Saturday, February 7, 2009

The taximan story answers

Q1. The irony is that the taximan objects his daughter n some other girls' misconduct, rowdy behavior and attitude like going out with their boyfriends who are foreigners instead of studying and lying to their parents too but he likes ferrying such girls and their boyfriends as he earns more money from them.
Q2. The themes which are raised in the story are greed and how cunning can human nature be when it comes to earning more money, which is reflected in the taximan's attitude. Although it seems that he dislikes youngsters' behavior nowadays, he actually likes it when these girls board his taxi as he earns more money from them. He even prefers to work at 1am when the girls are hanging out with their boyfriends and the fares is double too.
Q3. I think to me only part of the story is realistic, especially the part where he describes on how the youngsters nowadays behave. In reality, there are really girls who do not go home and hang out with foreigners as their boyfriends. Youngsters also do not really take education seriously these days and think that there is no need to study. People also do not really touch on their own personal and unhappy things, like for example, how the taximan beats his daughter and scolds her.
Q4. From the way he speaks, I think that he is a captivative speaker as during the journey he was able to attract the attention of the lady in his taxi. However, there were many gramatical errors and he used singlish, which gives me the impression of an uneducated typical singaporean.
I do feel sympathy for him. He has encountered many cases of young children lying to their parents as a taximan and I am sure he dislikes this behavior very much. Unfortunately for him, his favourite and obedient daughter had turned rebellious and lied to him about having extra coaching in mathematics after school.
Q5. I do not agree fully with his lamenting. It is very normal for teens to turn rebellious when they start growing up and that is why parents should understand the needs of teenagers. While growing up, teenagers would also have a growing curiosity of something new. Maybe they were curious about how going to clubs felt like. To me, this is very normal.
Q6. I feel sympathy for the taximan's daughter. Although she just hanged out with some of her friends at the coffeehouse and lied to her father, which are considered as "inapporiate acts" to him, she does not deserve to be slapped and beat till she dies.

2 comments:

  1. Heya Fabian(: It's great to see you've done this piece of homework(don't forget about the rest too!)In terms of insight and critical thinking in your posts - I do see snippets of it like in your response to Qn.2. Interesting views on the themes!Do continue to post up entries that show how observant and astute you can be! Try to watch how you express yourself in terms of grammar and vocabulary: it will help your writing!
    -Miss Lim

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