1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passage, phrases, or words stand out in you're reading of the story?
- The scenes that i like the most is when Mrs. Nazip Bamjee want to help people in need and she alway care of her family all the time.
2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
- Yes, I very feel happy that her trying to help everyone but she help bacause she don't want this thing to happen with her and family.
3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
- I thnk this story that happen is want everyone to fair with other, what ever that they will poor or rich. and when problem happen we should each other.
4. How do you think you reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
- No, I think cannot contribute anything is this story.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Point Of View - A chip of glass ruby
1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as I? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?
-The story was explain in the first person point of view in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as I
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
- The advantage of the chosen point of view is that i can understand the story mroe by the point of view the author have created.
3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she has she has a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
- yes, the narrator is realiable then it would not be call a narrator if he is not reliable.
4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly with hold important information known to the focal character?
- No, everyone alway tell the true to other.
-The story was explain in the first person point of view in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as I
2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?
- The advantage of the chosen point of view is that i can understand the story mroe by the point of view the author have created.
3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she has she has a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?
- yes, the narrator is realiable then it would not be call a narrator if he is not reliable.
4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly with hold important information known to the focal character?
- No, everyone alway tell the true to other.
Characters - A chip of glass ruby
1. Who is the main characters in the story? What does the main character look like?
- The main characters in the story is Mrs. Zanip Bamjee ~ mother who wanted to help those in need. She look like poor people that lived in African and Indian.
2. Describe the main character's situation, Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with other? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
- Mrs. Zanip Bamjee Zanip was a political activist who felt obligated to help the people in need. One way she helped her community was by making leaflets and protesting against the government. She did this because the black community was being taken away from their homes and deep down she felt like that was going to happen to them. she lived with other in African and Indian people. she is dependent on others for support.
3. What are some of the chief characteristics of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other character? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad,content or discontented? Why?
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
5. In any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible cange for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
- The main characters in the story is Mrs. Zanip Bamjee ~ mother who wanted to help those in need. She look like poor people that lived in African and Indian.
2. Describe the main character's situation, Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with other? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?
- Mrs. Zanip Bamjee Zanip was a political activist who felt obligated to help the people in need. One way she helped her community was by making leaflets and protesting against the government. She did this because the black community was being taken away from their homes and deep down she felt like that was going to happen to them. she lived with other in African and Indian people. she is dependent on others for support.
3. What are some of the chief characteristics of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other character? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad,content or discontented? Why?
- The characters was a mother of all the son, she was a poor woman that trying to help in need people. she have 9 children. she is very kind person, she talk normally with other all the time.
4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?
- Mrs.Bamjee gets arrested for helping the activists and her family is left mother-less. Yes they resovled Girlie takes care of her siblings.
5. In any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible cange for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?
- No, Nothing change in the chanracters.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Setting-A Chip Of Glass Ruby
1. This story happens Indian and Africans it a large country. This story is happen both indoor and outdoor.
3. The social class of the environment is both poor and medium class. The event of the story is it happen fought the situation of the stories.
2. The story happens in the late 1900s which is 1983. Is not mention the day, month or year and season.
3. The social class of the environment is both poor and medium class. The event of the story is it happen fought the situation of the stories.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
2. Plot - A Chip Of Glass Ruby
1. Is about an Indian-African Muslim woman named Zanip Bamjee. She is very dedicated to her family, she also believes something should be done to protect the minorities of her country. She get arrested for helping the activists because she holds the duplicate machine. And while Mrs. Bamjee is in jail, her older daughter who is pregnant takes cares of the rest of her younger siblings.
2. The main event is Zanip Bamjee the black community was being taken away form their homes and deep down she felt like that was going to happen to them.
3. This story is narrated normally, little flashbacks.
4. In the text book is that i read is very long but i think this story could be long.
5. The first characters is Bamjee she very worry about his country and her family, and her nine children also love and care each other.
6. Mrs.Bamjee gets arrested for helping the activists and her family is left mother-less.
7. She also believes something should be done to protect the minorities of her country, South Africa, against the authoritarian government.
8. No, some plot are not unite together, some part are mix but some part match.
9. The chance and coincidence on main characters have go in the jail, but the story can go on without problem and later on everything is same.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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