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1. What is the author's attitude towards actions or events? 

The author attitude toward the action is to let people tell the truth.

2. Is the story humorous or tragic or frightening? Does the author want you to laugh or cry, to feel happy or sad, or experience anger or fear?

The story is not tragic but it give us a good lesson to tell the truth. The author want me to feel happy in telling the truth and don't feel fear in telling the truth.

3. What is the author's attitude toward characters or the narrator? Does the author like or dislike,trust or mistrust the characters or the narrator?

The author's attitude toward the character is a curious guy, who wants to know everything. The author likes the character.

Symbolism

1. What are some of the symbols in the story?

The sun is the symbol.

2.Are these any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings?

The symbol sun means the truth that people doesn't admit it and doesn't look at the sun directly.

3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?

No one act like the symbol or the truth in the story.

4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?

No, the aspect of the story's setting didn't seem like the sun.

5. Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?

There was only one symbol used throughout the story, the sun.

Imagery

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passages, phrases, or words stand out in you reading of the story?

I was shocked when Sekhar said to his wife that her cooking was suck and his wife didn't replied anything. Normally, when someone say bad thing to someone, they should reply back with somethings, but in the story, Sekhar's wife didn't reply so I was very shocked.

2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?

A particular image made me feel happy and frightened. It is when the headmaster had taken Sekhar to a music thing. After listening, the headmaster asked Sekhar for a suggestion. Sekhar replied that the music was bad. If I was Sekhar, I wouldn't have that courage to say that so I was frightened at that moment when I read it. I felt happy because Sekhar told the truth and the next day, the headmaster told Sekhar that his suggestion was useful which I felt that telling truth to anyone even tough it is negative is still better than telling untrue things to make them feel happy.

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?











I got appealed in vision sense. I think that the author wants me to feel certain image that there are no lies in this world that could be kept forever.






4. How do you think your reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?

It tells me that Sekhar is very brave because he tells truth to everyone even tough their feeling may be hurt. Justlike when he suggested the headmaster that the music was bad. The headmaster should have been angry at that moment but later he was very happy.

Point of View

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as "I"? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

 This story uses first-person point of view. The narrator of the story is one of the characters in the story. The story is told like the narrator's life. The narrator is Sekhar.

2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

 The narrator uses I in the story. Yes, the story furnishes the purpose of story. From the the beginning of the story, the narrator uses I till the end of the story.

3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliabe? Does he/she have a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?

Yes, the narrator is reliable. The narrator have a limited knowledge of the characters and events except for Sekhar. His has unlimited knowledge and understanding of Sekhar. The narrator know almost everything about Sekhar and his wife.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly withhold important information known to the focal character?

No, the narrator doesn't use point of view primarily to reveal things. Yes, he has unfairly with hold important information to his wife which made a conflict.

Characters

1. Who is/are the main characters in the story? What does the main character look like?
Sekhar is the main character in the story. He looks like a tall guy with black hair and tan skin.

2. Describe the main character's situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

Sekhar lives with his wife. Sekhar got a job as a teacher and depends on the school supports.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics (personality traits) of the character? How are these characteristics revealed in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Note the degree of complexity of his/her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances. their habits, mannerisms, speech, attitudes and values. What is the main character's attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content or discontented? Why?


Sekhar is a skeptic person. It tells that he is a skeptic person when Sekhar used one whole day to tell the truth to everyone. He interact with his wife, head master and other people. The degree of complexity is 0. His attitude is to tell the truth and he is always happy and smiling.



4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so, how?

The conflict sekhar is facing is telling the truth to his wife and head master. The conflict revealed by saying the truth to his wife and head master. The conflict between his wife and the headmaster wasn't solved. After the headmaster said to Sekhar that he is very happy with Sekhar's suggestion but then another conflict had came up. He wanted the test paper to be checked by the tomorrow but Sekhar couldn't do it but the headmaster refuses to give Sekhar more time. The problem is solved by Sekhar sitting and checking the test paper the whole night.

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible cange for him? Is he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

There are no characters a developing character.

Setting

1. Place: the geographical location of the story - a country or a city, a large city or a small village, indoors or outdoors, or both.

This story is located in India, in a village named Malgudi. It happens both outdoors and indoors.

2. Time: The period in history, the season of the year, the day of the month, and/or the hour of the day in which the events of the story occur.

It doesn't tells the period of time in the story but I believe it is about during the 1950s-1970s

3. Social environment: the location of characters and events in a particular society and/or a particular social class (lower, middle, or upper class)

This village is not that low or high class. They are just middle class. All the events happens in the village.

Plot of Like the Sun

1.What is the story about? What are the main events in the story, and how are they related to each other?

The story, Like the Sun is about issues of truth are important to Sekhar, the main character. He is a teacher in India, in a British educational system school. He teaches third form, or ninth grade. In the story, he is asked to judge a performance of well-known traditional songs that reflect India's centuries-old musical heritage.
The main events in the story is the headmaster, principle had taken Sekhar musical place and listened to them playing musics. And then, the principle ask for Sekhar's opinion but Sekhar replied asking, "Can't I give it tomorrow, sir?" but the principle refused.

2. Are the main events of the story arranged chronologically, or are they arranged in another way?
The main events of the story are arranged chronologically because the events happened orderly. The story is going smootly too.

3. How is the story narrated? Are flashbacks, summaries, stories within the story used?

The story is narrated chronologically.

4. Is the plot fast-paced or slow-paced?

The plot is not fast-paced and slow-paced. The plot just keep on going normally.

5. How do the thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters move the plot forward?

At first, the thoughts and behaviors was positive but while going on, the actions change and the behavior changed.

6. What are the conflicts in the plot? Are they physical, intellectual, moral or emotional? Are they resolved? How are they resolved? Is the main conflict between good and evil sharply differentiated, or is it more subtle and complex?
Sekhar had a promised with his children at home but the headmaster told me to cancel and go with him. The second conflict is, Sekhar didn't want to give his opinion about the music right away but the headmaster forced him to.

7. What is the climax of the story and at what point in the story does the climax occur? Is the ending of the story happy, unhappy, or indeterminate? Is it fairly achieved?
The climax is when he goes to the musical place with the headmaster. The ending turned out happy. The headmaster was happy with Sekhar's opinion. It is fairly achieved.
8. Does the plot have unity? Are all the episodes relevant to the total meaning or effect of the story? Does each incident grow logically out of the preceding incident and lead naturally to the next?

The plot plot the is unity. It has only one story in this story. All the episodes are relevant to the total meaning of the story because Sekhar believe that truths are important and he did everything truely. It lead naturally to the next.
9. What use does the story make of chance and coincidence? Are these occurrences used to initiate, to complicate, or to resolve the story? How improbable are they?

I think that the story make of coincidence. The occurrences used to resolve the story. I think the probability will not have any conflicts. It will all go perfectly.

Like the Sun

Lion Boy P. 150-200 Summary

The boat that Charlie was on was the Circe. This boat had ropelocker, Lioncabin, Learned Pigsty, engine room, galley ice room, calliope, equipment storage are, hold, monkeycabin, figurehead, bowspirit, cabins, and Ring. Maccomo is the head of the circus. Charlie can speak cat language. When his parents were gone, Charlie's friend was only the cat. And he had talked to the cat for a very long time until he can talk. When Maccomo knew that Charlie can speak cats, he let Charlie be the LionBoy. Charlie was excited, happy, and amazed.
That morning, Maccomo kept Charlie very busy by letting him listening to what Maccomo said. He was explaining about a new job for Charlie. He explained about how the lions come of the ring cage, go in the ring cage, what to do and so on. Then Charlie saw a young lion in one cage. They were looking at each other's face. Charlie was going to talk to the young lion but Maccomo came and pulled Charlie out and talked to him.
Couple hours later, Rafi called Charlie. Charlie didn't know what to answer. So he picked up the phone and let the young lion roar at the phone and he purposly dropped the phone in to the water. Rafi was confused and abit scared. He was worried that something would have happened to Charlie. Rafi was still at the lake but Charlie was already on the way to Paris.
Then Charlie went wondering around the boat. When he came to the pigsty, he met a new person, Hans. They introduced each other and had a talk. Hans told Charlie about how the life in the pigsty was. He explain how it felt and how lonely it was. He tell about how the pig was in here and so on. Charlie was amazed.

Lion Boy P. 50-100 Summary

Continued from Lion Boy P. 1-50 Summary

Charlie, Rafi, and Troy went to the river. Charlie decided to go on a boat and sail up the river. Troy decided to run up the river. Rafi drove his long silver car up the river. They were going up and up. As they were going, Charlie looked at Troy face and Rafi's face. Suddenly, the boat that Charlie was on was broken and he couldn't control it. His friends, Troy and Rafi was worried but Charlie wasn't worried.
As the river policeguy came, Charlie was finding some thing to eat because he was hungry. As he was finding, he opened a small box on the right side of the boat. When opened it, he found biscuits, tea, chocolate, and box of sugarlumps. Charlie choose to eat 3 piece of biscuit. He became abit calm and not that hungry. As the night time come, he could see his ship's name, 'Circe.' He said to himself that he have heard this name before.
As the time pass, Charlie was hungry and he needed more food. So he went fishing. And then he remembered that his dad have read him a story about the Trojan War. The captain of the ship had turned all the sailors into pigs and kept the odysuess. Charlie sailed up the big city he sailed from was dissapearing from his sight and office district was showing up. Later, Charlie went to sleep in the cabin.
The next morning, Charlie's dad called him. Charlie was frightened and didn't know what to do. He thinked awhile and had came up with the idea that his mom used to used. He left a note saying Hi dad, this is me, Charles. I am at Martha's and Rafi's. I been going out alot. I was sailing the whole day. I will see you soon. Love you dad. Charles thought that his dad would understand him and he never called his dad and mom mommy or daddy.
When Charles family was living in Africa, his father, Aneba used to go in to the giant forest to find mosses and plants for his experiment. He would be in the giant forest for couples of days until he find everything he need. He would be climbing to the canopy and stay in the dark and deep areas. Once Aneba was concentrating on his work, he never notice anything around him. When he was on the canopy, he was cutting a locus which he didn't want it to be damage, he was cutting very slowly. A black leopard was below the tree going to drink water somewhere near him, Aneba didn't realized he was just keep on cutting. Luckily, the animals in the forests are use to Aneba, and they all realized that Aneba was not a huntsman. So they were safe in the forest. Then they went home. Aneba went to the lab to finish his research.

Lion Boy P. 1-50 Summary

Charlie Ashanti is a boy who liked the yard. The yard smell gorgeous honey-lemon to him, and the great Christmas tree that hung over the back wall, with its shiny silver and green and purple fruits that he would harvest towards midwinter and sell them in the market. He liked to climb tree in the ruins beyound, running down the river, and talking to the cats that lived down there. But he didn't care what his mom was doing until he heard a shriek and a clatter and a rude word, then he would run over to see. Most of children, when there parents get injured will be very worried of sad and crying but Charlie was kinda worried but wasn't worried at all.
Charlie's mother is a Professor Magdalen Start, PhD, MD, PQRST, LPO, TP. She never let anyone go in to her laboratory except Charlie's dad, Aneba Ashanti, Doctor of Endoterica and Tropical Sciences at the University of Accra in Ghana, Chief of Knowledge of all the Tribes of Akan, and Brother of Lions. His mother handed Charlie the lab key. Charlie was happy. Until now, Charlie was honored every day and he always learned a new thing everyday.
One day, there was a long silver car waiting in the street. When Charlie's parents were young, everybody had cars. Ever since the great asthma epidemic of fifteen years before, when so many children fell to wheezing and creaking and coughing all at once, the government realized it had to act about car pollution. Cars had been banned in the housing areas. The Empire had tried to convience everyone that cars and asthma had nothing to do with each other, but the government had stood up to them and said, in effect, you can poison your own children, but you can't make us poison ours. Even they said that some of the people who get asthma is cause by cats (people that are allergic to cats) but the government still banned the petrolcars.So now almost all people use electros transportation. Only the rich people uses petrol cars.
Charlie had a neighbor named Rafi. One day, Rafi got a cars home and was driving. Charlie was curious so he asked Rafi, "How come you've got a car?" Rafi answered,"Did some favor for someone and he let me use the car." Charlie was jealous of Rafi having a car to drive. Then Rafi drove to the housing tower which is about a mile away. Rafi talked like housing tower was his home but Charlie knew that it wasn't. Rafi acted like his house by asking what drink you want, just do whatever you want, and stay chill. Charlie sees Rafi acting too perfect so he thinks that Rafi is a stupid person. When Rafi drove back Charlie home, Charlie's mother saw and have scolded Charlie and his brother for going in to a car that didn't have driving license and in a old car. Charlie's mother was pissed off.

Reading Project

Lion Boy

Spectator Sport - Fun Planet

I got this here.

Bing! Bang! Boom! Noises all around me. I hardy hear anyone talking. Even those who stout are hard to hear. Many machines making their own music and sounds. Students, kids, adults, and the workers all around bangkok are here. Barely anyone have the same bags, hair-cuts, eyes, and etc. The place is not that big. Many people are confused to choose which game they want to play and keep on walking around. There are adults who are addicted to a doll machine. They are rushing to exchange coins all the time. I see some people exchanging like 30 coins at once. The game machine affects people on using alot of money. For me, the most exciting game in Midnight Maximum Tune 3 dx. This have many effects and sounds. I think that this is the biggest game zone in thailand. Everyone who comes to Fun Planet will never be uninterested.

This is a place where we leave our stress and get our impression. A place where games and the world meet us. This place is like heaven for me. When we come with our friends, we have happiness and play with enjoyment. This is a place where we can make friendship even more closer.

But when I come to this place, I can smell the battlefield between me and electronic games. You are competing with the machines there. Also, its smells like plastic that come from the machines, the burning smell from the machines cpu. The smell of the decoration of the game zone. The smell from the sweet of the teenagers on the machines. Some machines are very demeanored.

I find it here.

I walked to the Midnight Maximum Tune 3 dx machine and sat down smelling the smell of sweet on the machine. Sometimes, these smells effect us by making us dizzy a little bit. I put down all my things and started to play. Sometimes, some people come and ask for a competition. This place is the only place where they can play 4 people together. This place is the best place to go for game zone. I was competing with 3 people and I was losing. It was a little stress but in the last 2km, I pass the opponent and my stress was gone. Before, I used to go to Siam paragon game zone but now I emigrated to Fun Planet. This place is the best for my life!!! :)

English I I

The word that describe me is playful. This word describes me because I like to play games and everything. When I have free time, I aways play and use time for games or play with friends only. When I am with my friends and family I always invite them to play games or anything.
So I think that playful word fits me the best.