Do you like the novel? "How I met myself"

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The novel that I have chosen is “How I met Myself”, written by David A. Hill. I like this novel for certain reasons. It is because it has an interesting character who is John Taylor, 34 year old Englishman who works as a computer programmer with a computer company in Bristol, England. He is married with his Hungarian teacher, Andrea. He is a faithful and caring husband and father. The beginning of the novel was very impressive, as it is filled with mysterious moments that arouses my attention to keep on reading. The story started off interestingly when John bumped into  someone who looked exactly like him while on his way back from home. The person apologized to him and disappeared without leaving any footprints on the snow. Besides that, the flow of the novel began to create suspense as John began actively searching for his doppelganger. It was because after his encounter with his doppelganger, he felt terrified as he always have nightmares of him. Lastly, the ending was resolving as the truth was revealed. The story ends with a positive note when
he knew the actual reason for his doppelganger’s appearance which was to save him and his beloved family from the explosion in the café. Hence, I like the novel which really taught me the values of being persistence and being determined to solve problems for the sake of family love and unity.

Nur Shahira Binti Abdul Sukor

SMK Saujana Impian

October 2012
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The novel that I have chosen is ‘How I Meet Myself’ written by David A. Hill, John Taylor who bumped into his own doppelganger is a computer programmer who works for a company in Budapest. He is the husband to Andrea and has a daughter named Kati. Eversince he bumped into his doppelganger, he kept dreaming the same thing over and over again. He decided to look for his doppelganger and it turns out that his doppelganger is trying to save his family. I really like this novel because it has a unique plot. It started with an impressive beginning that let out some mysterious aura. The story started off when John bumped into someone. He finds it strange because the man was exactly like him. From the evidence before, it shows that something strange will happen to him. The second reason I like this story is because of the suspense created by the author. The suspense starts when the doppelganger began to hunt him in his dreams. He always wake up in the middle of the night feeling very terrified and scared. The dream kept recurring and made him uncomfortable. After that incident, he was determined to do a research on his doppelganger and solve the mystery. Lastly, this novel has a resolving ending. The truth is revealed when the actual reason for the doppelganger’s appearance in his dream is for the sake of his family’s safety. The doppelganger came to give a warning to John Taylor so that the horrible incident which was the explosion in the cafe would not happen again to John’s family. Based on the evidence above, those are the reasons why I really like this novel.

~Aisyah Nur Hannan bt sufian

 SMK Saujana Impian
October 2012

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The novel I choose is ‘How I Met Myself’ written by David A.Hill. I like the novel because the novel has impressive beginning. On his way home, John bumped into someone and he find it strange as the man looks exactly like him. The second reason I like the novel is because it creates suspense. The doppelganger began hunting him in his dreams and he felt terrified. He had a strange dream about the man and that frightens him. The ending part is the part that I like the most. The story ends on a positive note when the actual reason for the doppelganger’s appearance is revealed. It is anticipated that Andrea and Kati died in the blast. However, they were safe because of the doppelganger, the savior who  have saved them.

~Fathiah Husna bt Abd Rahman

SMK Saujana Impian
October 2012

The Character you admire the most in David A. Hill’s novel,“How I met myself”

The  following are the novels studied in the literature component in English language.

1)      The Railway Children - Edith Nesbit

2)      Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne

3)      How I Met Myself - David A. Hill

Based on one of the novels above,choose one character that you admire the most. Write about the character that you have chosen and give reasons why you admire the character.

Selected personal responses from my Form 3 tuition students on The Character you admire the most  in  David A. Hill’s novel,“How I met myself”written based on a précised  framework outline according to the PMR requirements for the latest literature component 2012. Hope all the shared materials will benefit, ease  your understanding and help you score by God’s will.

Question : The Character you admire the most. (John Taylor)

                Based on the novel  “How I Met Myself” written by David A. Hill, the person I admire the most is John Taylor.

He is a computer programmer in England and he was sent to Budapest to teach programming. He met Andrea in a language school. They fell in love and got married and had a baby girl named Kati Taylor. He is very persistence because no matter bad the situation became he never stopped looking for information on his doppelganger. He even went to the number 7 Felka Utca to look for answer about his mysterious doppelganger. Besides that, he is also a determined person. After analyzing the situation, he realized his doppelganger appeared for an important reason, so he was determined to find out. He went to the Budapest City Library to find out what had happened on the 18^th of January. Furthermore, he has a strong will-power when he wants to find out the reason. Even though his search made his life difficult and strained his relationship with his wife, he did not give up and kept pursuing the subject. He went to the Public Record Office without Andrea’s permission to find out the dates of his doppelganger’s birth and death. For the conclusion, the reason why I admire John Taylor the most is because of his good personality traits. Finally he understands that the doppelganger wants to save him and his family.

(249 words)

Written by: Faiz Hilmi Bin Muhammad Azam

School : SMK Saujana Impian

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Question : The Character you admire the most. (John Taylor)

                Based on the novel ‘How I Met Myself’ by David A. Hill, the character that I admire the most is John Taylor. He is a persistent person. He never stopped looking for further information about his doppelganger no matter how bad the situation is even when Andrea don’t want to help him anymore. Furthermore, John Taylor is a determined person. He realized that his doppelganger appeared for an important reason, so he made a research about his nightmare recurrence by searching for the information in the library and questioning Mrs. Fischer at 7 Felka Utca. Lastly, I admire John Taylor because of his strong will power. Eventhough his search made his life difficult and miserable, with a strained relationship with his wife, he never give up. John always came home late at night and Andrea has some negative thoughts on his husband which made their relationship strained, but he kept pursing the subject and never gave up. Because of his good personality traits, he finally understands that the doppelganger wants to save him and his family. Based on the reasons above, John’s good traits made me admire him the most.

(180 words)

Written by : Aisyah Nur Hannan Bt. Sufian

School : SMK Saujana Impian

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Question : The Character you admire the most. (John Taylor)

                Based on the novel ‘How I Met Myself’ written by David A. Hill, the character I admire the most is John Taylor. The reason why I admire him is because he is persistent. As evidence, no matter how bad the situation became, he never stopped looking for information on his doppelganger even when he had troubled with his doppelganger and recurrence of dreams. Eventually, the second reason I admire him is he is determination. He realized that his doppelganger appeared for an important reason, so he was determined to find out by making a research of his dream and nightmare of his doppelganger by searching for the information in the library and questioning Mrs. Fischer at 7 Felka Utca. Furthermore, I admire him because of his strong will power. Even though his search made his life difficult and strained his relationship with his wife, he did not give up and kept pursing the subject because he feels like he has to protect his family from harm, Because of his good personality traits, he finally understands that the doppelganger wants to save him and his family.

(186 words)

Written by:  Ika Suraya Bt Mohd Nasir

School : SMK Saujana Impian

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Question : The Character you admire the most. (John Taylor)

                Based on the novel How I Met Myself, written by David A. Hill the character I admire the most is John Taylor. He is a 34 years old computer programmer Englishman. He moved to Hungarian to lead a young Hungarian team in an important new place of work. While staying there, He met Andres, his Hungarian language teacher and fell in love with her and after eighteen months they got married. They named their first-born Kati. The reason why I like John Taylor is because of his first personality trait which is persistence. No matter how bad the situation became, he never stopped looking for the information on his doppelganger. He stayed late at the library sacrificing his time with his family. The second trait is outstanding determination which inspire me. He realized that his doppelganger appeared for a important reason, so he was determined to find out the shadow behind the curtain. He took all the trouble to do some research by interviewing some people such as Mrs. Fischer at 7 Felka Utca. Another trait that is valuable in John Taylor is his strong will power. Even though his search made his life difficult and strained his relationship with his wife, he did not give up and kept pursuing the subject. His wife Andrea was suspicious of John’s behavior such as coming home late, so she made a conclusion of John assuming he was seeing someone else. Because of his good personality traits, he finally understands that the doppelganger wants to save him and his family.

(226 words)

Written by: Muhammad Elmy Nazrin B. Morad

School : SMK SAAS Kajang