Takae Iiyama
Professor: Nitza Llaldo
ESL53B-6700
November 13th, 2014
Amazing Days “Three Days to See” by Helen Keller is about what she would like to see if she were given her sight back for three days because she wishes to see as much she can. In her first day, she wants to see her companions whom have made her “life worth living”. Most people can recognize and distinguish their friends. She would see her friends’ face, her loyal dogs, and young child. Also, in the afternoon, she will stroll through the hidden paths of the forest and admire the color of the sunset. On the second and third days, she continues to narrate the events for her sightseeing. The second day, she will awake to be awake to be in the awe of the daybreak. If I were blind and had three days to see, I would visit important people, and spend in some countries. On the first day, I would visit every important people to me from early morning to evening. I would visit my family in the morning to afternoon. I’ll talk with them and I want to extend ‘Thank you for helping every times”. Also, I want to record on the tape by voice about their facial characteristics and communications in their house. Then, during the lunch, I want to take lots of pictures of us with smile to give these pictures to them because I want they will remember that I could see everything in three days whole my life. Also, I’ll give handwritten letters to them. In the afternoon, I would visit my dear friends in Japan. Frist of all, I’ll try doing a make-up because if I were blind, I always should be unpainted face, so I want to try to do it because I’m a woman of marriageable age at least once in my life. Also, I’ll hang out to shopping with them and chew the fat. I want to buy some clothes, which look on me, video camera, and presents for my important people. Moreover, I hope I can experience that hang out with Japanese men if it’s possible because my friends are all women and Germany men. I think if I had been a blind, I couldn’t make any boyfriends. On this day, I want to crying, laughing, and being happy with them. On the second day, I would travel Japan and I’ll see beautiful Japanese ancient architectures in the morning to evening. I’ll go to Tokyo to visit my birthplace, Asakusa, Tokyo. If I have time to visit, I will visit to childhood friend there. Then, I’ll visit Kyoto, Japan to see beautiful ancient architectures. I don’t know about Japan because I spend in Germany most of my twenty-one years life, and there are hometown of my dad is there. I’ll visit Kiyomizu Temple, Kinkaku Temple, and Abeseimei Shrine in Kyoto. After that, I’ll visit Okinawa to see awesome sun set and blue sky on the beach. For me, these things show I’m alive. Also, I’ll take the video and pictures of views. After that, I’ll back to Tokyo from Okinawa by the plane and I will get on the flight to France on the late night, I want see the amazing sun rise from the airplane during my fright.
On the final day, I would travel France and Germany. First of all, I’ll to go to Mont-Saint-Michel, Loire Valley, Louvre Museum, Opera, and the Place of Versailles, in France as soon as I will arrive there to early afternoon. I want to sear into my memories because these are known as beautiful place to sightseeing and it is my dream to visit these places. After that, I will visit Germany because I want to see for myself my place where I grew up, Berlin, German. I spend most time there, and I want to visit relative on my mother's side because my mother spent there until she was born. After that, I’ll visit Neuschwanstein Castle, Romantic Road, and Kaufhaus des Westens. At Department Store of the West which is Germany department in West Berlin, I’ll buy something I could see everything for friends and family, and I’ll deliver these things with pictures and letters for them. The rest of my time, I will see all of the videos, pictures, and I will listen to the voice recorders I took in these three days with my significant memories.
In conclusion, I can’t imagine if I were blind what I will think, but I can say only one thing that I’m always happy if I can’t see anything. Also, these three days to see, I would be super happy in my life because I can see the face of my important people, amazing vistas, dairy landscapes. I think I would not do everything I want to do. In my opinion, all of the world, there are some people who are blind, so we have to thank to my environment because we have all five senses.