of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men is different in some ways. For instance, the character of Lennie. I like this character, he is uniquely complicated. He’s a nice fella, but foolish, and also awry because of his big body and its strength.

The story itself is not a kind of beautiful fairytale story that ends with happiness, but it is not horrifying either. That’s why I also like the story. It tells the beauty of relationship between Lennie and George, where they travel together, though most of the times George gets mad at Lennie but he actually tries to protect him. He always tells Lennie what to do and not what to do for his own good. But unfortunately Lennie keeps doing bad things, so the story ends with tragic. This is quite unusual to me because most of the stories that I’ve read reveal triumphs for the good guys. But in this story, Lennie is a good guy and ends death. Yes, Lennie is a good guy, he never does bad things to be mean. He is awry. But the good thing of Lennie’s death is that there won’t be anyone or anything else that dies for nothing.

And the ending is surprising. I mean, It’s fine if Lennie dies but I never expected that the one who killed him would be George, I thought it would be anyone else who killed him. Because from the very beginning George is described as a very close relation to Lennie and they’ve travelled together and have been through many things together.

The only thing I regret is the low language the characters use in most conversations. It takes longer to read and understand them. Though in the end I still can understand the meaning of the talks.

Overall, the novel has a tragic ending and is interesting to read. Not all people who do bad things are mean and repeating the same mistakes again and again will only make other people not to trust you at all.

This is a free verse kind of poem. Narrative, and no rhymes, I know. I just wanted to make something easy. and.. This is it. :)

Nothing but Darkness

-~ Rima Putriani

I was hiding in the curtain

Trying to stare outside

But all I could see was nothing

I turned around

Trying to see my reflection in the mirror

But all I could see was nothing

Flowers in the room

But i could just smell

I couldn’t see the dress I was wearing

But I could feel the girls’ envy

God..

I couldn’t see anything but darkness

My tears dropped

But someone came in

And called me Darling

I knew it was you , my bridegroom

You took my hands and said, “I Love You and Only You”

And I didn’t have to see the world

to know

That it was smiling to me.

Yes. It's about a blind bride. I was just listening to Taylor Swift's Speak Now and then thinking "What if the bride was blind. It might be very awful."

Apology

Sorry for not writing much these days. I have a lot to post actually, but everytime I'm free, I take the time to rest.. I'm so sorry.. I'm really really sorry.. I do want to post something and this is what I can say for now :(

[Repost] Lyra and the Crystal Ball

~ by Rima Putriani

Once upon a time, there lived a cloudless young girl named Lyra. Since her mother was dead, she only lived with her father in a small city. Her family was not a rich one, but they lived happily although they had to work very hard just to get a food.

Her father was a blacksmith and Lyra herself worked as a messenger who sent message from one to another. She enjoyed the job where she could explore the whole city. She woke early everymorning to get dressed with her messenger-uniform and then got to work. Her bestfriend, Ronan, always stayed in the mouth of the alley to pick her up and then they’d walk together to work even though Ronan was a pipework, not a messenger like her.

The Saddest Part in Love Actually

Love Actually is a 2003 movie. When I watched it, In the begining of the film, I was like 'what is this?' but I kept watching and unbelivably I cried a bit in the scene that I made the GIF version above. That scene was in the christmas eve. It was about a boy who loved his bestfriend's girl, but the girl never knew until finally she got married and the boy was the one who recorded the wedding video which actually was all about the girl, not about the wedding. The girl finally figured it all out and nothing anyone could do. His bestfriend/the girl's husband knew nothing at all. In the christmas eve, the boy came to her house, camouflaging himself as a carol singer, and revealed his feeling which was so touching. He let go of her. He let himself hurt because he loved both her and his bestfriend and he knew that they loved each other, that they were happy together and that's enough for him. How would you not cry watching something like that?

A boy's sacrifice. sacrifice... SACRIFICE...
Sacrifice never feels good.

Never Been Knowing How It Feels to Fly

In Bandung, I rent a room. This room is fascinatingly facing the wide borderless sky. I often see the airplanes flying through the sky and in that moment I'll stand there watching it fly through my window until it truly disappears, until I can't see it at all. Why? What do you think is on my mind while I'm watching the airplanes flying? You wanna know? This:

"I'll be in that thing someday, flying to Europe."

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