Choose two stories that reveal the thinking of an older generation of singaporeans what new insights have you gained from such a revealation.
Stories:
-The history of tea
-The move
The history of tea is about an older generation who find different races hateful and he or she was frighten of them. It is because he or she did not understood the races and the religions clearly, plus there were some of the information which against the race which had influenced the old generation. Therefore, the old generation usually disagree with her/his children to marry with a person with different race. The evidence from the story is at page , Beverly had a marriage with a gentleman. However, when her parents discovered the identity of that gentleman as a part of the Jewish. They decided to let Beverly to think again at first. This showed the conflict between different religion because there were lots of people from old generation found Jewish greedy and evil, but actually, Jewish were not.
The story The Move is about a grandmother being rather sulky when she was not allowed to bring alone her one and only pomegranate tree to a new house. Being in the older generation, most grandparents would sulk as though they are being left alone. In this case, it is rather normal for the grandmother to sulk when she was not allowed to bring along her pomegranate tree and doesnt want to move out of teh house. Not to forget she also sulks because her things are being thrown away. The evidence from the story is on page, 205, that says, "The old lady was vaguely irritated for the first time. It's always the plants that get left behind. Why?" This concludes that she is rather dissappointed with her children.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Lit Holiday Assignment(Completed)
(1) Evening Under Frangipani
Conflicts:
Pg 49-Marriage
Pg 53-Diffrent in generation
Pg 62-Diffrent in view(about Elaine's father)
Pg 65-Prakash finds job, but he finds it difficult with his qualifications(internal conflict)
Pg 77-Elaine mentioned she is not feminist.
Climax:
Prakash sight Elanie with Mike in the wine bar,and Prakash stood under the Frangipani tree which is the evidence of the love between Elanie and Prakash.To maintain the love, Prakash pretented to become stronger.
Pg78-81
Resolution:It is an ironic resolution.I thought the relationship between Prakash and Elanie will become better in the story. However, Elanie meet Mike and they have a nice evening in the wine bar while Prakash sawthat brutal facts under the Frangipani tree.(Pg 78) In addition, Prakash wanted to become stronger so he can maintain relationship between him and Elanie. In pg 83, Elanie's mother asked Elanie aboutPrakash's strengthness.And Elanie answered " Yes, he is too strong"(Pg 84)
Characters:
Prakash
He is nervous(during job interview, pg 27)
,but he become brave after Elaine wanted to break up with him(during job interview, pg 69)
He is intelligence(use key to cut the pomelo, pg 57)
He is crude(laughing on Elaine about her family members, pg 62)
Elaine
She is feminist(believe women are equal to men, pg 49)
She is Casual(her handle in pg 51)
She does not know how to hide her emotion(pg 62)
Elaine's father
He is passionate (Collection of dead insects, pg 55)
He is Workholic (he feel anxious for a quiet life, pg 55)
He is not judgemental(Prakash liked his gentalness, pg 60)
Elaine's mother
She is judgemental (she baitted Prakash, pg 59)
She is thoughful (she worried about Prakash, 83)
Mike
Gentle(pg 79)
The most interesting part is the title"Evening under Frangipani".
It has a totally negative meaning to Prakash (He saw Elanie drinking wine with Mike)
but it has a positive meaning to Elanie too
(She felt happy when she share her experience with Mike rather than with Prakash).
(2)Lee
Conflict:
-Lee's dad felt awkward to be in the car with Lee(Pg 87)
-Diffrent in race about thought (Pg 88)
-Lee's dad dose not like it when Lee talks about Alau Piscopo.(Pg 88,89)
-Lee do not like to eat meat, but Lee's father want she to eat(Pg 91)
Climax:
Lee finally told her dad about her mother's death which related to David Hockney's print.(Pg 99)
Resolution:
Complete resolution.
Lee finally did not resent being a chinese as much as she did after her dad had said something.Although everything is remain unchange. Lee's dad did not felt regret as Lee solved his question in his mind.
Characters:
Lee's dad
He is decent (He being serious about Lee's mother, Pg 88)
He is radio fans(He mentioned that he spend more time listen to radio more than studying, Pg 104)
Lee
She is rude(she plays the music too loud, pg 87)
She is curious(she wonders why the marriage of Lee's parent was split up, pg 91)
She is mature(she talked like a adult, pg 93)
Alan Piscopo
He is tall(Lee said his height is six foot one,which is about 186cm, pg 89)
The most interesting part in this story is about David Hockney's print.It is because Lee mentioned that her mother's death was related to this art piece.However, David Hockney is not the murderer.I guess it is some body who is a holic inDavid Hockney's print or otherelse. Lee's mother's death also became a "wire" which linkLee and Lee's father together.
(3) A history of tea
Conflict:
Beverly's sense is totally diffrent from Tien Yee(When both of them drink tea(pg 108)
Beverly is related with Tien Yee, but their faces looked not related(pg 109)
Beverly's family background is diffrent from Tien Yee's(pg 116)
Beverly's parents had difficulty about their marriage because of race(pg 119)
Climax:Tien Yee said the truth about the relationship between he and Beverly(pg 116)
Resolution:The resolution is a complete resolution. It is because Tien Yee's family are all together eventhoguht there are diffrent in races and places.
Character:
Tien Yee:
He is poor(When he drinking tea, Pg 108)
He is calm(He is relax when he told to the reader about the relationship between he and Beverly, Pg 116)
Beverly:
She is high-class(When she drinking the tea, Pg 108)
She is tall(Tien Yee's describtion on Beverly, Pg 109)
Tien Yee's grand mother:
She is lowly-educated(she did not know English, Pg 110)
She is racist(she said Uncle Raja is an oily man, pg 112)
She is arrogant(she refused for let Tien Yee's mother come back, pg 115)
Tien Yee's grandfather:
He is brave(He didn't hide or escape , pg 120)
Uncle Raja:
He is a Ceylonese(Introduction on Beverly's family, Pg 111)
The most interesting part in the story is about the history of Tien Yee's family.It is because his family have diffrent races such as Ceylonese, Englishman and Chinese.Even thought Tien Yee's family did not like Uncle Raja, Elanie's family have difficultyabout mix-races. All the problems are solved and Tien Yee's family are being altogether.
(4) Release
Conflict:
Eileen's character is diffrent from Philip's (pg 143)
Eileen needs help, but people refused to do so(pg 144)
Climax:Eileen find herself helpless to solve the problem about her neighbour's dog because the people refused to help her. However, there is a person who want to help her.(pg 144-146)
Resolusion:The resolusion is ironly resolusion. It is because the problems have not solved yet.Even the man kill the neighbour's dog really can give Eileen "release", but thereare another problem occured and can not be solve easily.
Character:
Eileen
She is gentle(she greets her neighbour, pg 139)
She is innocent(she believes that the man will help her shut the dogs' mouth up, pg 144)
Eileen's neighbour
She is arrogant(she mataphor Eileen as a dog, pg 140)
She is rich( she has a gold bracelet, pg 140)
She is selfish(she cuts down Eileen's tree, pg 141)
Philip
He is nervous( he did not help Eileen, pg 143)
He is busy( he did not came home so often, pg 140)
The most interesting part of the story is Eileen call for help.And that person's voice in the line always apologize that "they"can not do any thing to let the dog shut up. It shows that humanscan not help anything if other people faced some problems, and it is notbecause they can not help , but they are lazy to help.
(5) An Obtuary for Fifth Aunt come late
Conflict:
Even though people said bad words on their aunt, but Author's is different from them.(Pg149,150)
In the past time, girls were treated badly. But now, girls are treated nicely(Pg 152)
Even author's aunt is a family member, her
Climax:
Author talks about how her/his aunt lived from her childhood to now.( Pg151~Pg158)
Resolution:
The resolution is completed. Even the fifth aunt was deaded and the obituary of her death had came out.
The author does not forget about her, and he can recognize the story about her very clearly.
Character:
Aunt:
She is caring(she gave Author's family things to eat, Pg 149)
She is nervous(she keep apologize when she fell off her stool, Pg149)
Grandfather:
He is rude( he always slap Aunt without reason since Aunt's childhood,Pg151)
He treat his children unfairly(he gave the goods to his boy but he treated his girl very badly, Pg152,153)
Grandmother:
She is nervous(she did not stopped her husband from abusing their children, Pg 152)
She is caring(she wanted to send Aunt to An Ting's family rather than be killed by her father, Pg 153)
The most interesting part of the story is the theme of it. The story tells me that people have to
care for their family and their friends. Otherwise, they would felt regreted if their family member passed
away. In additions, author can remember about his fifth aunt. Which means he care for her.
(6) The Past time
Conflict:
Mr Lee asked Tai Poh for going on TV, but Tai Poh rejected(Pg 213)
Tai Poh experienced the lonliness after his gang was defeated(Pg 214)
Tai Poh wanted to forget about his past, but he had met a girl he had familiar of.(Pg 215)
Tai Poh's past time is diffrent than Mr Lee(Pg 216)
Climax:
Mr Lee said his past time to Tai Poh(Pg 217)
Resolution:
The resolution is open ending, because Tai Poh and Mr Lee mentiond that it is a past time and
not the real life.
Character:
Tai Poh:
He was dependent(He grew familiar with the meaning of lonlinessPg 214)
He is not able to find job(He had jailed before, Pg 214)
Mr Lee:
He is educated(Tai Poh mentioned, Pg 213)
He is crude(He forced Tai Poh to lie the audience on the TV, Pg 213)
A girl:
She is beautiful(Tai Poh mentioned, Pg 215)
The most interesting part of the story is the background of the girl that Tai Poh had mentioned.
It is because the girl has a certain relationship with Tai Poh which we do not know. In addition,
the woman in Pg 219 may be that girl because Tai Poh had said "He could have... let's just he did."
after he bought five tickets from her.
Conflicts:
Pg 49-Marriage
Pg 53-Diffrent in generation
Pg 62-Diffrent in view(about Elaine's father)
Pg 65-Prakash finds job, but he finds it difficult with his qualifications(internal conflict)
Pg 77-Elaine mentioned she is not feminist.
Climax:
Prakash sight Elanie with Mike in the wine bar,and Prakash stood under the Frangipani tree which is the evidence of the love between Elanie and Prakash.To maintain the love, Prakash pretented to become stronger.
Pg78-81
Resolution:It is an ironic resolution.I thought the relationship between Prakash and Elanie will become better in the story. However, Elanie meet Mike and they have a nice evening in the wine bar while Prakash sawthat brutal facts under the Frangipani tree.(Pg 78) In addition, Prakash wanted to become stronger so he can maintain relationship between him and Elanie. In pg 83, Elanie's mother asked Elanie aboutPrakash's strengthness.And Elanie answered " Yes, he is too strong"(Pg 84)
Characters:
Prakash
He is nervous(during job interview, pg 27)
,but he become brave after Elaine wanted to break up with him(during job interview, pg 69)
He is intelligence(use key to cut the pomelo, pg 57)
He is crude(laughing on Elaine about her family members, pg 62)
Elaine
She is feminist(believe women are equal to men, pg 49)
She is Casual(her handle in pg 51)
She does not know how to hide her emotion(pg 62)
Elaine's father
He is passionate (Collection of dead insects, pg 55)
He is Workholic (he feel anxious for a quiet life, pg 55)
He is not judgemental(Prakash liked his gentalness, pg 60)
Elaine's mother
She is judgemental (she baitted Prakash, pg 59)
She is thoughful (she worried about Prakash, 83)
Mike
Gentle(pg 79)
The most interesting part is the title"Evening under Frangipani".
It has a totally negative meaning to Prakash (He saw Elanie drinking wine with Mike)
but it has a positive meaning to Elanie too
(She felt happy when she share her experience with Mike rather than with Prakash).
(2)Lee
Conflict:
-Lee's dad felt awkward to be in the car with Lee(Pg 87)
-Diffrent in race about thought (Pg 88)
-Lee's dad dose not like it when Lee talks about Alau Piscopo.(Pg 88,89)
-Lee do not like to eat meat, but Lee's father want she to eat(Pg 91)
Climax:
Lee finally told her dad about her mother's death which related to David Hockney's print.(Pg 99)
Resolution:
Complete resolution.
Lee finally did not resent being a chinese as much as she did after her dad had said something.Although everything is remain unchange. Lee's dad did not felt regret as Lee solved his question in his mind.
Characters:
Lee's dad
He is decent (He being serious about Lee's mother, Pg 88)
He is radio fans(He mentioned that he spend more time listen to radio more than studying, Pg 104)
Lee
She is rude(she plays the music too loud, pg 87)
She is curious(she wonders why the marriage of Lee's parent was split up, pg 91)
She is mature(she talked like a adult, pg 93)
Alan Piscopo
He is tall(Lee said his height is six foot one,which is about 186cm, pg 89)
The most interesting part in this story is about David Hockney's print.It is because Lee mentioned that her mother's death was related to this art piece.However, David Hockney is not the murderer.I guess it is some body who is a holic inDavid Hockney's print or otherelse. Lee's mother's death also became a "wire" which linkLee and Lee's father together.
(3) A history of tea
Conflict:
Beverly's sense is totally diffrent from Tien Yee(When both of them drink tea(pg 108)
Beverly is related with Tien Yee, but their faces looked not related(pg 109)
Beverly's family background is diffrent from Tien Yee's(pg 116)
Beverly's parents had difficulty about their marriage because of race(pg 119)
Climax:Tien Yee said the truth about the relationship between he and Beverly(pg 116)
Resolution:The resolution is a complete resolution. It is because Tien Yee's family are all together eventhoguht there are diffrent in races and places.
Character:
Tien Yee:
He is poor(When he drinking tea, Pg 108)
He is calm(He is relax when he told to the reader about the relationship between he and Beverly, Pg 116)
Beverly:
She is high-class(When she drinking the tea, Pg 108)
She is tall(Tien Yee's describtion on Beverly, Pg 109)
Tien Yee's grand mother:
She is lowly-educated(she did not know English, Pg 110)
She is racist(she said Uncle Raja is an oily man, pg 112)
She is arrogant(she refused for let Tien Yee's mother come back, pg 115)
Tien Yee's grandfather:
He is brave(He didn't hide or escape , pg 120)
Uncle Raja:
He is a Ceylonese(Introduction on Beverly's family, Pg 111)
The most interesting part in the story is about the history of Tien Yee's family.It is because his family have diffrent races such as Ceylonese, Englishman and Chinese.Even thought Tien Yee's family did not like Uncle Raja, Elanie's family have difficultyabout mix-races. All the problems are solved and Tien Yee's family are being altogether.
(4) Release
Conflict:
Eileen's character is diffrent from Philip's (pg 143)
Eileen needs help, but people refused to do so(pg 144)
Climax:Eileen find herself helpless to solve the problem about her neighbour's dog because the people refused to help her. However, there is a person who want to help her.(pg 144-146)
Resolusion:The resolusion is ironly resolusion. It is because the problems have not solved yet.Even the man kill the neighbour's dog really can give Eileen "release", but thereare another problem occured and can not be solve easily.
Character:
Eileen
She is gentle(she greets her neighbour, pg 139)
She is innocent(she believes that the man will help her shut the dogs' mouth up, pg 144)
Eileen's neighbour
She is arrogant(she mataphor Eileen as a dog, pg 140)
She is rich( she has a gold bracelet, pg 140)
She is selfish(she cuts down Eileen's tree, pg 141)
Philip
He is nervous( he did not help Eileen, pg 143)
He is busy( he did not came home so often, pg 140)
The most interesting part of the story is Eileen call for help.And that person's voice in the line always apologize that "they"can not do any thing to let the dog shut up. It shows that humanscan not help anything if other people faced some problems, and it is notbecause they can not help , but they are lazy to help.
(5) An Obtuary for Fifth Aunt come late
Conflict:
Even though people said bad words on their aunt, but Author's is different from them.(Pg149,150)
In the past time, girls were treated badly. But now, girls are treated nicely(Pg 152)
Even author's aunt is a family member, her
Climax:
Author talks about how her/his aunt lived from her childhood to now.( Pg151~Pg158)
Resolution:
The resolution is completed. Even the fifth aunt was deaded and the obituary of her death had came out.
The author does not forget about her, and he can recognize the story about her very clearly.
Character:
Aunt:
She is caring(she gave Author's family things to eat, Pg 149)
She is nervous(she keep apologize when she fell off her stool, Pg149)
Grandfather:
He is rude( he always slap Aunt without reason since Aunt's childhood,Pg151)
He treat his children unfairly(he gave the goods to his boy but he treated his girl very badly, Pg152,153)
Grandmother:
She is nervous(she did not stopped her husband from abusing their children, Pg 152)
She is caring(she wanted to send Aunt to An Ting's family rather than be killed by her father, Pg 153)
The most interesting part of the story is the theme of it. The story tells me that people have to
care for their family and their friends. Otherwise, they would felt regreted if their family member passed
away. In additions, author can remember about his fifth aunt. Which means he care for her.
(6) The Past time
Conflict:
Mr Lee asked Tai Poh for going on TV, but Tai Poh rejected(Pg 213)
Tai Poh experienced the lonliness after his gang was defeated(Pg 214)
Tai Poh wanted to forget about his past, but he had met a girl he had familiar of.(Pg 215)
Tai Poh's past time is diffrent than Mr Lee(Pg 216)
Climax:
Mr Lee said his past time to Tai Poh(Pg 217)
Resolution:
The resolution is open ending, because Tai Poh and Mr Lee mentiond that it is a past time and
not the real life.
Character:
Tai Poh:
He was dependent(He grew familiar with the meaning of lonlinessPg 214)
He is not able to find job(He had jailed before, Pg 214)
Mr Lee:
He is educated(Tai Poh mentioned, Pg 213)
He is crude(He forced Tai Poh to lie the audience on the TV, Pg 213)
A girl:
She is beautiful(Tai Poh mentioned, Pg 215)
The most interesting part of the story is the background of the girl that Tai Poh had mentioned.
It is because the girl has a certain relationship with Tai Poh which we do not know. In addition,
the woman in Pg 219 may be that girl because Tai Poh had said "He could have... let's just he did."
after he bought five tickets from her.
Lit Homework(Completed?)
Q1. How is motherhood presented in any two or three stories in the collection?
Stories: Tanjong Rhu
Release
In the story, Release, it said about a woman who is being a mother has lots of pressure in her life. Therefore, her husband needs to support and encurage her. However, in this story. Philip did not support his wife, Elieen. And he is alwys busy for work, can not take out the time with Elieen. Therefore, as a mother, a support from her husband is necessary.
In the story Tanjong Rhu, it talks about a mother and the son. The son is insisting the mother to wear binoculars in order to see Tanjong Rhu which is far away from Mr Li's office. From here, the mother refuses to wear such therefore, a conflict arises. Mr Li didnt understand the mother ; doesnt attend to her needs.
Q2. Select two stories in which there is conflict between parent and child, and show how far three is some resolution of these different at the end of either welcomed, or feared.
Stories:The move
The story The Move is about moving into another house. The grandmother wants to bring along her antique things with her. However, her daughter doesnt want her mother to bring along her antique things as there wouldnt be any space. Besides, to her mother, these antique things mean alot to her; espeacially her pomegranate tree. This is what her daughter doesnt understand about her. The pomegranate tree has alot of meaning towards her.
Mid-Autumn
The story explains about a parent forced their child to do the things that she did not want to do. The daughter had made a choice for her own. Therefore, there are conflicts between her mother and the daughter. The daughter decided to go Uganda despite her mother disagree towards her daughter's choice. In the end, the mother waited impatiently for her beloved daughter to arrive.
Q3. With the reference to suitable stories, discuss how far change is show to be either welcomed, or feared.
Past time
Evening under Frangipani
In past time, it told about a human nature that they do not want to remember about a
history that they were unable to face. However, as the time washed off their fearness towards
the history. They are able to accept it. For evidence, in the past time, Tai Poh met the girl who
has the relationship between both of them, but Tai Poh was not dare to face her. And now, he can face the girl.
Evening Under Frangipani is a story which told us about a huge change of that specific person. In this case, The main role, Prakash was a nervous person who did not dare to pass his interview. However, after Eliean broke up their love. Prakash beome stronger instead of become weaker. Nevertheless, it is unfortunatly that Eliean love the person named Mike instead of continue the love with him.
Q4 How are young people and their ideals reprsented in two stories in the collection ?
How far do you agree with these people?
The Move
Mid- Autumn
The move is a story about a daughter who wants to move into another big house. Therefore, doesnt care about her mother who wants to bring along the pomegranate tree. The daughter wants a larger space for her daughter to live in. This is eventually her goal, to have a suitable life for her children
Mid autumn is about a daughter who wants to help to help other people who are in need. For example, going to Uganda. This is her goal. To help other people in need and doesnt even care about her family's/ Parents wish. Her parents disagrees towards her decision on going to help other people rather than her own family.
Stories: Tanjong Rhu
Release
In the story, Release, it said about a woman who is being a mother has lots of pressure in her life. Therefore, her husband needs to support and encurage her. However, in this story. Philip did not support his wife, Elieen. And he is alwys busy for work, can not take out the time with Elieen. Therefore, as a mother, a support from her husband is necessary.
In the story Tanjong Rhu, it talks about a mother and the son. The son is insisting the mother to wear binoculars in order to see Tanjong Rhu which is far away from Mr Li's office. From here, the mother refuses to wear such therefore, a conflict arises. Mr Li didnt understand the mother ; doesnt attend to her needs.
Q2. Select two stories in which there is conflict between parent and child, and show how far three is some resolution of these different at the end of either welcomed, or feared.
Stories:The move
The story The Move is about moving into another house. The grandmother wants to bring along her antique things with her. However, her daughter doesnt want her mother to bring along her antique things as there wouldnt be any space. Besides, to her mother, these antique things mean alot to her; espeacially her pomegranate tree. This is what her daughter doesnt understand about her. The pomegranate tree has alot of meaning towards her.
Mid-Autumn
The story explains about a parent forced their child to do the things that she did not want to do. The daughter had made a choice for her own. Therefore, there are conflicts between her mother and the daughter. The daughter decided to go Uganda despite her mother disagree towards her daughter's choice. In the end, the mother waited impatiently for her beloved daughter to arrive.
Q3. With the reference to suitable stories, discuss how far change is show to be either welcomed, or feared.
Past time
Evening under Frangipani
In past time, it told about a human nature that they do not want to remember about a
history that they were unable to face. However, as the time washed off their fearness towards
the history. They are able to accept it. For evidence, in the past time, Tai Poh met the girl who
has the relationship between both of them, but Tai Poh was not dare to face her. And now, he can face the girl.
Evening Under Frangipani is a story which told us about a huge change of that specific person. In this case, The main role, Prakash was a nervous person who did not dare to pass his interview. However, after Eliean broke up their love. Prakash beome stronger instead of become weaker. Nevertheless, it is unfortunatly that Eliean love the person named Mike instead of continue the love with him.
Q4 How are young people and their ideals reprsented in two stories in the collection ?
How far do you agree with these people?
The Move
Mid- Autumn
The move is a story about a daughter who wants to move into another big house. Therefore, doesnt care about her mother who wants to bring along the pomegranate tree. The daughter wants a larger space for her daughter to live in. This is eventually her goal, to have a suitable life for her children
Mid autumn is about a daughter who wants to help to help other people who are in need. For example, going to Uganda. This is her goal. To help other people in need and doesnt even care about her family's/ Parents wish. Her parents disagrees towards her decision on going to help other people rather than her own family.
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