Reviewed by Yushin Nagashio, Ayako Matsuda, Yumi Shibutani, Nagisa Nobe,
1) Summary
It’s a story about a guy called Carl Anderson searching for his disappeared wife called Linda. Carl and his wife have a secondary house near the sea, and are supposed to go there every weekend together, but Carl is so busy at his work that he can’t go there. One day, he promises Linda to meet with her at a place near their house. But she doesn’t show up there and completely disappears. He desperately searches around for her and starts suspecting that she might be killed by a guy called Tom Parker who behaves strangely around the house. However, it’s eventually revealed that she had started a new relationship with Tom’s brother, and couldn’t find the courage to suggest breaking up with Carl. That was the reason she disappeared from him.
2)Important aspects of the story
Important aspect of the story is that Carl didn’t realize that he was losing something important.He was too busy with his work to spend his time for his wife.And her heart was leaving him but he could not realize it.When she disappeared from him, he assumed she still loved him.And when he realized,it was too late to start over.This story shows that if you don’t care about the important things and people,you will lose them.Carl should have faced his wife and taken good care of her.
4) Author
Patricia Aspinall was born on 30th December 1935 and died on 25th May 2023. She has a first degree in Education and M. Phil in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge. She joined UCLES after teaching English in schools and colleges. Also, she was a freelance writer and language consultant and has written a lot of books. Furthermore, She specializes in books such as the Advanced English Certificate and the Business English Certificate.
A lot of people will sympathize with this story when they finish reading it. Perhaps it is because she lived in the modern day that she was able to write such a sympathetic story
5) Conclusions, recommendations, and observations
At the end of this story, Carl noticed Carl and his wife’s love was over and he must move on, that he must start again. Carl did not see the problems with his wife. He thought it was a mistake. Through this problem, he realized how easy it is to lose the things he loves. He left his past behind to start a new life.
Consideration for others is important for us to live with other people. If you do not consider others, you would lose your cherished one. You can learn about how it is easy to lose the things you love. And by realizing this, you would cherish your loved one. That is why, I recommend this story.
4 responses to ““The House by the Sea” by Patricia Aspinall”
I think this book report have a problem. This report put “.” end of the sentence. That’s correct but put “.” end of the sentence, we should put space after “.” or “,” I read this report, I think it’s hard to see. One way to fix this problem, you should put space after “.” or “.” If you do that, we can read more clearly.
I think this report has a trouble. In summry, you wrote “Carl and his wife have a secondary house near the sea, and are supposed to go there every weekend together, but Carl is so busy at his work that he can’t go there.”. This ploblem is that it is hard to read because thre are so many sentences connected. One way to fix this problrm is to cut the sentences and writ. If you do that, your audiences eill have a chance to understand your report.
I found a problem. It is difficult to read because one sentence is too long in summary. I couldn’t understand what you were trying to say. I have a solution. You should divide each piece of information into separate sentences and use conjunctions effectively. By shortening your sentences, the reader can quickly understand what you want to say.
I found a problem with this sentence. In this sentence, the “.” at the end of the sentence at the end of the sentence is missing. This is a basic rule for writing sentences, so make sure you don’t forget to write it.