Book name: The Storyteller
Author: Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult has always been my favorite novelist. She is a writer
with both sympathy and empathy in her heart. Her novels are often about
controversial issues around the world. For instance, one of her best-selling
books is called My Sister’s Keeper, which is talking about the issue of
physical autonomy. As a result, I chose this book The Storyteller as my third
book.
The Storyteller started by a disfigured woman named Sage. After the
decease of her mother and her personal injury, she became lack of confidence. Her
friend decided to asked her to help with the jobs in a bakery, which Sage didn’t
need to face so many people. Also, she introduced her into a grief group. Inside
the grief group, every of the members had their own sorrow. In the paragraphs
of describing what happened in the group, the author also threw out a question:
What is the definition of death? The end of life means death? Or someone dies
only when no one miss him/her? (I strongly recommend this part.)However, Sage
was the only one who had stayed in the group for over years. The reason was
that she could never pull her heart out.
All the things changed after she met an old man called Josef Weber. Josef
was a retired teacher and now a coach. He was a beloved old man in the
community. Sage soon became friends with this nice old man. The old man never
judge Sage by her face, and never asked her about that. One day, the old man
showed up. He asked Sage to do him a favor: kill him.
I love the way how Jodi Picoult talked about the grief group. Sometimes
we cannot go through difficulties ourselves. As a result, we need a group of
people to listen to us and maybe give us some advice. However, it is never easy
to judge people’s opinion. Since no one would like to receive any kinds of
negative judgement when he/she is in his/her own sadness. This part of the book
taught me not to interfere people’s sharing, and also respect different kinds
of opinion. Perhaps it will develop into debates, but how come we cannot accept
those different from us?
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