Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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


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    1. In Pretoria in the apartheid years. She was then later thrown into jail which I assume is also in Pretoria, since Grilie goes to visit her and they are a poor family she would not have been albe to go if she was in a different town.

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  2. Who is Bobby and Bob Jali in the story?

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  3. What are the figures of speech used there

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  4. by reffering from the story,discuss the difference in the character traits of Mr and MRS Bamjee

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  5. What was Mr Patel and Mr Ebrahim's occupation

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  6. What are the roles of Mr and Mrs bha
    mjee

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  7. Explain what mother does while she is in prison

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