Narratives continued
We read about the second part of the story 'Secrets' by Tim Winton and did exercises.
A summary of the first part of the story
Kylie feels lefr out from her mother and Philip's activities. She becomes interested in the chickens in the yard. Somehow her secret helps her to feel less lonely. She finds a second egg and then finds out where others are being laid by an unhealthy-looking hen. She was happy sharing the secret with hen. Philip tells her that not to open the lid of the bore well but she does. She looks on her photo album, misses her father and wants to live with him.
A summary of the second part of the story in the exercise C
- Kylie watched the hen sitting on ten eggs
- She takes the lid off the well
- She starts to go down the well with her photo album every day
- She watches Philip and her mother and wonder why her father is not with them
- Philip discovers her in the well and hits her
- Kylie throws the chicks down the well
- Kylie hits the hen and throws it down the well
- She chooses one special photo which makes her feel good
- Kylie cuts off her head from the special photo and throws it away
A summary of the second part of the story in my opinion
Kylie took care the hen and the eggs and looked for what would happen after the hen sitting on them. She decided to lift the lid of the well. She climbed down and discovered her special place. She went down the well with her photo album every day. On night she watched Philip and her mother and wondered why her father and mother did not live together with her. She went back to her room and chose one picture that stopped her from feeling lonely. A Sunday afternoon Kylie was not prepared when Philip decided to weed the garden. He caught her down on the well, he hit her and told her he was buying a padlock in the morning. The chicks hatched, Kylie threw the chicks and the hen down the well then she slumped down on the lid and began to cry. Kylie took her photograph,cut off her head and poked it through a hole in the flyscreen of the window
Teacher asked us to think about why Kylie chased the hen and the chicks and why she cut off her head from the special photo.
Why did Kylie chase the hen and the chicks?
In my opinion she felt so unloved by her mother and her happiness was destroyed, she wanted the hen and the chicks to feel the same pain that she felt.
Why did she cut off her head from the special photo?
I think she gave up and was sad. Her happiness that are her secret,special place were destroyed and at the moment only thing that she has was a photograph. She think it was not help her to feel better anymore because everything has gone
Exercise D we chose one of the verbs to make sentences about 3 people in this story
I feel sorry for Kylie because she feel hurt and exclude from her mother and Philip.
I dislike Kylie's mother beacause she doesn't take care her daughter.
I dislike Philip because he hits and abuses Kylie.
Then we did exercise E : What do you feel about the story? and choose the three which you think are most important of the themes in this story.
I feel very sorry to Kylie, She felt lonely and was neglect by her mother. It's a big problem of a little child.
The three themes that I chose are
- Neglect
- Loneliness
- Problems associated with contemporary family life
The three themes that we voted are
- Neglect
- Conflict between different generations
- Loneliness
Discussing the story's symbol
The eggs - Kylie's secret, hope and power
The well - The special place of Kylie
The photos - Her memories and misses her father
Kylie's cutting of the photo - everything was destroyed
Do you feel that they suggest something about Kylie herself?
Kylie listen to me, You should love yourself first you are lucky more than the children who don't have parents. You don't pay attention to your bad feeling, when you feel bad you can do some activities likes go out with friends, play some instruments. I want to see your smile. You’ll get through this. Be strong!!
I can answer the question that ask about my opinion.
What did you find difficult?
I can't understand all the story some sentence it's not clear and some vocabularies are hard.
What did you solve the problem?
I searched in Google to find more information and ask my friends.
What are your attitudes towards the lesson?
I think this story tell me about neglect and problems associated with contemporary family life and what should we solve this problem?, How can we help Kylie?, Why is Kylie behaving like this?
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