A Chip Of Glass Ruby- Tone

1. What is the author's attitude towards actions or events?

The author truly understand feel about the main character. Mrs. Bamjee faces the government but she keeps on fight.

2. In 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?

 Tragic story, Because author want us to feel sad and cry at the same time. Anger, Because the Indian African people were catches by the government.

3. What is the author's attitude toward characters or the narrator? Does the author like or dislike, trust or mistrust the characters or the narrator?

  Author attitude is quite strong. The author like and trust the main character, Because even though the main character were put in jail she still fight the government.

A Chip Of Glass Ruby- Symbolism

1.What are some of the symbols in the story?

• Family, because even one of the family member got into trouble they still help each other.

2.Are there any objects which seem to have symbolic meaning? What are their meaning? What are their meanings?

• Love, Zanip Bamjee worried and cared about her friend

3.Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?

• Yes, Mrs. Bamjee care for the black community. She present like a black knight.

4.Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?

• Yes, Because the government try to get rid of the neigbornhood away in the black community.

5.Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?

• There's noting changes.

A Chip Of Glass Ruby- Imagery

1. What scenes, moments, descriptive passage, phrases, or words stand out in you're reading of the story?
The scenes that i'm proud of or like it is when Mrs. Nazip Bamjee help people that needed helped.

2. Did a particular image make you feel happy, or frightened, or disturbed, or angry? Why?
Yes, I am very happy about Mrs. Nazip Bamjee did,but she help because she doesn't want such things happen to her family.

3. Which of your five senses did this image appeal to? What do you associate with this image, and why? What do you think the author wants you to feel about a certain image?
This story for me it dosen't have any senses to feel, but you just have to understand the story and feel it with your heart so you could understand this story.

4. How do you think you reactions to the imagery in the story contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
My reactions I want to share to everybody that this story is very good for me. It not one of the best story of all but for me its one of my top ten story in my heart.

A Chip Of Glass Ruby-Point Of View

1. What point of view does the story use? Is the story told from a first-person perspective, in which the narrator is one of the characters in the story, and refers to himself or herself as I? Or is the story told from a third-person perspective, in which the narrator is not one of the characters in the story or may not participate in the events of the story?

The story explained in first person included the narrator


2. What are the advantages of the chosen point of view? Does it furnish any clues as to the purpose of the story?

The advantages of chosen point of view is i could understand this story easier.


3. Is the narrator reliable or unreliable? Does he/she has she has a limited knowledge or understanding of characters and events in the story? Does the narrator know almost everything about one character or every character, including inner thoughts?


Yes, The narrator is reliable, because he is a narrator.

4. Does the author use point of view primarily to reveal or conceal? Does he ever unfairly with hold important information known to the focal character?


No, the author always tell the listener the truth.

A Chip Of Glass Ruby-Characters

1. Who is the main character of the story/ what does the main character look like?
   Mrs. Zanip Bamjee ~ Mother who wanted to help those in need
   Mr. Bamjee ~ Food and vegetable vender
   Jimmy ~ Son who had the same political views as his mother
   Girlie ~ Daughter who felt the same way as her brother and mother.


2. Describe the main character’s situation. Where does he/she live? Does he/she live alone or with others? What does the main character do for a living, or is he/she dependent on others for support?

Mrs. Zanip Bamjee was a political person who feel like wanted to help the people that needed a help.
She helped her community by making leaflets and protesting against the government.

3. What are some of the chief characteristics of the character? How these characteristics are revealing in the story? How does the main character interact with other characters? Not the degree of complexity of his or her behavior, thought, and feelings; their appearances, their habits, mannerisms, speech attitudes and values. What is the main character’s attitude towards his/her life? Is he/she happy or sad, content, or discontented? Why?

Mrs. Zanip Bamjee was a mother, she was very poor person, but she had 9 children. She is a kind person.

4. What sort of conflict is the character facing? How is this conflict revealed? Is it resolved? If so how?

Mrs. Bamjee was arrested by the government for helping the activist and her family

5. Is any character a developing character? If so, is his change a large or a small one? Is it a plausible cange for him he sufficiently motivated? Is the change given sufficient time?

There are noting changes in the story

A Chip Of Glass Ruby

A Chip Of Glass Ruby-Plot

1. This story is all about the African girl how wanted to make differnece. She wanted makes something different or changing something. They are the same changes.

2.Yes, They are arranged

3.Yes, They are Flashbacks, summaries, and stories

4.The story is slow-paced

5.The story thoughts, behaviors, and actions of characters are all good to make the story forward.

6.The conflict in the story is the stuggle of a girl. Intellectual. Yes they are resolved. The girl just keep on going and going till the end. More subtle and complex.

7.The climax of the story happen when the south african can wrote and show that they are also are precious.

8.No, Yes, NO

9.To  complicate

A Chip Of Glass Ruby-Setting

1. Poor neighborhood with Indians and South Africans. Trouble government.
2.1923
3.Mrs. Zanip Bamjee~ Mother who wanted to help those in need
    Mr. Bamjee~ Food and vegetable vender
    Jimmy~ Son who had the same political views as his mother.
    Girle~ Daughter who felt the same way as her brother and mother.