Answers to Final Exam III

Answers to Final Exam III

Part 1 – Literary Appreciation

1.Protagonist: main character whose thoughts and actions play a leading part.
Dynamic: Datta was leading a quiet and monotonous life. Later, a desperate moment leads him to do fraudulent deed.
Indifference: “Datta with his habitual indifference, ignored him (the customer)”
Businesslike: Datta was not interested in the customer’s story about the old man. He interrupted by asking the type of frame preferred.
Deviousness: Datta saw the possibility of finding an acceptable substitute; the photo.

2. a) gold: high status/the best/respects to the highly worshipped and respected(main in the photo)
b) decay shop: sensitive/ experienced/ impatient/ indifference/ old age.

3. During the WW2: Kathleen had to evacuate the house and moved to the country side. She led an ordinary life. Assuming that her lover is dead, she got married.

After the WW2: She went back to her house in London. The cracks in the structure of the house, left by the bombing reminds her of her fiancé. She saw the letter and started to become paranoid.

4. Internal: Her heart problem, her looks, her status as the third wife, her status as a mother
External: Avoid conversation about the other wives and Mustapha’s late arrival, polygamy

5. “What goes around comes around” – explanation: Steal the second wife’s ‘three days’, conceived her third child during the second wife’s “three days, kept Mustapha long into the night, embraced him the whole day preventing Mustapha to carry out his marital duties elsewhere, washes his boubous when it was other wife’s turn.
introduction/exposition: The young man renting a room
conflict: The young man experiences a supernatural encounter
climax: The young man committed suicide
resolution: Mrs McCool enquires Mrs Purdy on her reasons of keeping the young woman’s suicide a secret when the young man asked.

PART 2: Reading and Vocabulary

1. Jasmine’s boss felt threatened by her because of her outspoken manner, the speed of her decisions and her strong presentation skills.
2. The final incident that took away al the faith she had on “The System” was she was passed over for promotion by a junior colleague
3. We can infer that Jasmine’s working environment was discriminatory and had a very inefficient management.
4. The complications were: the uncertain economy, the high-tax rate, getting a job and getting a place to stay.
5. Simile: ‘her office appeared to be a dangerous minefield.

B. Vocabulary
1. fumed
2. derogatory
3. concrete

SECTION B: SYNTHESIS ESSAY

Thesis statement: Internet addiction is caused by the fascinating facilities, the limitless information, the sense of belonging and the convenience of masking embedded problems.

1. fascinating facilities: online games, music and gambling
2. limitless information: constant updates, little censorhip
3. sense of belonging: chat room, mailing list/groups
4. convenience of masking embedded problems: pornograpy, gambling, personal problems.