Monday, March 4, 2013

Tone Questionaires

1. What is the author's attitude towards actions or events?
    The author's attitude towards actions or events in the story are happy, because most of the scences were not sad or dreadful, most of the events happened in the story are happy.

2. Is the story humorous or tragic or frightening? Does the author want you to laugh or cry, to feel happy or sad, to experience anger or fear?
    The story was humorous, it was not tragic or frightening at all. The author wants us to laugh and cry at the same time and also to feel happy to the main character's new life and to feel sad to the character which Lalla left him. It is actually depending on different points of views, some people can feel happy with Lalla and some people can also feel sad for Allan.

3. What is the author's attitude toward characters or the narrator? Does the author like or dislike, trust or mistrust the charcters or the narrator?
    The author's attitude toward the charcters was happy and frightening, the author wants the character to be happy at the end but she has made the characters felt in some conflicts first. The author's also wanted the narrator to be a little shocked and confused, the author didn't really like the character because she has not given enough information to the narrator to give to the readers. The author do trust both the characters and the narrator.

Symbolism Questionaires

1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
    There are two main symbols in the story, the first one is London, London represents wealth, money and success. The second symbol is Cornwall, Cornwall symbolizes real love, family and home.

2. Are there any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings?
    There are no objects that seem to have a symbolic meaning in the story, mostly the symbols are the cities and the houses.

3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?
    There are two main guys in the story who act as symbols in the story. The first guy is
Allan, he engaged with the main character, Lalla and he symbolizes money, success and London. The second guy is Godfrey, Godfrey symbolizes true love of Lalla, because they met for a long time and at the end Lalla also came back to Cornwall for Godfrey.

4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?
    Yes, the story's setting do symbolizes something. The two main places set in the story have some meaning. The first one is London, London symbolizes money, success and wealth, the second place is Cornwall, Cornwall symbolizes true love, family and home.

5. Is one symbol used thoughout the story or do the symbols change?
    The same symbol do remain the same in the story. They didn't change, although the author did not really use the symbols that much.