The Boy Who Is Redeemed His Father’s Name
Tittle: The Boy Who is Redeemed His Father’s Name
Author: Terry Morris
Genre: Short Story
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
Charecters/Characterezation:
Mrs.Shoichi Ikeya: mother of Kaoru
Kaoru Ikeya: 19 year old boy that discover his own comet Ikeya 1963 that has been observing the sky for a long time.
Mr. Ikeya: father of Kaoru, gives oppressive burden of shame to their family name.
Minoru Honda: astronomer, discovered nine comets
Vocabulary Words * Stifle ~ To keep in or hold back * Anticipation ~ An expectation * Distasteful ~ Expressing aversion or dislike * Reluctant ~ Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness * Lounging ~ To pass time idly * Descendants ~ all of the offspring of a given progenitor * Oppressive ~ Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit * Stigma ~ A mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach * Debts ~ The condition of owing * Enthralled ~ To hold spellbound or captivate
Summary:
The Boy Who Redeemed His Father’s Name is all about a 19 year old boy named Kaoru that looked so thin and haggard from lack of sleep because he’s focusing on his goal.Then by the night of January 2, 1963 he sighted a misty object that he had never noticed before and as he observed its movement among the stars, Kaoru positively indentified that it is a head of a comet but he’s doubting if it is his comet or just he witness the return of a comet that already recorded? Early in the morning he report his discovery to the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory a few day’s later the international news services announced to public that using a reflector telescope constracted by him, he discovered the new year’s first comet, named Comet Ikeya 1963 after that he receive a hundreds of interviews,letters coming from amateur astronomers. He got a gold medal award by the Tokyo Observatory
Author: Terry Morris
Genre: Short Story
Setting: Tokyo, Japan
Charecters/Characterezation:
Mrs.Shoichi Ikeya: mother of Kaoru
Kaoru Ikeya: 19 year old boy that discover his own comet Ikeya 1963 that has been observing the sky for a long time.
Mr. Ikeya: father of Kaoru, gives oppressive burden of shame to their family name.
Minoru Honda: astronomer, discovered nine comets
Vocabulary Words * Stifle ~ To keep in or hold back * Anticipation ~ An expectation * Distasteful ~ Expressing aversion or dislike * Reluctant ~ Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness * Lounging ~ To pass time idly * Descendants ~ all of the offspring of a given progenitor * Oppressive ~ Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit * Stigma ~ A mark or token of infamy, disgrace, or reproach * Debts ~ The condition of owing * Enthralled ~ To hold spellbound or captivate
Summary:
The Boy Who Redeemed His Father’s Name is all about a 19 year old boy named Kaoru that looked so thin and haggard from lack of sleep because he’s focusing on his goal.Then by the night of January 2, 1963 he sighted a misty object that he had never noticed before and as he observed its movement among the stars, Kaoru positively indentified that it is a head of a comet but he’s doubting if it is his comet or just he witness the return of a comet that already recorded? Early in the morning he report his discovery to the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory a few day’s later the international news services announced to public that using a reflector telescope constracted by him, he discovered the new year’s first comet, named Comet Ikeya 1963 after that he receive a hundreds of interviews,letters coming from amateur astronomers. He got a gold medal award by the Tokyo Observatory