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Lecturer: P. Rusmanizah Ustati

Shame by Sherly Geok Lin Lim

Character(s) and characterization

Mei Sim -6 years old -innocent girl Mother -married to rich man arranged by Tua Ee -strict mother of 3 children Ah Kim Grand Aunty Tua Ee -Mei Sim s grand aunty -strict and heartless to her daughter, Siew Eng. Father Siew Eng -Tua Ees only daughter -obedient and hardworking Jeng Chun Peng Ho Mrs Cheung

Theme(s) Ungrateful Superstitious Irrational Racist

Setting

Time and Geographical Present Malacca

Social / Cultural Baba and Nyonya Culture

Others

Historical Baba and Nyonya history Tradition aspect: -Women are needed to wear skirt, dress, kebaya. -Women should be stay manner in every way. -Men are portrayed as

Political

1950s

Society that still believes in superstitious

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His Country- After All by HenryLawson

Character(s) and characterization A stout man Bag man Stranger

Theme(s) Ungrateful Patriotism Forget the mainland

Setting

Time and Geographical Present In a train In Australia

Social / Cultural Society that forget the mainland Society that being sarcastic

Others

Historical

Political

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Hills like White Elephants

Character(s) and characterization The girl, The American, The bartender

Theme(s) Talking versus Communicating Conflict in a relationship Conflict of a young pregnant girl Feminist issue Decision making

Setting

Time and Geographical Hot day (sunny)

Social / Cultural American people

Others Set at a train station to highlight the fact that the relationship between the American man and the girl is at a crossroads

Historical

Political

In a bar at the railway station Railway station between Barcelona and Madrid Hills across the valley

Drinking people Pregnant out of wedlock

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Three Hours Between Planes

Character(s) and characterization Miss Nancy Holmes (Mrs. Walter Gifford), Donald Plant

Theme(s) Misunderstanding Confusion Disappointment Curiosity

Setting

Time and Geographical Mid-western country Three hours between planes The airport Mrs. Walter Giffords house

Social / Cultural
Drinking people Social criticism- men intention towards a married woman Love since the school time Social commentary -against the society as Donald Plant is trying to get a married women. -Married woman accepts a man to come to her house without her husbands present.

Others

Historical

Political

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A Little Place off the Edgware Road

Character(s) and characterization Craven The Guardsmen

Theme(s) Death, hatred of the human body, fear, obsession, insanity

Craven, is obsessed about the human body's impurity, with this same obsession ending up in insanity. Throughout the novel, the author gives us a sense of fear, which is then amplified by the truth, revealed at the end, the killer was caught, but the victim's body had not yet been found.

Setting

Time and Geographical Year 1939 Edgware Road

Social / Cultural

Others
A gruesome bloody murder has been committed. A man is accosted by a blood soaked man in a darkened movie theater. He thinks it may be the murderer but the murderer has been apprehended while the body of the victim is missing from the scene of the crime.

Historical

Political

TSL 3102 Literature In English

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Lecturer: P. Rusmanizah Ustati

PIGEON AT DAYBREAK

Character(s) and characterization

Mr. Basu - irritable and paranoid, asserting itself aggressively Otima - long suffering and loyal wife of Basu, archetypical housewife, interested in the trivial and sensational news Bulu - one of the Basus' next door neighbor, "burly", "good-natured", uneducated and "half-witted",Mr. Basu's diametric opposite

Theme(s) Imprisonment and freedom perception vs reality sense of protection and that of vulnerability a psychology sufferings husband kept by his wife most loyalty even in the world

Setting

Time and Geographical Darya Ganj (in Delhi), near the Jumna River

Social / Cultural India in modern times

Others Mr. Basu's bedroom brings him security and protection, represents a sort of self-imprisonment The terrace-contrast with his bedroom's comfort, as not only is it exposed to the hot summer air, it also lacks any fans with only a string

Histori cal

Political

TSL 3102 Literature In English

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African Emergent

Character(s) and characterization

Elias - Black -African,Zulu - A sculptor. - Used to live in the slums of Johannesburg - Likes company Black man -Good friend of Elias -He was part of the drama group with the Narrator and Elias. -He was a tubby man. -A cheerful, smooth talker.

Theme(s) Racism Social class

Setting

Time and Geographical

South Africa place where Elias has some success USA place where The Man offered drama scholarship. 1950s the Congress Alliances (which virtually constituted the opposition to apartheid in the 1950s)

Social / Cultural
Black People -Blacks had very few rights. -Lived under a curfew and could be arrested for being out at night after curfew time. -Difficult to gain passports . -Illegal for them to live in white suburbs. -Not well educated. White people -Whites have the power.

Others

Historical

Political
Government classifies the White people as belonging to certain villages even though the Black people may never have seen these villages. To live outside these they had to have local residence permits.

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Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe

Character(s) and characterization Jonathan Iwegbu Optimistic Robbers Threaten him to get 100 pounds Stole Jonathan 20 pounds

Theme(s) Thankful to God Beliefs

Setting

Time and Geographical Period after the civil war Eastern Nigeria

Social / Cultural Society that survive after the civil war -The protagonist is always think positively and thankful. -Religion is important. It can encourage a person to live in positive way

Others

Historical Based on the Biafran War that happened in Nigeria

Political

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