When I had bought the magazine “Big Issue Japan” several years ago, I found some book information. Naoki Higashida is a Japanese author who has Autism. I was interested in the information at that time, but other new interests had sidetracked my attention. However, I fortunately I saw something about him again on the digital shelf of Kindle Unlimited last Sunday.
“The Reason I Jump: one boy’s voice from the silence of autism” The Japanese original version was published in 2007 while the English translated version was published in 2013. Mr.Higashida wrote it when he was 13.
He had a (2)chip on his shoulder until he started writing about his thoughts. David Mitchell who is a translator and who also has a son with autism also wondered why his son isn’t (3)a chip off the old block. Normal people sometimes fall for the mistake of looking for (1)chinks in the armor of a disabled person. “There is always an underestimation for people who have autism when they really have a potential of being intelligent and imaginative,” wrote David on the postscript. (4)Furthermore, I’ve read some negative book reviews about it on the Goodreads which is a “social cataloging” website that allows individuals to freely search its database of books and reviews.
Prejudice and ignorance are a typical rejection symptoms when people find unknown facts which are not acceptable.
In my case, I found many powerful phrases and fundamental thoughts in this book. Here is one of them:
“You asked me if I wanted to become normal.
I am Autistic. It is the norm for me. thus I don’t know what is the “real” normal you mention. If I will come to love myself whatever I am, I am fine being Autistic or normal.”
Mr.Higashida overcame his suffering after finding his way of writing his thoughts. According to the translation of the book in English, Mr.Mitchell helped himself and many families who have autism.
While reading it, I realized he and I have are similar because we are the same human.
Before the Revision
Title: We are the same.
When I had bought a magazine “Big Issue Japan”, I found his book’s information several years ago. Naoki Higashida is a Japanese author who is an Autism. I was interested in it at that time, but other new interests were taken my attention from that. However, I fortunately met him again on the digital shelf of Kindle unlimited last Sunday.
“The Reason I Jump: one boy’s voice from the silence of autism” Japanese original version was published in 2007. English translated version was published in 2013. Mr.Higashida wrote this when he was 13.
He was suffered having a (2)chip on his shoulder until he started writing on his thoughts. David Mitchell who is a translator who has a son of autism also suffered why his son isn’t (3)a chip off the old block. Non-handicapped people are easy looking for (1)chinks in disability person’s armour. “It is always an underestimation for people of Autism who has a potential of intelligent and imagination,” wrote David on the postscript. (4)Furthermore, I’ve read some negative book reviews about it on the Goodreads which is a “social cataloging” website that allows individuals to freely search its database of books and reviews.
Prejudice and ignore are a typical rejection symptom when people found unknown facts which are not acceptable.
In my case, I found many powerful phrases and fundamental thoughts in this book. Here is one of them.
“You asked me do I want to become standard.
I am an Autism. It is a standard for me. thus I don’t know what is a real standard as you asked. If I will become love myself whatever I am fine an Autism or standard.”
Mr.Higashida overcame his suffering after finding the way of writing his thoughts. According to translate the book in English, Mr.Mitchell helped himself and many families who have autism.
While reading it, I realized he and me have similar because we are the same human.
homework:
(1) chink in someone’s armour: If someone has a chink in their armour, they have a weakness that other people can take advantage of.
(e.g.) “The candidate’s opponents are busy looking for chinks in his armour.”
(2) chip on your shoulder: If someone has a chip on their shoulder, the feel resentful because they feel they are being treated unfairly, especially because of their background, their sex or their colour.
(e.g.) “He’s got a chip on his shoulder because he’s from a working-class family.”
(3) chip off the old block: A person who is a chip off the old block resembles one of their parents in appearance, character or behaviour.
(e.g.) “James is a chip off the old block – he reacts the same way as his father.”
(4) Furthermore
Usage: This is also generally used at the start of a sentence, to add extra information.
Example: “Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that…”
notice
In this article, I try to appropriate use 4 idioms(No.1~4) in this article which I write my daily life and thoughts because I’m learning English. This is one of writing training.