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A NEW YEAR'S DAY LUNCH Edited
A NEW YEAR'S DAY LUNCH Edited
SUMMARYtells the story of a rich A New Year's Day Lunch at Jalan Kia Peng
widow, Cik Bainun. She lives with her niece, Latifah and the houseboy, Fuad in her late husbands house at Jalan Kia Peng. She stills follows the tradition left behind by her late husband by ensuring all her (grown-up) children return to their house in Jalan Kia Peng for the New Year. Her husband died 18 months ago. After her husband died she went to Mecca to get gallons of holy water. She use the holy water and sprinkle the precious water over the grave twice a week. Cik Bainun and Zul have three children who are Mahani, Meriam and Raja Kamarul. Datuk Mahani is a successful woman as a Director of Hospital University and Kam is envy with her. She was married with Mahmud who then married with another woman and use the excuse of avoiding him committing zina. Meriam is a second daughter in the family and is a homely woman. She is married with Shahrir who is a MARA lecturer. The last one is Kam who is an architect and married to Mazlinda (Chew Mei Mei) a muallaf.
SUMMARY
During the lunch, they had the conversation with each other until Kam told his plan to knock down his late fathers house and build a condominium. However, Mahani doesnt agree because she knows that her mother really love the house. They argue about that and they were stop by Cik Bainun. Then, they have a badminton match which is another New Years Day ritual. During the match, Cik Bainun thought that both, Mahani and Kam are friends together and had already settle down with their argument about the house. But, actually Kam never stop thinking about his plan. Therefore, he met Shahrir, Meriams huband and threat him because he is not doing his work on persuading Meriam to persuade Mahani. He threat to tell about Shahrir mistress, an English lecturer and the abortion that they had done before. He wanted to build the condominium as soon as possible and he did not want to put himself into another New Year lunch again.
LITERARY THEORIES
1.CULTURAL CRITICISM 2.FEMINISM
Culture The beliefs, way of life, art, and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society.
Cultural Theory
Borrows methodologies from other approaches to analyze a wide range of cultural products and practice
Culture Critical Analysis On A New Years Day Lunch In Kia Peng By Karim Raslan
Cik Bainun using silver set and Noritake dinner set for the New Year lunch. Engraved on the centre of the tray- To the Director-General on his retirement from the grateful staff of the Ministry of Transport March 31st 1974 . Eg: the silver that s under my bed. It s got to be used some time
Use the proper title for each other like, auntie and uncle . This is to show respect in Malays custom. Eg: Sorry Auntie Mahani, Uncle Kam said to get on with it.
Kam use to have mistress even though Muslims are forbid to have any relationship with opposite sex before married. It shows they do not follow the rule stated in Islam. Eg: Kam, her husband was not a man of great emotion in fact his last mistress but one, Jamilah Jamboo (on account of the firmness of her buttocks) had commented
Feminism theory
-Is an outgrowth of the several movement to empower women worldwide. Branch of feminism: 1) Socialist feminism views women s oppression as stemming from their work in the family and the economy 2) Radical feminism men control norms of acceptable sexual behavior
-The goal of feminism are: To demonstrate the importance of women To reveal that historically women have been subordinate to men.
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