Why Story
我很愛聽故事!
我還記得小時候坐在客廳裡,聽著阿公用日文數數,數完了阿公就會開始說,他為什麼會說日文,他以前上學生期時要唱日本國歌…那是阿公的年代,阿公的故事,沒有故事書,是ㄧ個印在阿公腦海裡的故事.
我還記得有一年的那一晚,爸爸的兄弟姊妹們幾乎全聚到我家來,我不記得為何而聚,也不記得確切的時間,只記得那晚大家打通鋪睡在一起,爸爸和姑姑突然聊起他們如何度過八七水災:姑姑說那天早上他還背著叔叔稻田裡工作,爸爸說:水來時他爬到屋子的橫樑上趴著,眼看著被灌了水的豬從他眼前漂走…那是爸爸的年代,爸爸的故事,也沒有故事書,是ㄧ個印在爸爸腦海裡的故事.
就這樣一代接一代,而每一個年代又因時空的不同而有著全然不同的故事,所以,以前有說書的人把故事以口述的方式流傳下來,而現在有故事書,小說甚至於是電影. 我最近剛看完”班擇明的奇幻旅程”,我常在想如果我沒看過這部電影,我會有這樣的想法或想像嗎?答案是”不會”.所以,這部電影不但讓我多了想像的空間也給了我一點醒思!還記的”是誰嗯嗯在我頭上”是第一本大概也是唯一一本讓我笑到彎腰的繪本,如果不是這本書我大概不會覺得大便在任何人頭上是好笑得更不會仔細去想各種動物大便的不同之處.
這就是為什麼要聽故事,故事的內容可以包羅萬象,可以有真正的歷史,無限的想像,令人玩味的省思…每次看完一本好書,繪本或電影,都會一種很飽的感覺,一種心靈十分滿足的滿足感,滿足心靈的因素會因年齡不同而有所不同,也因此當我在十八歲時看”搶救雷恩大兵”時和二十五歲時看會有全然不同的感想,但這種滿足感並不會因為年齡而增減.
不論是聽故事,看書或是看電影都帶給我許多美好的經驗與回憶;而在日後的學習也提高了主動的意願,例如:想主動了解八七水災得更多細節及背景;印象的加深,例如:沒學過日語的我到現在還能記得日文1~6的發音;想像力的提升,例如:當爺爺告訴我他在日本時代的學生生活,在我腦海裡能夠勾勒出他所形容的畫面.
能和我一樣享受聽故事,也期許我自己能讓大家享受聽故事囉!
I love listening to stories!
I still remember when I was very little, I used to sit in the living room and listen to my grandpa counting in Japanese. Then he would start to tell us why he could speak Japanese and how he sang the Japanese national anthem in school. This was grandpa’s story, not in any storybook, only in his memory.
I still remember, in that year on that night, all of my dad’s siblings came and stayed in my house for the night and we slept on the floor together. Then my dad and my aunty started to tell what had happened that morning during the ’87 flood, how they put water into the pigs’ ears so the pigs wouldn’t drink and how they climbed onto the roof, this is my father’s story from his past, again, no storybook, only in his memories.
Just like that, generation after generation, the stories got passed on, each story completely different based on the time and situation. Back then they were all passed on by word of mouth, but now we have storybooks, novels and even movies, so stories can get passed on much easier now. Recently I just finished watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and wondered whether I would ever have thought of life in that way if I hadn’t seen the movie. The answer is “No.” So the movie didn’t only spark my imagination, but served as a reminder that we should not take life for granted and make the most of what we have. The very first storybook I read, that began my interest in storybooks, was one titled The Story of the Little Mole who knew it was None of his Business. Only because of this book I can see the humor in such a disgusting situation (having a poop on your head) and know the difference between the different types of droppings each animal has.
This is why we need stories. Books can contain anything in the storybook, real history, imaginative or motivational. After reading a good book or watching a good movie I have a real feeling of spiritual satisfaction. The reason for this spiritual satisfaction can be different according to your age, personality type and what is happening in your life. I watched Saving Private Ryan for the first time when I was 18, but when I watched it again when I was 25 the whole feeling of the whole movie was different, but it was just as satisfying, even though I was older.
No matter whether I listen to stories, read books or watch movies, they all give me a lot of different experiences and memories. Later on, it increased my motivation for my studies, for example I would want to know more about the flood that my dad went through, more details and more background to the event, and because it was meaningful to me, the details I learned really stay in my brain permanently. Another example is that I have never learned Japanese, but I can still count from one to six in Japanese and my imagination has increased a lot because my grandfather told me about his life in the Japanese age and I can clearly see the images of the things he described in my mind.希望大家都
I hope you enjoy stories as much as I do, and I hope that I can pass on that same joy to those who listen to my stories.