The Phantom of the Opera -- Week 15

Hi, everyone:) Today I have a test. This test is the last test of the freshman. I don't know if I can get a good score, but I'll do my best!!


I read The Phantom of the Opera by Jennifer Bassett. Publisher is Oxford University and the book has only 56 pages, so it was easy for me to read.

It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers...

Christine Daae is wonderful, the best singer in the world. All Paris says that Christine has the voice of an angel. In fact, she has a music teacher. She never sees him, she only hears his voice. He teaches her how to sing in her dressing-room on Tuesday night. He is a wonderful singer and makes her famous. Christine believes he is the angel of music, but in fact he is the Phantom of the Opera. He isn't a ghost, he's a man and his name is Erick. He loves Christine and wants her to be his wife. Chrsitine is fascinated and drawn towards Erick, but she falls in love with her childhood sweetheart, the Vicomte de Changy, Raoul. Erick is madly jealous and going to kill Raoul. Christine, to save Raoul, agrees to marry Erick and kisses him. Erick put his ugly face in his hands and cries because that is his first kiss from a woman. Even his mother never kisses him and gives him his first mask when he is two years old. Erick makes Christen go with Raoul and disappears forever.

It is a very sad story. I pity for the Phantom of the Opera, Erick. When I was a junior high school student, I watched the movie which was showed in 2004. The movie, especially the last scene moved me to tears. The soundtrack of the movie is also great. I want you to watch the movie or read the book.

Through this blog, I could know the pleasure of reading a western book and writing an article in English. This blog also makes my English skills including Reading and Writing improve. I was very glad to enjoy doing the assignment. Thank you very much for reading my blog for a year:)