Maintaining relationships is important.

How is this shown by a character in the novel you have read.

Give reasons why it is so, with close reference to the text.

Question Reasons Evidence / Elaborations Point of view

Maintaining Maintaining good Dawan’s close relationship with Kwai suffers If I were Dawan,
relationships is relationship with because his brother is jealous of her success. I will also show
important. Kwai gives He threatened to take the scholarship from her, good behaviour
advantage to making her worried and defensive. She even to others
This is shown Dawan. Dawan’s gets hurt physically when Kwai pushes her, especially my
by Dawan. kindness towards causing her to injure her ankle. They later meet siblings
Kwai helps changes at the bridge. Dawan tells Kwai that she is only regardless of any
his mind to be on angry and meant what she says then at the misunderstanding
her side. market place because Kwai hurts her. She we have. Who
clearly does not meant to hurt Kwai’s feelings. knows, someday
She leaves an umbrella to Kwai and walks our effort will
home on her hurt foot in the heavy rain. Kwai pays off.
feels touched by Dawan’s action. Dawan’s
kindness and her effort to maintain good
relationship towards Kwai pays off. It makes
him realize he should not stand in the way of
his sister’s future. At home, Kwai helps to
convince father that he should allow Dawan to
take up the scholarship.

Maintaining After the incident at the market place, Kwai In my opinion,

relationship with choose not to stand in her sister’s way to maintaining good
Kwai helps to further her studies. Kwai tries to convince his relationship with
increase Dawan’s father that Dawan supposes to be given the others is
chances to further chance to show her potential. When they important
her studies in the comes home from the bridge, Kwai tells his because
city school. father that he changes his mind to let Dawan someday, they
go to further her studies in the city school. may return us a
Unfortunately, his father would not let Dawan favour.
go. Kwai insisted and says that he will not take
the chances too and just let the third person
gets the chance. Father is surprised but after
further persuasions from Kwai and Dawan, he
finally gives his permission.

Maintaining Dawan seems to give up after she meets the If I were Dawan,
relationship with headmonk. She thinks nobody will help her. I will appreciate
her friend, Bao also Bao tries to persuade Dawan not to think that a friend like Bao
helps her to gain way. She tells Dawan that she has to push who has strong
extra support to forward and struggle if she wants to be free faith in us and
defend her rights to and equal to her brother. She insisted Dawan would support us
take the not to yield to her brother. To prove her point, in achieving our
scholarship. she lets Dawan free a bird for free. Dawan dream.
understood what Bao means and she thanks
Bao for having strong faith in her. Dawan also
receives extra support from Bao. Bao defends
Dawan when she calls Kwai a bully and been
working things to grab her chance to further
her studies. Bao’s statement may have made
Kwai realises his mistakes and tries to help his
sister eventually.