Friday, 7 October 2011

Review of The Silk Scarf by Ahmmed Essop

SETTING
Time:The story took place during the apartheid colonial regime
Place:It took place at the Oriental Plaza in johannesburg shopping centre belonging to the Indians.

PROTAGONIST
The protagonist in this story is Mrs Nebo.She is a medium -heighted with a smooth skins and heavy loins.She is a wife of an upcoming Forreign Affairs Minister of the new government Mr Clive Nebo.She likes expensive clothes and jewellery.She is always accompanied by  a Chaffeur and an escourt whenever she went out.She lives in the white suburb of Houghton in a mansion with swimming pool.

PLOT

Mrs Nebo went out shopping with her friend Margaret at the plaza.After buying all what she wanted,she saw a beautiful Indian dress and decided to buy it.She also wanted a matching silk scarf for the dress but couldn't find it in the same shop.She moved from shop to shop until she found it at Moghul boutique where it costs  one hundred and ten rands but unfortunately she only had ninety five rands in her bag so she decided to give the a shopkeeper Mr Sakur a cheque.The shopkeeper refused due to the fact that bhe only strictly deal with cash.Mrs Nebo felt very offended since her bank account has got lots of money and decided not to leave the shop until she got the scarf.They argued very loud about the cheque until  Mr Sakur's opposite shopkeeper came in to listen to the argument.They conclude the argument with Mrs Nebo going with the scarf since the shopkeepers decided so.The decision was because their Shops will be negatively affected by Mr Sakur's decision of not accepting Miss Nebo's cheque since she is a wife of an important official.

Review of Through the tunnel by Dorris Lessing

SETTING
This story took place at the beach during the holiday and during summer time.

MAIN CHARACTER/PROTAGONIST
The protagonist of this story is jerry an eleven years old  English boy
He is a good swimmer and he likes swimming.
He likes taking risks and he is his mother's only child.
He had self training on how to breath for a long time under water because he wanted to succeed in finding the entrance of the tunnel

PLOT
Jerry loved swimming and so he was a very good swimmer.During a certain holiday with his mother he met met a group of guys while swimming at thewild beach.One day he followed those guys in the dark ocean where they were crossing a huge rock through a tunnel which was unknown.Fom that day he became obsessed with finding out the entrance of the tunnel since it took them alot of time to find the entrance.He thought the other boys have drowned so every morning he use to go there hoping that he will find the entrance of the tunnel.He tried so hard holding his breath for a long time under the ocean and his nose started bleeding every morning.
Fortunately,one day he realised that he was taking chances with his life and decided to postpone the trying for the next holiday.The last time he had tried he almost  died because of his heavy nose bleeding and his googles were filled with blood that he couldn't even see.Finally when he opened his eyes he realised that he found the entrance of the wall and he found it's entrance.

How i experience creating a blog account

During my blog  account creation,i almost got sick.I found it very difficult just because i panicked before even starting.Its not that the things were difficult ,its just panicking which came first.i already got my g mail account so there was no anything to worry about tht's why i am even wondering now.At the part where i had to receive a voicemail call to get my blog number,i didnt understand at first so i had to dial 5 times.The worst part is that i even forgot to take note of my blog address that day and i just went out since i succeeded very late.To be honest this blog account creation  just confused me and i was totally confused and  left me heartbroken but finnaly i succeeded and i am enjoying it.