My Featured Novel

My Featured Novel

I. About the Novel : Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality – as seen in Long John Silver – unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"Treasure Island." SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016. <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/treasure/>.

II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

Treasure Island - FULL Audio Book by Robert Louis Stevenson - Adventure

Animation version

Works Cited （参考文献）

"Treasure Island." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=treasure%2Bisland>.

III. About the Author : Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis (originally Lewis) Stevenson was born in November  in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an engineer, and his mother was from a family of lawyers and ministers. Like many other parents of their time, the Stevenson imparted to their son the Victorian values of piety, industry, and practical success. Robert was somewhat fearful of his strict, no-nonsense father, a fact that would later be evident in the numerous antagonistic or spiritless father-son relationships depicted in his novels. Robert was a solid student, obeying his father’s wishes by enrolling in Edinburgh University’s engineering department with the eventual aim of joining his father’s firm, which specialized in the construction of deep-sea lighthouses. Stevenson soon rebelled against this plan and reached a compromise with his father by pursuing legal studies. He frequently passed his summer vacations in France with his friends, who were mainly bohemians and artists. At the age of twenty-five, Stevenson passed the bar, but he knew he was not a lawyer at heart and never practiced. Around that time, he published his first essay, a travel piece, and his literary career began.

Works Cited （参考文献）
"Treasure Island." SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016. <http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/treasure/>.


IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Theme

• 定義 Theme is the central idea of a song's lyrics
• 例 The search for heroic role models; the futility of desire; the lack of adventure in the modern age; the hunger for adventure; the vanity of pursuing wealth; the process of growing up and proving oneself
• 略 Treasure Island is an adventure tale, but it is also the story of one boy’s coming of age. At the outset of the novel, Jim is a timid child, but by the end he has matured incredibly. 

B. Reaction Point - setting

• 定義 The setting is the time, place and/or situation in which a story takes place.
• 例 Near Bristol, England, and Treasure Island, an island off the coast of “Spanish America”
• 略 All of the aspects of setting are adventure and provide a little action to the story.

C. Reaction Point - point of view

• 定義  Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told in a song's lyrics.
• 例 Jim narrates from first-and third-person perspectives. In doing so, he presents plot developments that only he himself observes.
• 略  Livesey does the same in his portion of the narrative. Whereas Jim describes his state of mind, feelings, and attitudes throughout his tale, Livesey is more objectively factual in his narration.

D. My General Opinion

This story continues to be popular and famous in the world. and author too.
I read treasure island first time.
I like adventure and action story.
If you like adventure story , you should read or watch it ：）

My Featured Song

My Featured Song

Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran

When your legs don't work like they used to beforeAnd I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks

Darlin' I will
Be lovin' you
Till we're seventy
Baby my heart
Could still fall as hard
As twenty three

I'm thinkin' bout how
People fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Me I fall in love with you every single day
I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now.....
Take me into your lovin' arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are

When my hairs all but gone and my memory fades
And the crowds don't remember my name
When my hands don't play the strings the same way (mmm)
I know you will still love me the same

Cause honey your soul
Can never grow old
It's evergreen
Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory

I'm thinkin' bout how
People fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe its all part of a plan
I just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand

That baby now (oooooh)
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are (ohh ohh)

(al la la la la la la la la)

Baby now.....
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars (oh darlin')
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are
We found love right where we are
And we found love right where we are

I. About the Song

"Thinking Out Loud" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, recorded for his second studio album, × (2014). It was written by Sheeran and Amy Wadge, and was produced by frequent collaborator Jake Gosling . It was released in the US on 24 September 2014, serving as the third single from the album.
In the UK, the song spent 19 weeks within the top 40 before it peaked at No. 1 in early November 2014; it became Sheeran's second number-one single there. The single has also reached the top spot in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia and South Africa, and is also Sheeran's highest charting single in North America to date, peaking at No. 2 on both the US Billboard Hot and the Canadian Hot 100.

Ed Sheeran wrote "Thinking Out Loud" with Amy Wadge, a Wales-based singer-songwriter. He met Wadge when he was 17 years old and they had since written several songs together. Of these, five songs composed the extended play  Somgs I wrote with Amy which Sheeran independently released on 4 April 2010. Wadge also co-wrote the song "Gold Rush", a track on the deluxe version of Sheeran's debut album, ＋(2011).

　　

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Out_Loud

II.About the Songwriter

　Ed Sheeran was born 17 February 1991. He is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and occasional actor.He was born in Hebde Bridge in Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He dropped out of school at 16, and moved to London the following year, in 2008, to pursue a career in music.

He was born in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Surrey　as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in autumn 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project,which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, ＋(read as "plus"), was released on 9 September 2011 and has since been certified six-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In the US, he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red."The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
 He spent much of 2013 opening for Swift's The Red Tour in North America dates. In late 2013, he performed three sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden as a headline act.
His second studio album, x (read as "multiply"), was released on 23 June 2014. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US. In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year. His single from x, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. As part of his world tour, Sheeran played three

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - theme 曲の歌詞の中心的な考え

• Theme is love.
• "Darlin' I will, Be lovin' you, Till we're seventy, Baby my heart, Could still fall as hard As twenty three".  
• Lana Del Rey asks her lover in her Young and Beautiful if he will still love her when she's no longer young and beautiful. If she heard this song,I think  she'd be elated and love it so much

B. Reaction Point - a song hook

• • a catchy musical phrase that makes a song popular and memorable

• And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70
  And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
  And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
  Maybe just the touch of a hand
  Well, me—I fall in love with you every single day
  And I just wanna tell you I am
• ねぇダーリン、僕は70歳になってもずっと君を愛してるよ
  そして僕の心は23歳の時と同じ気持ちで君を愛してる
  人が恋に落ちていく不思議について考えているんだ
  手を触れただけで恋に落ちたりするんだから
  僕は毎日君に恋してる
  そしてそれをただ伝えたいんだ

C. Reaction Point - song chorus
the section of a song that is repeated

• So, baby, now
  

  • • Take me into your loving arms
• 君の優しい腕で抱きしめて

D. My General Opinion
 Darlin' I will be lovin' you till we're seventy
Baby my heart could still fall as hard at twenty three

ダーリン、僕は70歳にまるまで君を愛している
ベイビー、僕は今でも23歳の時のように君に夢中なんだ

I love this sentense.
When I listened it first time, I was surprised.
Because he has beautiful voice and nice talent.
He always makes wonderful lyrics in the world.
If you don't know him , you should listen to his songs!

My Featured Poem

A Red Red Rose -Robert Burns

     O my Luve's like a red, red rose
　　That's newly sprung in June;
　　O my Luve's like the melodie
　　That's sweetly played in tune.

　　As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
　　So deep in luve am I;
　　And I will luve thee still, my dear,
　　Till a' the seas gang dry:

　　Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
　　And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
　　I will luve thee still, my dear,
　　While the sands o' life shall run.

　　And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
　　And fare thee weel awhile!
　　And I will come again, my Luve,
　　Tho' it ware ten thousand mile.

     愛する人は　6月に咲く
　　赤い赤い　バラのようだ
　　愛する人は　音も妙に
　　響き渡る　メロディーだ

　　愛する人よ　君の心の
　　深きが如く　私は愛す
　　愛しい人よ　君を愛す
　　たとえ海が　干上がるとも

　　たとえ海が　干上がるとも
　　岩が熱に　溶けようとも
　　命の砂が　飛び散ろうとも
　　愛しい人よ　君を愛す

　　さようなら　愛しい人よ　
　　ここにしばし　暇を告げん
　　いつかまた　戻ってこよう
　　たとえ遠く　離れていても

https://youtu.be/cBCQMWMbeMU


I. About the Poem

 "A Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title "Oh, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose", "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" or "Red, Red Rose" and is often published as a poem.

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Red,_Red_Rose

II. About the Author

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire and various other names and epithets was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.

Works Cited （参考文献）

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point -rhyme (韻)
    This poem has several same rhyme.
    ・Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear
　　・I will luve thee still, my dear
 　
　　・And fare thee weel, my only Luve
　　・And fare thee weel, a while!

B. Reaction Point - setting　(設定)

• There are various types of things that set. For example location and person.

C. Reaction Point -inspilation (刺激)

• When asked for the source of his greatest creative inspiration, American singer songwriter Bob Dylan selected Burns 1794 song A Red, Red Rose, as the lyrics that have had the biggest effect on his life.

D. My General Opinion

 I heared this story first time.This story is difficult to read vocabulary and content.
 But I could understand! So it is highly recommended.

Self-introduction

Hi,classmates

I'm Haruka Murai.

I study in Art and Literature at Kyoritsu Women's University.

I want to study literature and culture of  British and American.