Book review 2-10

Though I am not good at running, I know that I have to do it for my health. However, I found that I had to think what I could do for others after I read a book. The name of the book is "THE LONG ROAD". So, I am going to introduce the story to you.

In the old days, there was a man who was a strong athlete. His name is Terry Fox. He had had a good life, but it was found that he had cancer in his right Leg in 1977. Then, he was operated in the hospital. Therefore, he had an artificial leg. After he went back home, he decided that he would run across Canada. It was because he thought that he wanted to collect a lot of money so as to help the children who had cancer to be able to have their better life. His run was a very long road from St. John's to Port Renfrew. The distance was 5,300 miles. The long run was called the "Marathon of Hope" by Terry. He began to run on April 12, 1980. Doug Alward, who is his friend, ran with him as his driver. Terry went on running through the help of a lot of people though he had some problems. And he was able to get a lot of money through his run. However, he stopped doing it because he had a bad pain in his lungs. Though he was not able to finish his run, he got $ 1,400,000 for helping sick children. In addition, Canadians and Americans gave $10,000,000 to him, and he got the country's numbers one award. After that, he died on June 28, 1981 because he had had cancer again. Thanks to his will, the marathons that are named "Terry Fox Run" are held around the world every year.

I think that most of the people in the world are able to think what they should do for others, but only a few people can act by themselves. We should think what the difference is. Anyway, I hope that you will read this book. (356 words / 7436 words)