Literature Assignment 2

1. Choose two stories that reveal the thinking of an older generation of Singaporeans : What new insights have you gained from such a revelation.

Stories:
- History of Tea
- The Move

The history of tea is about an older generation who find different races hateful and he or she was frighten of them. It is because he or she did not understood the races and the religions clearly, plus there were some of the information which against the race which had influenced the old generation. Therefore, the old generation usually disagree with her/his children to marry with a person with different race. The evidence from the story is at page , Beverly had a marriage with a gentleman. However, when her parents discovered the identity of that gentleman as a part of the Jewish. They decided to let Beverly to think again at first. This showed the conflict between different religion because there were lots of people from old generation found Jewish greedy and evil, but actually, Jewish were not.

The story The Move is about a grandmother being rather sulky when she was not allowed to bring alone her one and only pomegranate tree to a new house. Being in the older generation, most grandparents would sulk as though they are being left alone. In this case, it is rather normal for the grandmother to sulk when she was not allowed to bring along her pomegranate tree and doesnt want to move out of teh house. Not to forget she also sulks because her things are being thrown away. The evidence from the story is on page, 205, that says, "The old lady was vaguely irritated for the first time. It's always the plants that get left behind. Why?" This concludes that she is rather dissappointed with her children.

2. Choose five links and write comments of 50-100 words about the content of the blogs. (Not design/ pictures/ layout) You must identify yourself.
1. Nuraini
2. Mardiana
3. Kelly
4. Pei Shuan
5. Jummirah