat Anda tahu berapa lama lagi waktu yang Anda miliki untuk hidup, apa yang akan Anda lakukan? Karena menurut Felix, orang-orang mungkin akan menuruti apa pun segala permintaan orang yang akan mati. Seperti juga yang dilakukan oleh kedua orangtua Sam yang berusaha mengabulkan keinginannya. Berapa banyak orang yang akan menjawab sudah siap saat kematian datang?
Yang jelas saya bukan salah satunya. Meskipun saya sendiri tidak tahu berapa lama supaya siap untuk mati. Mungkin tak akan pernah.
Kalau begitu apa harus hidup selamanya? Kalau yang ini, saya tahu jawabnya: jelas tidak. Death is really a trivial question, don't you think? Sam, seorang bocah laki-laki berusia 11 tahun penderita leukimia lymphoblastic akut.menuliskan hari-hari terakhir dalanm hidupnya. Mengetahui bahwa hidupnya tidak akan lama lagi, ia ingin memberikan kenangan yang indah bagi orang-orang yang ditinggalkannya dan hidup di hati mereka selamanya.
Sebuah kisah yang sangat menyentuh., bagaimana seorang anak menghadapi kematian ini tidak dengan kesedihan dan rasa putus asa, ia melakukan hal-hal yang ingin ia lakukan sebelum ia pergi. Walaupun banyak Sam, seorang bocah laki-laki berusia 11 tahun penderita leukimia lymphoblastic akut.menuliskan hari-hari terakhir dalanm hidupnya. Mengetahui bahwa hidupnya tidak akan lama lagi, ia ingin memberikan kenangan yang indah bagi orang-orang yang ditinggalkannya dan hidup di hati mereka selamanya. Sebuah kisah yang sangat menyentuh., bagaimana seorang anak menghadapi kematian ini tidak dengan kesedihan dan rasa putus asa, ia melakukan hal-hal yang ingin ia lakukan sebelum ia pergi. Walaupun banyak pertanyaan-pertanyaannya seputar kematian yang tidak terjawab, namun ia dapat pergi dengan tenang saat berada ditengah seluruh anggota keluarga.
Sebuah pelajaran bagi kita. Bahwa apapun yang terjadi di dalam hidup, sama sekali tidak perlu kita sesali.
Karena hanya dengan menyesal tidak akan menjadikan hidup lebih baik. Yang terpenting adalah menjadikan hidup ini berharga bagi kita dan orang-orang di sekeliling kita. 'You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough' (Mae West) Besides.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY!! Realistic fiction-death, family, writing, friendship, inquiring. Absolutely wonderful book about a boy named Sam who is dying of leukemia. His teacher invites him to write a book and he includes lists, all of his questions about death that no one wants to talk about or answer, facts, his goals, things he collects (kind of like a scrapbook), etc. He meets a friend named Felix in the hospital who also is dying and they work on Sam's list of things he wants to do including smoking, kissing a girl Realistic fiction-death, family, writing, friendship, inquiring. Absolutely wonderful book about a boy named Sam who is dying of leukemia. His teacher invites him to write a book and he includes lists, all of his questions about death that no one wants to talk about or answer, facts, his goals, things he collects (kind of like a scrapbook), etc.
He meets a friend named Felix in the hospital who also is dying and they work on Sam's list of things he wants to do including smoking, kissing a girl and going up an esculator the wrong way. This book definitely fits the NCBLA criteria and is the best book I have read so far in 2009.
I finished this book an hour ago & I had to wait and pull myself together before writing this review. It is one of the most emotional books I've ever read. Anyone who reads this and doesn't shed tears has a heart of stone! I HATE it when people give a book less stars just because its sad. Surely if a book can evoke such strong emotions in a person then that is proof that it is very well written and the reader is fully engrossed in the story! I gave it 5 stars because this story deserves no less I finished this book an hour ago & I had to wait and pull myself together before writing this review. It is one of the most emotional books I've ever read.
Anyone who reads this and doesn't shed tears has a heart of stone! I HATE it when people give a book less stars just because its sad. Surely if a book can evoke such strong emotions in a person then that is proof that it is very well written and the reader is fully engrossed in the story! I gave it 5 stars because this story deserves no less in my opinion! I got this book at my local bookstore on Independent Bookstore day. It was one of those 'blind date' books where they wrap the book in paper and write a short description of the story on front, preventing you from 'judging a book by its cover'. I'm so glad that not only did I get this book but I couldn't see its cover- which doesn't relate the story at ALL and probably wouldn't have been a book I picked up on my own.
This story is told in a mix of letters, lists and journal entries. Ways to Live I got this book at my local bookstore on Independent Bookstore day. It was one of those 'blind date' books where they wrap the book in paper and write a short description of the story on front, preventing you from 'judging a book by its cover'. I'm so glad that not only did I get this book but I couldn't see its cover- which doesn't relate the story at ALL and probably wouldn't have been a book I picked up on my own. This story is told in a mix of letters, lists and journal entries. Ways to Live forever, by Sally Nichols is narriated by an eleven year old boy named Sam who has Leukemia.
There are also added pictures of drawings, ticket stubs and postcards- which complement this story so well. This story is fast paced and the language is very easy to read, but the story- oh the story. I don't know if I've ever been this emotional over such a short book, or any book to be honest. In just a short 224 pgs I had to put this book down countless times because of how emotionally gripping it is. While this novel isn't perfect, I rated it 5.' s because of how moving it is. If I was any less moved by this story I probably would've given it a solid 4.'
s. I loved all the characters, although I wish there was a little more background info on them. Sam and Felix have a beautiful friendship and I absolutely love them both. There were some things I wish that could've been added to the story, minor details, that I feel would've made this story better/ stronger? This is small book packed with a powerful story and I'm left with mixed feelings. I'm heartbroken but relieved.
I'm all over the place right now. So I'll be back to finish / fix my review tomorrow when my head is more clear.
Edit. I think why this book moved me so much is because I am a mother and I can't imagine being a parent to child with any sort of cancer or terminal illness. Sam's parents dealt with his disease in their own way, while struggling to keep him and themselves happy, healthy and stable. The strength these parents have. Its both incredible and inspiring.
A cousin of mine just had to experience going through a kidney transplant surgery for her Adoptive son. What a scary situation. I did find things that I didn't like about the writting (lack of background info for one) but its such a beautiful story about such an ugly disease, that I'm keeping my rating at 5.' s.
I definitely recommend this book to everyone. It could very well break your heart like it did mine, but its well worth the read. Although I was personally caught up in Sam's story (and yes, crying through the second half), I was distracted by the question of whether or not this book would really appeal to an eleven year old boy. I know there's an appetite for sob-stories in young girls, but would boys pick this up? I can't say I know the answer, but one thing consoled me - Sam is really thinking things through.
We see his distraught parents trying to cope, and occasionally they come on the scene as realistic, fully-fleshe Although I was personally caught up in Sam's story (and yes, crying through the second half), I was distracted by the question of whether or not this book would really appeal to an eleven year old boy. I know there's an appetite for sob-stories in young girls, but would boys pick this up? I can't say I know the answer, but one thing consoled me - Sam is really thinking things through. We see his distraught parents trying to cope, and occasionally they come on the scene as realistic, fully-fleshed characters, but Sam isn't thinking about his approaching death the way they are (although for the first time in a story like this, I found myself identifying with the parents - maybe because Sam is only 11). He's thinking about whether he could accomplish his goals (I loved the going up the down escalator scene) and what death is really like and how his book will end. Sam has a fantastic teacher who visits him at home - a personality mainly revealed to us through the experiments and projects she gives Sam - and up until the end she encourages Sam's scientific thinking and intellectual exploration.
Since we know Sam is dying, this is a depiction of learning for its own sake (and not because it will be useful when you grow up) that could really inspire kids. Not in a maudlin 'be grateful you have your health' way, or an 'if a dying kid is this interested in science, you can be, too' way, but just showing the rewards of using your brain for whatever pursuits interest you. Which is all a long way of saying that the character development makes this more than just a sad, dying child story. Kids who like to ask those big questions will find it compelling. The rest of us might need some Kleenex handy. How lovely novel this is.
Normally I don't read novel for young adults but I did liked this one very much indeed. The language is simply but absolutely beautiful; portraits as well; it's really impossible not to love Felix and entire Sam's family (and of course Sam). From the very beginning you are stunned by horrifying circumstance characters of the novel are facing with and feel gratefulness cause you're not from that story. Then you realize that there are numerous people in precisely the same How lovely novel this is. Normally I don't read novel for young adults but I did liked this one very much indeed.
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The language is simply but absolutely beautiful; portraits as well; it's really impossible not to love Felix and entire Sam's family (and of course Sam). From the very beginning you are stunned by horrifying circumstance characters of the novel are facing with and feel gratefulness cause you're not from that story. Then you realize that there are numerous people in precisely the same situation and from that moment you're not looking on this novel as a work of fiction. You're starting to feel their pain and respect their courage. You're seeing real children and their loved ones under those pages. Eventually you're absolutely emotionally attached with them so don't be surprise if your eyes start watering (be surprise if they don't!).
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