Walkabout

Asuka Miyazaki

I read Walkabout by James Vance Marshall. The book is a story about an Aboriginal boy and two American children. I started the book on Saturday, March 13th & finished it on Sunday, March 14th. Walkabout is set in the Australian desert. The main characters are Mary, Peter, the bush boy and Uncle Keith.

Mary and Peter are American children. They will visit Uncle Keith’s home in Australia, but they have an airplane crash. Only they survive the crash. The desert was a strange world for them. And then they meet the bush boy. They learn about the desert from him. For example they learned how to make a fire. I think the theme is a meeting of different cultures.

After I read this book, I thought they were very lucky that they met the bush boy. Because if they hadn’t met him, they wouldn’t have been able to survive in the desert. I learned it is important to understand about a different culture. Everyone, each has a different world. We’ve got different cultures, customs and lifestyles. But everyone lives in one world. I think if we understand other cultures, we can make a new culture. Also if we understand other cultures, we can widen our horizons. I want to deepen my knowledge, so I’ll read many books, and I’ll learn English hard to I talk with many kinds of people.

I think the best thing about the book is the scene where Mary understood about the bush boy’s culture. The worst thing is the scene where the bush boy died.

This book is good, because it’s a good story. The English level of this book is right. I’d like to recommend other students read this book. I think Walkabout is a book so you can think about a different culture.