Frozen In Time, written by Mark Kurlansky, is a book that our English class started to read from this Tuesday. This book was especially hard to me comparing with other books that we had read in class. I think it is because this book doesn't have a specific story line as it is non-fiction. This book is a biography of a person, Clarence Birdseye who later changed his first name as Bob, and shows other inventors and achievements at that time.  |
| Mark Kurlansky |
An interesting thing that I found from him was he didn't finish college, which is the common characteristic can be found from the successful entrepreneurs for centuries like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. He was the student of Amherst University in Massachusetts but because of the lack of money, he dropped out of there. It is so sad that money which is made by human could ruin human's life. Well, in this case, he was not ruined, and rather he tried to do as many things as he wanted such as those careers I said above. I was so impressed that he has the same motto with me. In this short life, I think we need to do whatever we want and give a try like Birdseye. I don't know if he wanted to keep studying at college or not, consequently he dropped out of college for whatever reason and even though he was very young at that time, he adventurously sought for his interests. His courage and sense of challenge were really impressed for me. I would definitely do what he did, and because of those things, he could be millionaire and become successful I think.
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| Clarence Birdseye |
His well-known career began in Labrador which was one of the most remote and undeveloped corners of the world. He was invited to spend 6 weeks in bitterly cold weather of Labrador. And there, he had decided to do a business inspired from Grenfell's fox farming story, and he put into action immediately. He got investment from Hammond and the fur company had begun. He also became interested in food industry in Labrador. He inspired by freshness of fish in there so he kept contemplating about it and found out fast freezing. During those processes, I really liked the way he got inspired and carried out right away even though the condition there was extremely poor. I think I would like to do what he did but I couldn't do like him. He had amazing adaptation skill and wide sight. I wish I would have that too.
He is one of the most challenging people I have ever seen and I want to take some of his nice characteristics.
