Sunday, July 26, 2009 ♥
The story settings is when Totto-chan's mother coming to know of her daughter's behaviours from Totto-chan first school.ToTo-chan was a weird and mischievous girl. Totto-chan mom later realizes that Totto-chan needed a school which has more freedom of expression which will not be taken as misbehaviour. Totto-chan mother soon takes Totto-chan to meet the headmaster of her new school, Mr. Kobayashi. After meeting with the headmaster of the new school, a deep bonding is formed between master and Totto-chan. The book later elabprates on to elaborate the times that Totto-chan had spent, the friends she makes, the lessons she learns, and the vibrant atmosphere that she gets. All of these are shown through the eyes of a child. Thus, I am able to imagine how the normal world is transformed into a beautiful, exciting place full of joy and enthusiasm. I also imagine myself in their role as adults, how Mr. Kobayashi introduces new activities that a public school will not have to interest the pupils. A normal person will see that Mr. Kobayashi is a man who understands children and strives to develop their qualities of mind, body and heart. He is mostly concern for the physically handicapped and his emphasis on the equality of all children are great. In the school of Mr . Kobayashi, the children lead happy lives, without being aware of the things happening in the world. Although World War 2 has started, but yet in this school, nobody seem to know about it. But one final day, the school was bombed, and was never rebuilt, even though the headmaster claimed that he looked forward to building an even better school the next time round. The headmaster passed away before he can fufuil his wish of rebuilding the school. This eventually marks the end Totto-chan's years as a pupil at Tomoe Gakuen.