Narratives(To continue yesterday)

Narratives

Today, I studied about the narratives to continue yesterday. I read the part 2 of Secrets story. I knew all of story and understood more yesterday. The part one, the narrator explained about the main character who is Kylie. She lived with her mother and her Mum's new husband. Her mother and father have divorced since she was young. She always wondered things which her mother and Philip(Mum's new husband) didn't want her knew them. One day, Kylie found a second egg in the place between the fence and the tin. She saw a flash of white beneath a mound of vine cutting in the corner of the yard. She thought that it was a secret for her. So, she sat on the fence, sharing the secret with the hen. The part two, Kylie still followed the thing that she saw until she knew now that there would-be chicks. Furthermore, on nights when Philip and her mother had friends over, Kylie listened from the darked hallway to their jokes that made no sense. through the crack between door and jamb she saw them touching each other beneath the table, and she wanted to know-right-then-why her father and mother did not live together with her. It was something she was not allowed to know. She went back to her room and looked at the only picture in her album where her smile told her that there was something she know that the photographer(her father) didn't. It made her think philip and her mother were stupid. It stopped her from feeling lonely. She was angry and dislike Philip because he always hits her, and Kylie neglect her mother because she leaves Kylie out alone. So, Kylie didn't get warm from her family.

 

 

 

 

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

 

1. I admire / like / dislike / disapprove of / feel sorry for Kylie because she was pity and lonely.

 

2. I admire / like / dislike / disapprove of / feel sorry for Kylie's mother because she has a new husband and left Kylie out alone.

 

3. I admire / like / dislike / disapprove of / feel sorry for Philip because he hits kylie and doesn't want Kylie know his secret.

 

 

 

What do you feel about the story?

 

*** I feel sad because of Kylie's pity and lonely***

 

>>neglect<<

- Kylie's mother neglect her. She felt lonely and sad, so she was neglected and angry her mother and Philip. I don't like the neglect from my mother or my parents because the neglect makes me sad and lonely that is like Kylie.

 

>>coping with the absence of a parent<<

- Kylie looked at the picture and think of something which her smile. It stopped her from feeling lonely. Some days, she sat on the fence, sharing the secret with the hen. If I were Kylie, I would make friends when I felt lonely. I would do activities which can make me feel better, and consult with someone who I can share my feeling and problems.

 

>>loneliness<<

- Kylie's mother left her out alone, so she had loneliness. I feel pity her. The problems of family are the main problem because they make family's members feel sad and lonely, especially children of family. They want warm from their parents. If the parents leave them out alone, they may do the bad things that affect to themselves and society. So, I dislike loneliness. I want to have the warm family that makes me happy and doesn't leave me alone.

 

 

 

 

Discussing the story's symbols

 

 * the eggs

- It can be compared with Kylie because the eggs are children's hen. if the hen doesn't lay on her eggs, they cannot become the chickens. On the other hand, Kylie has her parents but her father and mother don't live together, and her mother leaves her out alone. So, Kylie feels lonely because she doesn't get the warm from her parents.

 

 

* the well

- It can be compared with the place where leaves Kylie out from her mother, holding her in custody. She can't participate with her mother and Philip everything. Philip hit her, so she was angry him, and she was stressed and depressed. She hit the chickens like Philip hit her.

 

* the photos

- They are the things which Kylie can share her feeling and recognize her memories about life in family when she studied in kindergarten. And, she looked at her father in the picture because she missed him.

 

* Kylie's cutting of the photos

- She did it because she thought that she was alone, and she was ignored from her mother. So, she feel angry and neglected her mother and Philip.

 

 

If you were Kylie, what were you going to do?

 

*** I would do activities which make me feel better. I might find something outdoor for my feeling happy. Moreover, I would do a good thing that made my mother was proud of me and gave me love. If I had some problems in my family, I would consult someone who I can trust her/him and made me feel better. I would try to forget the bad things that made me feel terrible soon, and just smile be happy.***