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.