まろまろ記

maromaro@when somebody asks me whether I can communicate in English, I recently answer “Are you look down on me? I am even able to say ‘I am a pen ;-)’”.

“Big Fish” written by Daniel Wallace Pocket Books 2004.

There are two main characters in the book.
The father who likes to tell jokes and tales as a boaster.
The other is the son who does not like the father`s jokes and tales.
The son finally start to listen to the father`s jokes and tales, when he knew the father has short time to left…

As “fish story” means big talk and boast, the title “Big fish” is an extream boaster.
The main theme of this story is to understand between the father and the son, who have different personalities.
The last part of this story was toched for me as a reader.
I think it does not matter the jokes and tales are real or not.
The important thing is there are truth or not.

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小説、洋書、English
まろまろヒット率4

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maromaro@as just a song, I like “L’Internationale” (The Internationale) :-).

“Animal Farm” written by George Orwell Penguin Books 2000 (orignal first published 1945).

There was a farm which was possessed by masters of human being.
One day, animals on the farm did revolt against human masters.
Animals got the farm by themselves and found “Animal Farm” of the animals, by the animals, for the animals.
“Animal Farm” had equal and ideal principle and it seemed like a utopia nation for animals.
Animals, however, started power struggles and changing principle by themselves…

This book is one of the most famous novels of George Orwell.
The story said how revolution`s ideal is disrupted by revoluters themselves.

It is mainly modeled after the Rossian Revolution.
But history proves any revolution proceed through as like “Animal Farm”.
I have felt melancholy but could not deny tha sad story when I have finished reading :’-( .

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小説、洋書、English
まろまろヒット率3

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LOVENABE@boring virus mails.

“GUCCI-Business in Fashion-” written by PAOLA TRIMARCO Penguin Readers 2001.
This book is a story of “GUCCI”, one of the most famous brand companies.

Although I have never owned a GUCCI product, the cool cover design
of this book caught my eye at the book store, and I was tempted to buy it.
This (temptation to buy at first sight) is called “JAKEGAI” in Japanese :-P.

The book was about how the GUCCI brand started off, and how it is managed today.
I was especially interested in the start for the GUCCI as a bland .

GUCCI’s first store was very small and had no original logo.
It took a long while for the GUCCI GG logo from a shape of a stirrup.
I was astonished by the amount of time it takes to establish a brand.

Reading this book gave me a fresh view of my own brand “MAROMARO”.
It’s a tiny enterprise, but even GUCCI was so in the past;-).

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洋書、ブランドマネイジメント、English
まろまろヒット率3

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