Hi!
For the last two weeks, while our teacher was
in an advanced class, we have been reading a book called “Bookworms Club Gold”.
Afterwards, we had to discuss about each story in small groups, in which every
student had a role.
As a result of the discussion we have to upload
an entry in which we explain our favorite story with a brief summary and giving
our opinion about it. This is just what I am doing!
My favorite story was “The Railway Crossing”. This
is the history of Dunstan Thwaite. He worked in an office and he didn’t earn
much money. One day he met Miss Hilda Lorraine and asked to marry her, but he
didn’t have enough money so he took the figures of the office and sold it, but
one person discovered what he had done and blackmailed him. So one day he met
the blackmailer, John Dunn, at his home and gave him some sleep powders, then he
went to the railway station to kill him, but a small mistake destroyed his
alibi, so he regretted about the murder and returned home, leaving John alone
and sleepy. The next day he discovered that Dunn was killed by a train. There
were so many questions about the crime scene so he told the police the true story.
He was condemned to death.
In my opinion this is the best story, because it
shows a situation in which the life of a man changes completely because he made
a bad decision, that followed him all his life and how a person, who is desperate,
can make anything to solve their problem.
There are many people, who had suffered blackmailing
or who are just suffering it in the real life. So it shows a real life
situation and that’s why I liked it.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!
