GEC 1033

MISS FEDELIA MATHEW

IM A ROCK

PREPARED BY :
FAKHIRA NUR FARZANA BINTI AHMAD FADZIL
MOH NIAN LI
SHARMINE BINTI MOHAMAD SAUDI
 IM A ROCK
Get the groups to work out the following what
does it say about the character of the
man(character)?What is the key message that
comes across(theme)?Is it the 1st person(1) or 3rd
person(he,she,it)speaking?
Character : She is person with negative personality.
Theme : The song is about a person who has been
hurt in the past and wants to run away from
events like this happening in the future by
insolating herself and not allowing herself to get
attached to others.
Speaking : 1st person
 Now work out a plot that tells you what
hapenned to this person to make him the
way she is expressed in the song.
Cliimax : Sharmine received a wedding card
from Ali and Fakhira.

Rising action : Ali and Fakhira being

Falling action : Sharmine got frustrated.
scandal without Sharmine knowing.

Background : Sharmine and Ali were couple Resolution : Sharmine continued her studies
for a year. Sharmine and Fakhira were at Japan.
bestfriend since chilhood.
 Introduce other characters into the plot.
Ali : Sharmines boyfriend.
Kira : Sharmines bestfriend.
 The song could be starting point of the
story which is told in flashback, or the
way the singer is could be within a
chronology plot, ie ; events happening one
after the other reaching to this point.
 The walls are built after
The song is about an many years and
older person ; man or experiences and the
woman. December fortress of the wisdom that
represent age. comes with the painful
knowledge of relationship.
After death, no one
feels pains or cries.
Books and poetry are the
sage words of advice given
to those who try to
approach.
Hiding in my room, safe
within my tombwaiting
for death to come; a final
place where no one can
touch.
Tell the story. The song uses a lot of
methaphors so it is good idea to reinforce
this.
Metaphor is the comparison of one thing to
another without the use of like or as.
Example : I am a rock
I am an island