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On Dolphin MusicMa Xin, Class 4, 2011, English Department, Foreign Languages CollegeI. IntroductionAntoinette Moses is a teacher of University of East Anglia. She is a playwright and author who write for many EFL publishers. Antoinette Moses is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing MA and she completed a creative/critical PhD on verbatim theatre in 2009. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she had a career in arts administration and journalism. She re-founded the Cambridge Animation festival which she directed from 1979 to 1984 and was the editor ofDirect, the journal of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.She has written a number of plays which have been produced in Norwich and Cambridge and have received rehearsed readings in Ipswich, London and Paris.Interval (former titleBreak Out) was a winner in the New Wolsey Theatres Summer Shorts competition in 2007 and her most recent play,Cuts,was long-listed for the Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award, 2008. Early drafts of this play were performed by Central School of Speech and Drama at their Verbatim Symposium, 2006, and at Kings College, London in 2008 as part of the ICOPA International Conference on Penal AbolitionShe has also published over fifteen books of language learner literature, includingFrozen Pizza and other slices of life, a book of short stories (Cambridge University Press, 2002), which has become a set text at a number of schools and universities around the world. Two of these books,Jojos StoryandLet me Out!,won the Extensive Reading Award (2005 and 2007).She is particularly interested in all forms of documentary and the interweaving of factual and imagined material in both theatre and prose.II. The Story or a Summary of the BookIt is 2051. CONTROL, the government of Europe, keeps everyone happy in a virtual reality where music made by dolphins give exquisite. The hero Saul Grant was a famous writer and music critic. He has a girlfriend called Caroline Fry, a musician by in virtual world. Saul and Caroline lived a happy life in the music world until one day that Ruth told him the truth about dolphin music. The reason why dolphin music is so beautiful is dolphins were going to die. Ruth was the one of the PACE. But CONTROL called them terrorists. After that, Saul was a little crazy and felt sad about dolphins and decided to figure out the truth. He did not tell the truth to Caroline, but the conversation between he and Caroline was recorded by BEATCON. Captain Marrs was the head of BEATCON. With Sue, the granddaughter of Ruth, Saul sets out to free the dolphins but Control is aware of his action and will stop him at any cost. With action beginning, Saul was exploded by Marrs.After that, they began their escape, with the help of Peter and other members of PACE, they climbed down the ladder, thrown out the tunnel in the dark. At that time, he was very unhappy and angry he lost his home and job he cant choose but to follow them. Next, they walked out into forest, joined the tunnel workers to go on the night train to France. After arrived France, they waited for relaxing and Marc world help them took on the plane to Neumatt. At the Neumatt Arts Centre, Saul and Sue visited Caroline this is the first time that Saul met her. Saul told the truth to Caroline and wanted her help them but she didnt believe that. She was disgusted with Sue. Saul was so sad about Caroline but no idea. After a period of rest, Saul and sue began their action to get the dolphins out. They took them down to the train and dried the train with the chase of BEATCON. For avoiding BEATCON, Sue blow up the tunnel but train was broken .But now, Saul didnt know Caroline was died when she told the secret in the public .At last they saved all the dolphins and released them. The dolphin, Wind, was singing his last song, it was the most beautiful music ever created.III. Comments or My Views on the BookAt the beginning, when I looked through the bookshelves its the name attracted me. In my mind, dolphin music is the most beautiful voice in the world, so I took it away and began my reading. This story continued with many little parts, beginning with time and place, just like diaries, took us into their life. This point attracts me a lot to read it. It makes the plot more exciting. Its easy to read and its content is not what I thought. But the story reflects many problems in social. I have read this book twice. Some details touched me deeply. About dolphins, when I read”they banged their backs against the lids of the boxes again and again.” I feel pain and sad. Dolphins are lives; they are sea elf and the friend of human. It remind me of an advertisement, it is said there is no consumption and there is no damage , when we are enjoy we never think about how cruel to animals. Animal protection is not a slogan but action. There is another detail touched me deeply. This sentence said “theyll give him a laser beating,” said Sue. “Hes a brave man. But we mustnt think about him. We have to make sure that we get away.” When I read this, I felt painful about that man. He was just a innocents one and contributed for the action. It is that there is always some personal sacrifice behind the success. In the text, there is a word virtual life. To be honest, its an uncomfortable world for me. In that world, all of the people live in a virtual life which centered by Control. There is no smell, no gorgeous color and no tactile sence. Everyone favor to wallow in this world with the only thin