The Time Keeper
Title: The Time Keeper
Author: Mitch Albom
Text type: Novel
I recommend The Time Keeper for a Year 12 reading list for many reasons. The The Time Keeper is interesting to read because it teaches us to make the best use of time we have which everyone should consider. It inspires us to reconsider our own notions of time, how to spend it, and how precious it is. As of today, there are lots of distractions for the teenagers to do their school works, and it is because of too much time spending on Facebook rather than spending on their homework. It also discovers what people would change if we could control time. It is true that we wish time could speed up, slow down or stop it which depends on circumstances. As the text says, “man alone measures time.” This is true that only humans measure time; we are the only living thing on earth that knows the time, the month, the year. I enjoyed how Albom constructed three different characters with different views of time. One who wanted to stop time, “one who wants too little time,” and “one who wants too much time.” I find it interesting how he uses the technique of bolding the first sentences on every chapter which could mean the highlight of the paragraph or chapter. I also became curious about time history and the cryonics; so I made a research about it and about immortality as Victor, “one who wants too much time” to have more time living here on Earth. Though, it was challenging at times that the story changes from going back and forth and changing point-of-views between the three characters.
It is through the character of Victor that we learn no matter how much money one has, it is impossible to beat time. Billionaires have the same 24 hours in a day that those ordinary people have. Victor was claimed as the “fourteenth-richest man in the world.” Unfortunately, after a successful life he knew that he could only live for a few more months because of his cancer. He is even willing to stop dialysis and be frozen in a
Author: Mitch Albom
Text type: Novel
I recommend The Time Keeper for a Year 12 reading list for many reasons. The The Time Keeper is interesting to read because it teaches us to make the best use of time we have which everyone should consider. It inspires us to reconsider our own notions of time, how to spend it, and how precious it is. As of today, there are lots of distractions for the teenagers to do their school works, and it is because of too much time spending on Facebook rather than spending on their homework. It also discovers what people would change if we could control time. It is true that we wish time could speed up, slow down or stop it which depends on circumstances. As the text says, “man alone measures time.” This is true that only humans measure time; we are the only living thing on earth that knows the time, the month, the year. I enjoyed how Albom constructed three different characters with different views of time. One who wanted to stop time, “one who wants too little time,” and “one who wants too much time.” I find it interesting how he uses the technique of bolding the first sentences on every chapter which could mean the highlight of the paragraph or chapter. I also became curious about time history and the cryonics; so I made a research about it and about immortality as Victor, “one who wants too much time” to have more time living here on Earth. Though, it was challenging at times that the story changes from going back and forth and changing point-of-views between the three characters.
It is through the character of Victor that we learn no matter how much money one has, it is impossible to beat time. Billionaires have the same 24 hours in a day that those ordinary people have. Victor was claimed as the “fourteenth-richest man in the world.” Unfortunately, after a successful life he knew that he could only live for a few more months because of his cancer. He is even willing to stop dialysis and be frozen in a