2. Choose five links and write comments of 50-100 words about the content of the blogs.
Pearlyn - http://lit-44-2010-pearlyn.blogspot.com/
The stories she choosen are interesting and have all the points and answers the question very well. i think it will be more perfect if she trying using her own words to answer the questions. beside that, she could also quote more evidences to show the reader where she got her points and it will be easier for the reader to understand what she mean. overall, everything is fine but it would be better if she give examples of and show the difference in the generation's thinking.
Kerene - http://lit-44-2010-kerene.blogspot.com/
There are quite alot of reasons and evidences of why Madam Teo did not welcome the changes in the first place. She could also explain to us, why Madam Teo didn't welcome the change of moving house. beside that, she also has evidences of when Madam Teo started to accept the changes when she is talking to Ah-Pek. She also has example and reasons to show us the changes in her feelings before and after. i find that it would be better if she has given mroe points. overall, she did a very good job.
Juvena's - http://lit-44-2010-juvena.blogspot.com/
I think that it will be more better if juevena could try to add more points and evidences in her answer. She tried her very best to answer the questions and i find that she did a very good job. She could have put in more effort by including the thinking for her daughter, to show a clear difference in the thinking to the olden generation and younger generation.
Genevieve - http://lit-44-2010-genevieve.blogspot.com/
Points are elaborated very well. readers could understand what she is saying. She did a very great job by elaborating the importance of each story. Stories are well elaborated and very detailed. She also got the facts right and she wrote quite long. overall, she did a great job.
TszHo - http://lit-44-2010-wongtszho.blogspot.com/
He is not specific about who the old generation people are, and he has been using alot shortform which is very bad and not very nice for the readers. He could also include the younger generation people like, Beverly and TianYee in his answer, to show the differences in the thinkings between the generation. over all, tszho no short form please! u did kinda great job anyway =)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Island voices 2
1. How is motherhood presented in any two stories in the collection?
Story: Mid-autumn
The narrator worked hard for her daughter hoping that she will have a better future. She raised her daughter on her own. she gave her daughter the best education by sending her to one of the best school in Singapore and also sent her to art, piano and ballet classes at the communtiy centre and she even paid for the her daughter chinese tution. her husband didn't paid because he said when he was young, he didn't went for those classes. her husband also took away twenty-thousand dollars from her joint account and sold the bedok flat which she paid. when she knows about this she thought of running away. when she reached downstairs she felt drips of water and it remind her of her daughter's tear. when her daughter had grown up, she did not repayed her mother left to Uganda,to become a social worker. the narrtor do not like her daughter being a social worker still, she loves her daughter very much and she hopes her daughter would come back and see her. she also treasure the letters that her daughter send her. hence, every mother willing to do lots of things to protect their children and gives the best to their children even sarcrifing their life for them. this shows how motherhood is important.
Story: Paper
even thought the children are obessed with money. the mother play a big part in the story. Tay Soon fall sick as he lost all his money in shares and stocks. when he fall sick, his mother took charge of the situation while his wife, Yee Lian, did not do anything. his mother brewed him chinese medicines and even cal chinese medicine man to come to have a look at him. when he was beyond touch of healing, they sent him to the hospital. his mother also paid for Tay Soon's funeral. she bought him the best thing and gave him the big house that he always wanted. beside that, he also gave him cars and money. the mother play a big part when the child went bankcrupt. this shows how important motherhood is, in the story.
2.Select two stories in which there is conflict between parent and child and show how far there is some resolution of these differences at the end of the story.
Story: Mid Autumn.
the mother's pain and confusion takes place when the daughter decides to leave singapore and work in Uganda as a volunteer. even though the daughter obtained her GP qualifications, she wants to be different from other GPs. she don't want to be characterized like wad other GP who have mobile phones, golf weekends and membership in Club Langkawi. the narrator was very sad as she has go through a very tough life to raise her daughter up hoping she will have a better future.
Story: Lee
Lee comes back to Singapore after her mother death in America. since young, she had been staying with her mom in America. Lee and the father find it difficult to communicate with one another. Lee is rude, inconsiderate and straight foward. she like to insult people of her country and her father hate the way she insulted singaporeans. her father had to tolerate her behavior because he always wanted his daughter to come back to his side.
The resolution between Lee and her dad is when he told her of the story of how the Chinese and Indians had magnificient culture while the Caucasians were still not settled yet. He also told her about how things changed at the end and became that the Westerners were the one who ruled. He told her of how the Chinese and the rest looked like fools.
3. With reference to suitable stories, discuss how far there is change shown to be either welcomed or feared.
Story : Lee.
The relationship between a Singaporean father and his Americanized daughter, the eponymous character he hardly knows and re-enters his life following the death of his ex-wife. the awkward, uneasy relationship between father and daughter dramatizes the clash between the "Asian" and "Western" culture.
Q4. How are young people and their ideals presented in 2 or 3 stories in the collection? How far do you identify with those young people?
Story: Lee
Lee grown up in the States. we can see that the ideals of the young people presented in this story is that Lee, is a person who loves music. This may seem like its only based on one character, we can also identify with the author that youngsters nowadays live for music. This is one ideal of youngsters that is shown in the story. Lee she doesnt feel awkward or bad whenever she shows vulgaric behaviour in public. even when some random guy whistled to her, she immediately flashed him the finger wihout hesitation. Lee's dad who is obviously of a much older generation had to sustain a shock from seeing Lee do that. Lee does not like thinking in the conventional way. This shows the ideal of youngsters nowadays as they do not really think in the same steroetypical way as the older generation. Lee also dresses very casually. People from the older generation thinks that it is very normal and a must for youngsters to know their own dialect. When Lee met with her Grandmother who wanted to speak to Lee but couldnt because they both spoke different languages. This shows that the older generation which does not applies to the younger generation. We, yougsters does not think it is relevant to know much less understand the dialects because the world is changing and it is more important to speak languages that are relevant to the society.
Therefore this concludes the ideals that are presented in the story.
Q5.Choose two stories that reveal the thinking of an older generation of Singaporeans. What new insights have you gained from such a revelation?
Tanjong Rhu
Tanjong Rhu reveal the thinking of an older generation because of the Mr. Li's mother, as known as Ah-ma, shows that people from a older generation has a different thinking. Mr Li, could also be counted as a person from the older generation. Ah-ma, is thrifty, she doesn't want Mr. Li to waste his money, as she knows that she had everything that she need. For her eyes operation, she describe it as having her eyes sliced open. Like a clove of garlic or what, talking about peeling my eyes. People of the older generation also thinks of the past, unlike, modern people, who think of enjoying life and forget that happen in the past. When Ying, Mr.Li's daughter wanted Ba-ba [ ah-ma ] to go with her father, she volunteer to help ba-ba with the praying, but her ba-ba in the end, scold her and asked her stuffs like whether ot not, does she even know how to address her grandfather. Mr. Li also scolded her daughter for holding open her ba-ba [ ah-ma, po-po ] eyes.
Story: Mid-autumn
The narrator worked hard for her daughter hoping that she will have a better future. She raised her daughter on her own. she gave her daughter the best education by sending her to one of the best school in Singapore and also sent her to art, piano and ballet classes at the communtiy centre and she even paid for the her daughter chinese tution. her husband didn't paid because he said when he was young, he didn't went for those classes. her husband also took away twenty-thousand dollars from her joint account and sold the bedok flat which she paid. when she knows about this she thought of running away. when she reached downstairs she felt drips of water and it remind her of her daughter's tear. when her daughter had grown up, she did not repayed her mother left to Uganda,to become a social worker. the narrtor do not like her daughter being a social worker still, she loves her daughter very much and she hopes her daughter would come back and see her. she also treasure the letters that her daughter send her. hence, every mother willing to do lots of things to protect their children and gives the best to their children even sarcrifing their life for them. this shows how motherhood is important.
Story: Paper
even thought the children are obessed with money. the mother play a big part in the story. Tay Soon fall sick as he lost all his money in shares and stocks. when he fall sick, his mother took charge of the situation while his wife, Yee Lian, did not do anything. his mother brewed him chinese medicines and even cal chinese medicine man to come to have a look at him. when he was beyond touch of healing, they sent him to the hospital. his mother also paid for Tay Soon's funeral. she bought him the best thing and gave him the big house that he always wanted. beside that, he also gave him cars and money. the mother play a big part when the child went bankcrupt. this shows how important motherhood is, in the story.
2.Select two stories in which there is conflict between parent and child and show how far there is some resolution of these differences at the end of the story.
Story: Mid Autumn.
the mother's pain and confusion takes place when the daughter decides to leave singapore and work in Uganda as a volunteer. even though the daughter obtained her GP qualifications, she wants to be different from other GPs. she don't want to be characterized like wad other GP who have mobile phones, golf weekends and membership in Club Langkawi. the narrator was very sad as she has go through a very tough life to raise her daughter up hoping she will have a better future.
Story: Lee
Lee comes back to Singapore after her mother death in America. since young, she had been staying with her mom in America. Lee and the father find it difficult to communicate with one another. Lee is rude, inconsiderate and straight foward. she like to insult people of her country and her father hate the way she insulted singaporeans. her father had to tolerate her behavior because he always wanted his daughter to come back to his side.
The resolution between Lee and her dad is when he told her of the story of how the Chinese and Indians had magnificient culture while the Caucasians were still not settled yet. He also told her about how things changed at the end and became that the Westerners were the one who ruled. He told her of how the Chinese and the rest looked like fools.
3. With reference to suitable stories, discuss how far there is change shown to be either welcomed or feared.
Story : Lee.
The relationship between a Singaporean father and his Americanized daughter, the eponymous character he hardly knows and re-enters his life following the death of his ex-wife. the awkward, uneasy relationship between father and daughter dramatizes the clash between the "Asian" and "Western" culture.
Q4. How are young people and their ideals presented in 2 or 3 stories in the collection? How far do you identify with those young people?
Story: Lee
Lee grown up in the States. we can see that the ideals of the young people presented in this story is that Lee, is a person who loves music. This may seem like its only based on one character, we can also identify with the author that youngsters nowadays live for music. This is one ideal of youngsters that is shown in the story. Lee she doesnt feel awkward or bad whenever she shows vulgaric behaviour in public. even when some random guy whistled to her, she immediately flashed him the finger wihout hesitation. Lee's dad who is obviously of a much older generation had to sustain a shock from seeing Lee do that. Lee does not like thinking in the conventional way. This shows the ideal of youngsters nowadays as they do not really think in the same steroetypical way as the older generation. Lee also dresses very casually. People from the older generation thinks that it is very normal and a must for youngsters to know their own dialect. When Lee met with her Grandmother who wanted to speak to Lee but couldnt because they both spoke different languages. This shows that the older generation which does not applies to the younger generation. We, yougsters does not think it is relevant to know much less understand the dialects because the world is changing and it is more important to speak languages that are relevant to the society.
Therefore this concludes the ideals that are presented in the story.
Q5.Choose two stories that reveal the thinking of an older generation of Singaporeans. What new insights have you gained from such a revelation?
Tanjong Rhu
Tanjong Rhu reveal the thinking of an older generation because of the Mr. Li's mother, as known as Ah-ma, shows that people from a older generation has a different thinking. Mr Li, could also be counted as a person from the older generation. Ah-ma, is thrifty, she doesn't want Mr. Li to waste his money, as she knows that she had everything that she need. For her eyes operation, she describe it as having her eyes sliced open. Like a clove of garlic or what, talking about peeling my eyes. People of the older generation also thinks of the past, unlike, modern people, who think of enjoying life and forget that happen in the past. When Ying, Mr.Li's daughter wanted Ba-ba [ ah-ma ] to go with her father, she volunteer to help ba-ba with the praying, but her ba-ba in the end, scold her and asked her stuffs like whether ot not, does she even know how to address her grandfather. Mr. Li also scolded her daughter for holding open her ba-ba [ ah-ma, po-po ] eyes.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
ISLAND VOICES
Evening under frangipani
Conflicts:
Prakash’s internal conflict
Pg 47, tried to appear attentive
Prakash and Elaine’s external conflict
Pg 49, better to develop our full potential
Climax:
Pg 62, When Prakash laughed while Elaine and he were making out. Prakash commented about Elaine’s beetle-like-hand. Elaine got offended by the comment. Just because of that comment, the relationship between them changes and they soon realize their ways
Resolution:
Open-ended
They did not the readers why Prakash and Elaine broke up and what causes them to break up.
Characters:
Prakash
He is a nervous-wreck (during job interview, pg 27)
Crude (“very witty,” he said quietly, running the segment through his teeth, pg 57)
conscience about people suffering ( where stranger meet to buy and sell the time of others, pg 50)
Elaine
Casual (wearing light cotton slacks and a loose white t-shirt, pg 51)
Feminine (“ I don’t agree … marriage has got nothing to do with the fulfillment of women ….”, pg 49)
Caring (she had saved it to cheer him up if he was depressed by an aggressive unsympathetic interview and to add to his happiness if the interview had gone more successfully)
Mother
Sarcastic (the mother is sarcastic and unfriendly, pg 58)
Unfriendly (the mother is sarcastic and unfriendly, pg 58)
Judgmental (considered prakash slow and stupid, and imagined him as physically aggressive, worrying that he would bully Elaine out of her depth, pg 83)
The most interesting segment is: Elaine wanted to meet at the park as she wanted to tell Prakash that her parents are going to Malaysia and the whole house would belong to them. While they were talking, Elaine felt that Prakash is sweet when he took out a pamelo and opened it.
Lee
Conflicts:
Lee’s dad internal conflict
Pg 87, felt awkward to be in the car with lee
Pg 88-89, doesn’t like it when lee talks about alau pisoopo.
Climax:
pg 99 When lee finally talked about her mother’s death relating it to a david hockey print.
Resolution
Complete ending
Lee finally did not resent being a Chinese as much as she did before after lee’s dad had said something. Even though, nothing is resolved, lee’s dad was happy and satisfied. The inner Conflicts of his were genes.
Characters:
Lee
Healthy (pg 91, I am interested in health food and stuffs)
Vulgar (pg 90)
Loves criticizing others (pg 95)
Father
Hot tempered (pg 97)
Cultural (pg 103)
Grand mother Cultural (pg99)
Concerned (pg 100)
The most interesting segment was: Lee went to her grandmother’s house for the family reunion and learns about the culture and tradition of her family. It shows how Lee is different from Singaporeans with her westernized culture.
A history Of Tea
Conflicts:
(internal)
The internal conflict is when Beverly said that she is going to China and she looks forward to it. It is despite the fact that she knows that most travellers find the food disgusting yet expensive. (pg 112)
(external)
The external conflict is the opium wars. The Opium Wars broke out with the English ready to go to war to get free trade against the Chinese government, who opposed the trade of opium fearing their addictive and dangerous values. (pg 119~120)
Climax:
The climax began when Beverly mentioned that she was going around Asia. It gave the author of the story something to think about his travels and how he has never gotten a chance to explore Asia. (pg113)
Resolution:
Complete Ending
The conflicts are all resolved and when the narrator opened the lid to his tea, he saw in it all his relatives and his future.
Characters:
Narrator Simple
(Pg 108, He did not use a mug that had complicated patterns on it like Beverly had.)
Good sense of humour (Pg 109, Laughed at a joke, "not my cup of tea")
Beverly Fussy
(Pg 109, she was choosy about the type of tea she liked.)
The most interesting segment is: Beverly talks about her Jewish Boyfriend and about her parents’ objection of their relationship.
4. Release
Conflicts:
Eileen & the Female Neighbour (Pg 140 & 141, The neighbour compared Eileen together with their dog as they were both pregnant , this showed a form of disrepect)
Eileen & her Husband (Pg 140 & 141, Her husband was irritated by the fact that Eileen forgotten to collect his suit)
Eileen & her neighbours (Pg 141, They cut down her guava tree while she was at the supermarket)
Eileen & her neighbours (Pg 142, They moved into theit property when they were away)
Eileen & her husband (Pg 143, Philip was angry over the fact that Eileen were taking trival matters so seriously)
Climax:
(Pg 145 & 146)
When Eileen couldn’t take it anymore , she decided to do something about it , she decided to wait for the person who gave the dogs their food , to do something to solve the problem .
Resolution:
Open ended The problem is only partially solved. It is only partially solved because, the dogs are quiet now, but they are already dead as the man used the tools to kill them.
Characters:
Eileen
Friendly (Pg 139, She went over to say hi to her new neighbours when they were moving in)
Petty (Pg 142, Her neighbour only intruded a small section of her garden and she became all furious and agitated)
Patient (Pg 144, She talks and rock her baby even though it keeps crying)
Philip
Petty (Pg 141, Just because it slipped Eileen’s mind to collect his suit , he became angry)
Understanding (Pg 143, He was telling Eileen to let their neighbours to have that tiny bit of space since they don’t do gardening anyway)
The man who took care of the dogs
Kind (Pg 146, He offered to carry Eileen’s baby , and he even stroked the baby’s cheek)
Understanding (Pg 147, He agreed to shift the dogs to another place , to help Eileen solve her problem)
Evil (Pg 148, He killed the puppies one by one to silence them)
The most interesting segment is when Eileen got very angry with the dog’s noise. She could not take it any longer, so she phoned the police for help and even thought of calling SPCA to help resolve the problem. Getting the police involved in such a trivial matter is uncommon. She was showing signs that she was slowly becoming mad because all she wanted is to let her baby and her catch some sleep.
5. An obituary for fifth aunt come late
Conflicts: External conflict
Between the aunt and her father. When the aunt was sick during her childhood years, her father lost patience with her and did not feel it was right to spend the family fortunes to cure her when he should be spending it on his boys.
Climax:
Pg 156, when the Japanese forces invaded and occupied Singapore. It added excitement to the story and change the lives of the main characters in the story.
Resolution:
Complete resolution: the aunt has lived a full and fulfilling life despite some setbacks. And at the end, she died peacefully, knowing that her life she lived is not quite fortunate compared to the lives of people who lived today.
Characters:
Aunt
Obedient (pg 152, she always did the chores her parents assigned her)
Hardworking ( pg 149, she helps the author’s grandma by doing chores)
Dress maker Kind-hearted ( pg 158, he told aunt not to go to work on realizing the soldier’s intentions)
Welcoming ( pg 157, offered tea to the Japanese occupiers’)
Aunt’s parents
Old Fashioned ( pg 151, they prefer to have son)
Caring ( pg 153, sent aunt to another family for a better life)
The most interesting segment is: when aunt joined another family, it is pretty much the start of a new life and a lot of unexpected things happen from this point until the end of the story. It made the reader wonder whether aunt will finally be treated fairly or she will still be treated when she was with her old family.
Pastime
Conflicts :
Mr Lee & Tai Poh (External)
There was a psychological conflict as they try to trick each other into admitting to something.
Mr Lee & Tai Poh (Internal)
Mr Lee was laughing on on the inside as he thinks that he thinks that Tai Poh has failed in trying to fool him .
Climax :
The start of the climax is when Mr. Lee started on his own “Story”
Resolution :
Nothing changed as its just a story, it was just a past time and nothing was real .
Characters:
Tai Poh
Quiet (Pg 212, He did not talk to the passengers nor disturb them in any way)
Observant (Pg 212, He watched and carefully considered before he picked the person to feature in his story)
Secretive (Pg 217, He stopped to check his face , it betrayed nothing nor let anyone know anything through his face expressions)
Mr Lee
Vigilant (Pg 216, He was prepared)
Cunning (Pg 217, It betrayed nothing and he expected it, he was not simple minded. After living through so many years this way, he could not be simple minded.
The most interesting segment is: Mr Lee decided to tell Tai Poh his own story which he made. This made the reader more hooked to the story.
Conflicts:
Prakash’s internal conflict
Pg 47, tried to appear attentive
Prakash and Elaine’s external conflict
Pg 49, better to develop our full potential
Climax:
Pg 62, When Prakash laughed while Elaine and he were making out. Prakash commented about Elaine’s beetle-like-hand. Elaine got offended by the comment. Just because of that comment, the relationship between them changes and they soon realize their ways
Resolution:
Open-ended
They did not the readers why Prakash and Elaine broke up and what causes them to break up.
Characters:
Prakash
He is a nervous-wreck (during job interview, pg 27)
Crude (“very witty,” he said quietly, running the segment through his teeth, pg 57)
conscience about people suffering ( where stranger meet to buy and sell the time of others, pg 50)
Elaine
Casual (wearing light cotton slacks and a loose white t-shirt, pg 51)
Feminine (“ I don’t agree … marriage has got nothing to do with the fulfillment of women ….”, pg 49)
Caring (she had saved it to cheer him up if he was depressed by an aggressive unsympathetic interview and to add to his happiness if the interview had gone more successfully)
Mother
Sarcastic (the mother is sarcastic and unfriendly, pg 58)
Unfriendly (the mother is sarcastic and unfriendly, pg 58)
Judgmental (considered prakash slow and stupid, and imagined him as physically aggressive, worrying that he would bully Elaine out of her depth, pg 83)
The most interesting segment is: Elaine wanted to meet at the park as she wanted to tell Prakash that her parents are going to Malaysia and the whole house would belong to them. While they were talking, Elaine felt that Prakash is sweet when he took out a pamelo and opened it.
Lee
Conflicts:
Lee’s dad internal conflict
Pg 87, felt awkward to be in the car with lee
Pg 88-89, doesn’t like it when lee talks about alau pisoopo.
Climax:
pg 99 When lee finally talked about her mother’s death relating it to a david hockey print.
Resolution
Complete ending
Lee finally did not resent being a Chinese as much as she did before after lee’s dad had said something. Even though, nothing is resolved, lee’s dad was happy and satisfied. The inner Conflicts of his were genes.
Characters:
Lee
Healthy (pg 91, I am interested in health food and stuffs)
Vulgar (pg 90)
Loves criticizing others (pg 95)
Father
Hot tempered (pg 97)
Cultural (pg 103)
Grand mother Cultural (pg99)
Concerned (pg 100)
The most interesting segment was: Lee went to her grandmother’s house for the family reunion and learns about the culture and tradition of her family. It shows how Lee is different from Singaporeans with her westernized culture.
A history Of Tea
Conflicts:
(internal)
The internal conflict is when Beverly said that she is going to China and she looks forward to it. It is despite the fact that she knows that most travellers find the food disgusting yet expensive. (pg 112)
(external)
The external conflict is the opium wars. The Opium Wars broke out with the English ready to go to war to get free trade against the Chinese government, who opposed the trade of opium fearing their addictive and dangerous values. (pg 119~120)
Climax:
The climax began when Beverly mentioned that she was going around Asia. It gave the author of the story something to think about his travels and how he has never gotten a chance to explore Asia. (pg113)
Resolution:
Complete Ending
The conflicts are all resolved and when the narrator opened the lid to his tea, he saw in it all his relatives and his future.
Characters:
Narrator Simple
(Pg 108, He did not use a mug that had complicated patterns on it like Beverly had.)
Good sense of humour (Pg 109, Laughed at a joke, "not my cup of tea")
Beverly Fussy
(Pg 109, she was choosy about the type of tea she liked.)
The most interesting segment is: Beverly talks about her Jewish Boyfriend and about her parents’ objection of their relationship.
4. Release
Conflicts:
Eileen & the Female Neighbour (Pg 140 & 141, The neighbour compared Eileen together with their dog as they were both pregnant , this showed a form of disrepect)
Eileen & her Husband (Pg 140 & 141, Her husband was irritated by the fact that Eileen forgotten to collect his suit)
Eileen & her neighbours (Pg 141, They cut down her guava tree while she was at the supermarket)
Eileen & her neighbours (Pg 142, They moved into theit property when they were away)
Eileen & her husband (Pg 143, Philip was angry over the fact that Eileen were taking trival matters so seriously)
Climax:
(Pg 145 & 146)
When Eileen couldn’t take it anymore , she decided to do something about it , she decided to wait for the person who gave the dogs their food , to do something to solve the problem .
Resolution:
Open ended The problem is only partially solved. It is only partially solved because, the dogs are quiet now, but they are already dead as the man used the tools to kill them.
Characters:
Eileen
Friendly (Pg 139, She went over to say hi to her new neighbours when they were moving in)
Petty (Pg 142, Her neighbour only intruded a small section of her garden and she became all furious and agitated)
Patient (Pg 144, She talks and rock her baby even though it keeps crying)
Philip
Petty (Pg 141, Just because it slipped Eileen’s mind to collect his suit , he became angry)
Understanding (Pg 143, He was telling Eileen to let their neighbours to have that tiny bit of space since they don’t do gardening anyway)
The man who took care of the dogs
Kind (Pg 146, He offered to carry Eileen’s baby , and he even stroked the baby’s cheek)
Understanding (Pg 147, He agreed to shift the dogs to another place , to help Eileen solve her problem)
Evil (Pg 148, He killed the puppies one by one to silence them)
The most interesting segment is when Eileen got very angry with the dog’s noise. She could not take it any longer, so she phoned the police for help and even thought of calling SPCA to help resolve the problem. Getting the police involved in such a trivial matter is uncommon. She was showing signs that she was slowly becoming mad because all she wanted is to let her baby and her catch some sleep.
5. An obituary for fifth aunt come late
Conflicts: External conflict
Between the aunt and her father. When the aunt was sick during her childhood years, her father lost patience with her and did not feel it was right to spend the family fortunes to cure her when he should be spending it on his boys.
Climax:
Pg 156, when the Japanese forces invaded and occupied Singapore. It added excitement to the story and change the lives of the main characters in the story.
Resolution:
Complete resolution: the aunt has lived a full and fulfilling life despite some setbacks. And at the end, she died peacefully, knowing that her life she lived is not quite fortunate compared to the lives of people who lived today.
Characters:
Aunt
Obedient (pg 152, she always did the chores her parents assigned her)
Hardworking ( pg 149, she helps the author’s grandma by doing chores)
Dress maker Kind-hearted ( pg 158, he told aunt not to go to work on realizing the soldier’s intentions)
Welcoming ( pg 157, offered tea to the Japanese occupiers’)
Aunt’s parents
Old Fashioned ( pg 151, they prefer to have son)
Caring ( pg 153, sent aunt to another family for a better life)
The most interesting segment is: when aunt joined another family, it is pretty much the start of a new life and a lot of unexpected things happen from this point until the end of the story. It made the reader wonder whether aunt will finally be treated fairly or she will still be treated when she was with her old family.
Pastime
Conflicts :
Mr Lee & Tai Poh (External)
There was a psychological conflict as they try to trick each other into admitting to something.
Mr Lee & Tai Poh (Internal)
Mr Lee was laughing on on the inside as he thinks that he thinks that Tai Poh has failed in trying to fool him .
Climax :
The start of the climax is when Mr. Lee started on his own “Story”
Resolution :
Nothing changed as its just a story, it was just a past time and nothing was real .
Characters:
Tai Poh
Quiet (Pg 212, He did not talk to the passengers nor disturb them in any way)
Observant (Pg 212, He watched and carefully considered before he picked the person to feature in his story)
Secretive (Pg 217, He stopped to check his face , it betrayed nothing nor let anyone know anything through his face expressions)
Mr Lee
Vigilant (Pg 216, He was prepared)
Cunning (Pg 217, It betrayed nothing and he expected it, he was not simple minded. After living through so many years this way, he could not be simple minded.
The most interesting segment is: Mr Lee decided to tell Tai Poh his own story which he made. This made the reader more hooked to the story.
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