I finished reading the book, 4,000 Days written by Warren Fellows. At the end, he finished spending 12 years at the Bangkok prison with the crime of taking drug. His 12 years at the Bangkok prison was horrible. He couldn't live normally. He had ate cockroach, sands, his nails, and many other things. He was in under control by guards 24 hours and had no freedom. The day came when he was released by the prison. He says in the book that "I can't even remember what I felt at this time. I suppose I was never going to believe it."
This words reminded me when I got the acceptance letter from university. I can't remember what I felt at this time and couldn't believe it when I just got the letter. I spent so much time in feeling pain and stress and the took few minutes to realize the reality. I had worried and couldn't believe the future while I was studying for the exam. After I passes the exam, my future started expand and I guess that Fellows felt same as me later. However, I know that the our situations were totally different but, at the core of our feeling, it seems same for me.
While I was reading the last parts of the story, I remember and compared the story with my own experiences and it helped me to image the picture, his feeling, and have deeper understanding of the story. I learned from this book that it brings us happiness when we have freedom and blight future.
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I was reminded of time when you shout large voice in value class because of your success of university while I read.
I do not think Fellow also felt the same feeling with yours. 12 years is so long for adult, in addition, his mind and thought was ruined by the drug. I think he did not have ability to interpret himself.
It was a challenge to read this book because Fellows' experience is so very different from your own.
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