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{ Content }

Acknowledgement m/s

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About the author m/s3

Synopsis/Plot m/s

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 "hemes m/s #

$oral %alues m/s

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Point o' %iew m/s

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 "one and mood m/s

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+anguage and Style m/s

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+iterary ,e%ices m/s*-**

Conclusion m/s *2

.lossary m/s

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{Acknowledgeme

nt}

irst and 'oremost we would like to e0press our

sincere gratitude to our class 1nglish teacher$rs Syarina 'or assigning us with this literature

proect

,uring the course o' this proect my 'riends and

ha%e gained a lot o' insight on the short storyentitled 5 +ea%ing 5 by $. 6assani7e were able

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to 'urther understand the literary nuances

in%ol%ed in the story like the course o' the plot

and the di8erent modes o' language used

A big thanks to our 1nglish teacher $rs Syarina

'or pro%iding us with a written guideline on how

to approach this oroect which helped us gather

the re9uired in'ormation in a systematic manner

+astly we would like to

thank our 'amilies 'or

gi%ing us moral

support and assisting

us in the area which

we re9uired assistance

{ About

the Author}

$. 6assani was born in the year *)!- in

:airobi;enya and was brought up in "an

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o'ten =e studied in $assachusetts nstitute o' 

 "echnology and the >ni%ersity o' Pannsyl%ania in

the >nited States then mo%ed to Canada in

*)&( +ater on became a 'ull?time writer and so

'ar has written si0 no%els and two short stories

=is work has won se%eral pri

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2ConGicts

At the beginning it was more depressing

because it mentioned how her mom had

already lost her two sisters and had put all

o' her hope in her two youngest n the

middle Aloo and his mom got in a heated

argument about the uni%ersities causing

the atmosphere to 'eel tense and at the

end it was more hope'ul because his mom

Dnally ga%e in and let him control his own

li'e

3 Clima0Aloo was o8ered a scholarship by the

Cali'ornia nstitute o' "echnology =is

mother did not belie%e that Aloo had the

o8er until she conDrmed with the

narrator "hen she said that they could

not a8ord spending three thousandshilling Aloo said that they could get a

loan and promised to work to repay the

loan $other was a'raid o' loosing her

son $r 6eli a school oHcer e0plained

that the o8er would be good 'or Aloos

education but this means that motherhad to let him go

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{ $oral 6alues }&

 "=1$1S

Grab opportunitiesI "o achie%e his

dream o' studying o%erseas Aloo took the

trouble to write many uni%ersities in

America to get necessary in'ormation

Make sacrifcesI $other was

willing to ma%e to a 9uiter art o'

town e%en though she had 'riends

in their 'ormer place

Rational thinking can overcome

conictsI$other was initially against letting

Aloo go Jut a'ter talking with the school

oHcer she reali

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@ationalI$other was initially against letting Aloo go Jut a'ter

talking with the school oHcer she reali

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)

Leaving was

told by Aloo’ssister, It was

in frst person

point i view. Itis the amily

relationship

through her

eyes.

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{ "one and

$ood }

=eartwarming is the tone 'or this storyand it generally reGects the lo%e and

care the 'amily members ha%e 'or each

other "he mood is positi%e and

optimistic "he main character also

hopes to ha%e a better 'uture and oneday he will comeback to his hometown

and take care o' his mother

{ +anguage and

Style }

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>sing basically simple and direct

language 1asy to understand

{ +iterary

,e%ices }1.Imagery ?,escripti%e words create interesting and %i%id images

in the readers mind

1.

L Wild land, with tall trees and at night it 'elt lonely'rightening place L

L An exciting new world was waiting or him L

2. Simile

- A Dgure o' speech in%ol%ing the comparison o' onething with another thing o' a di8erent kind

1.

L =e had a large head which looked like an egg L

L =e walked in like a soldier L

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3.Irony 

?"he e0pression o' ones meaning by using language

that normally signiDes the opposite typically 'or

humorous or emphatic e8ect or in other words

sarcasm

1.

L Aloos mother re'ers to Aloos uncle in America who

will pay 'or the uni%ersity 'ees L

 4.Flashback 

 "he narrator recalls mothers lo%e

5.Symbolism

1.

a"he 5 Jig Shiny Prospectus 5 is a symbol o' a bright'uture or prospects that Aloo hopes to ac9uire by

studying o%erseas Aloos mother is a symbol o' the old

way o' thinking that local education is as good as

o%erseas education and that ensure that the children

stay close to them

b A bird Gying high and 'ree 5 is a symbol o' Aloo in theplane and 'ree 'ollowing his dreams

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{ Conclusion }inally this assignment had

DnishedE' course a big thank

you to all who in%ol%ed in the

making o' this scrapbook

 "hanks again to our 1nglish

teacher $rs Syarina who guide

this group and teach this and

there Also thanks again to our

parents 'or gi%ing us a help and

moral support in many way

7ithout them this scrapbook

wont be Dnished +astly gi%e

an applause to oursel%es 'or

gi%ing cooperation to search

many in'ormation to complete

this assignment

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{ .lossary }

*B Acknowledgement M Appreciation

2B oreshadowing M Je a warning or

indication in 'uture

3B rony M ull signiDcance o' a

characters action

4B Symbolism M "o represent the

ideas or 9ualities

!B lashback M @ecount or recall

#B maginery M 6isually descripti%e or

Dgurati%e language

&B Contrast M di'ter strikingly

 

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