1 LITRE OF TEARS

26 March 2015

Before I am giving my opinion about the novel that I had read this week, let me share some quotes.

I really don't want to say things such as 'I want to go back as how things were before'. I recognize how I am right now and I will continue to live on – Aya

“What’s wrong with falling down when you can always stand up?” – Aya

“If you feel frustrated, do something about it!” – Aya

“People shouldn’t dwell on the past. It’s enough to try your best in all that you’re doing now.”  – Aya

Those inspirational quotes I got them while I am reading a novel based on a diary of a true story. The novel’s title is One Litre of Tears. Basically, this novel is about a teenager who suffered incurable disease at a young age. The disease that she suffered is Spinocereballar Degeneration. Firstly, this disease is due to the genetic mutation. The patients who suffer this disease will encounter the difficulties to balance their body and even to talk.

So, Aya was one of the unlucky person who need to suffer this disease. She needed to face this cruel fate at the age of 15 years old. At first, she was an ordinary girl who would enter the high school. As the passed, there were many unusual things stated to happen on her. For example, she began to fall down often and she could not maintain the balance of her body. Her mother who is a health consultant worried about her. Thus, she decided to bring Aya to the hospital.

After that, the doctor revealed that she suffered a cruel and incurable disease. Aya and her parents could not accept it. After a long time had passed, Aya already accept that reality. She continuously wrote a diary from the day she knew about her disease until the end of her life without fail. It is because she believes that by writing a diary it can be evidence that she is still alive and it is the purpose she is still breathing. Slowly, she lost her ability one by one. At the age of 25 years old, she had fall asleep forever after 10 years struggling to fight against her disease.

This novel gives an enormous impact on me. It is because it shows how Aya working so hard to fight with her disease. She never gave up although she knew the future that she would face. So, I felt that I need to grab the opportunity that I have now and do my best to achieve my dream. Next, it also because through this novel, it shows how Aya tried to help the other people who suffer the same disease as her to continue live without regretting it via her diary. Hence, I believe that everyone in this world can be a useful person toward the entire society even if they are terminally ill.

So, how about us who have a perfect life?