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New Year is the biggest holiday of the year, and is eagerly awaited by all people around the world. “New Year” means that new, bright and successful things should happen in your life, which will take you to a new stage or a higher level and bring you happiness. It is a holiday that is celebrated by everyone, big or small, old or young, with great joy and hope.
THE LITERARY HERO OSCAR SCHELL FROM THE BOOK “EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE” BY JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER ALSO MET THE NEW YEAR WITH GREAT JOY AND EXPECTATION. THERE IS A MOVIE BASED ON THIS BOOK, WHICH IS INTERESTING, BUT WHEN I READ THE BOOK, IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. IT INCLUDES MANY INTERESTING DETAILS THAT WERE NOT IN THE MOVIE. ALTHOUGH THE ACTORS ACT WELL AND THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS GOOD, IN GENERAL, I BELIEVE THAT THE BOOK IS AN INCOMPARABLE WORK OF WISDOM AND WORDS AND IT CAN NEVER BE COMPARED TO ANYTHING ELSE. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE ARE COMPUTERS AND MOVIES, THEY CAN NEVER BEAT THE BOOK AND THE BOOK WILL ALWAYS BE A SOURCE OF ETERNAL KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM.
FOR OSCAR, THE CURRENT YEAR WAS FULL OF GREAT TRIALS AND EMOTIONS. A GREAT TRAGEDY HAPPENED IN THIS LITTLE BOY’S LIFE. HE LOST THE PERSON HE LOVED THE MOST, HIS FATHER, AND HE DID NOT DIE A NATURAL DEATH. THIS HAPPENED DURING A GREATEST TRAGEDY IN THE WORLD, THE EXPLOSION OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. THIS TRAGEDY CHANGED THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING LITTLE OSCAR, WHO BECAME INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING THE DETAILS OF HIS FATHER’S LIFE AFTER HIS DEATH. THIS INVESTIGATION CHANGED HIM. HE LOOKED AT LIFE WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EYES AND A SENSE OF GREAT KINDNESS WAS AWAKENED IN HIM. HE HELPS EVERYONE HE MEETS. HIS FEELINGS TOWARDS HIS MOTHER ALSO CHANGED AND SHE BECAME THE MOST BELOVED PERSON FOR HIM. HE ALSO MET AND GOT TO KNOW HIS GRANDFATHER.
IT IS DECEMBER 31ST. OSKAR IS DECORATING THE CHRISTMAS TREE. HIS MOTHER IS IN THE KITCHEN. THIS WAS THE PREPARATION EVERY YEAR, BUT OSCAR WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OSKAR CONFIDED HIS INTENTION TO HIS MOTHER. HIS MOTHER LIKED IT AND AGREED. OSCAR MADE HIS OWN INVITATION CARDS AND SENT THEM TO RON, AARON BLACK, MR. BLACK, AGNES BLACK, RUTH BLACK AND WILLIAM BLACK. HIS MOTHER ASKED HIS GRANDMOTHER ANNA TO HELP HER PREPARE THE FOOD. SHE ALSO HAPPILY AGREED. OSKAR ALSO BROUGHT HIS GRANDFATHER. THEY SET THE TABLE AND OSKAR PLACED COLORED PAPERS ON THE PLATES. WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK 12, OSCAR ASKED EVERYONE TO WRITE THEIR WISHES ON THESE PAPERS, THEN BURN THEM AND THROW THE ASHES OUTSIDE. OSCAR BELIEVED THAT THEIR WISHES WOULD COME TRUE. OF COURSE, THIS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH SOME FAITH IT MAY COME TRUE.
THERE ARE MANY SUCH TRADITIONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INCLUDING GEORGIA, BUT THE COMMON THING IS THAT EVERYONE CONGRATULATES EACH OTHER ON THE NEW YEAR AND THEY BELIEVE THAT ON THIS DAY ALL THEIR WISHES WILL COME TRUE.
I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE COMING YEAR, WISHING YOU ENDLESS JOY, HAPPINESS AND FULFILLMENT OF ALL YOUR WISHES!
Author: Mariam Kokhreidze
