Reading Log | Thoughts on reading 'Three Kilometers to the Moon'
A book that has been on my reading list for a long time,
'Three Kilometers to the Moon' by Shin Iyohara 📗
Through a series of coincidences, I finally managed to read it! 😊
'Three Kilometers to the Moon' contains six short stories.
And all six are stories that gently support the fragile hearts of their respective protagonists.
They were all wonderful stories, but
the one that resonated with me the most was 'How to Find an Ammonite' ✨
🌝 Synopsis
The protagonist here is a boy named Tomoki.
He is preparing for middle school entrance exams, but due to a certain problem, he can no longer study,
so he goes to his grandfather's house in Hokkaido to recuperate 👴
There, he meets Mr. Togawa, who goes to the river every day to dig for ammonites.
Through talking with Mr. Togawa,
and through searching for ammonites,
it is a story about him facing himself and coming to understand who he is.
🌝 Impactful Quotes
Mr. Togawa is blunt,
and while he doesn't say much, many of his words hit the nail on the head 🌿
For example...
'To understand' is 'to divide.' It is not as simple as people think.
This is a line saying that knowing the type of stone as 'knowledge' is different from actually being able to 'classify' it by category.
As I read this, I deeply felt that this applies to studying, self-understanding, and the feelings of others as well. (We tend to think we understand things, don't we? 💦)
And then...
The key to 'understanding' always lies within the 'unknown.' To find that key, you must first know 'what you do not understand.' In other words, you must properly divide 'understanding' from 'not understanding.'
It's a line saying that you can't possibly understand something by only thinking within what you already 'understand.' The hints are in the things you 'don't understand'!
While the story is talking about classifying fossils, it's a line that hits home for Tomoki in a different way...
I also thought that instead of "I don't understand" meaning "give up,"
I want to make it mean "I don't understand, so that's exactly why I should treat it with care and think about it more!"🤔
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🌝Summary
After reading "Three Kilometers to the Moon,"
I felt I wanted to walk more carefully
through the distance between "understanding" and "not understanding."
I tend to judge things based only on what I know or what is within my own understanding, but in fact,the opportunities for growth and discovery might lie precisely outside of that.
Through this book,
I experienced the feeling that stories that draw close to the hearts of others also quietly draw close to my own heart.
From now on, when I encounter things I don't know or don't understand, I don't want to immediately discard them, but rather"the key might be there"I want to remember that🌿😌
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