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PLAYING WITH RAINBOWS

bySeroja Theavy

ROSLI BIN ASMAT

MUHAMMAD IKHTIARUDDIN

RUZANA BINTI ROMLI

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PLOT

The description of a murky

river. Sita wanted to commit

suicide while Banu was

consoling here.

EXPOSITION

RISING ACTION

Banu started to have

flashback about their

meeting with Asyraf, the

foreigner who got Sita

pregnant and ran away.

CLIMAX

Banu asked Sita about her

baby and Sita said she threw

it away. Banu slapped Sita in

order to make her realized

that what she did was wrong. FALLING ACTION

Sita and Banu went to search for

the baby and all Sita could find is

a cloth that was used to wrap

her baby.

DENOUEMENTA Sumatera guy came and

handed the baby he found to Sita

and advised her not to throw the

baby away even though she did

not want it.

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READER-RESPONSE THEORY

Initial and final response towards the short story.

Initially, it is interesting.

Finally, it is very ironic.

Do we agree or disagree at any point in the short

story?

The actions done by Banu towards Sita in order to

make her realized about the things that she had

done.

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Which part of the short story that had caused us

to do some serious thinking?

Sita searched for her baby in the drain instead ofaround the oil palm forest.

The first meeting between Sita and Asyraf.

If we read the short story more than once, how

has the readings differed from the first reading? Ironic

Anger/rage

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Themes/issues

The blindness of love

The true friendship

Discarded babies Influx of foreign immigrants

Sex before marriage

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Point of view

Third person point of view

Focuses on Banuscharacter and what she

sees and thinks.

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Characters

Sita

Banu

Asyraf

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Sita

Dumb

Does not have any principle/opinion

Unstable Cruel

stubborn

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Banu

Kind

Loyal

Patience Trustworthy

Prejudice

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Asyraf

A foreigner

Handsome/good looking

Pretentious Coward

liar

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Setting

TimemorningPlacebig bridge over the Klang river

bus stopChildrens playground

big drain near the old oil palm forest

Atmosphere

GloomyCloudy

Breezy

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Tone/mood

Depressed

Gloomy

pitiful

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Language & Style

Simile (comparison using like & as)

Confusion continued to haunt Sitasface that

was pale as rose that had lost its scent and

radiance.

Could Sitaschild be dead,bitten by these

mosquitoes, as large as flies?

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Language & Style

Metaphor

I dont want to live. Im trash. Let me die,

Asyraf was like a rainbow that had

appeared, beautiful and enchanting in Sitas

life.

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Language & Style

Flashback

If Sitashadnt metAsyraf on that cursed

day, all this wouldnt happened, her heart

rebuked her.

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Symbol

Rainbow

Happiness that can only be enjoyed for a moment,

not forever.

Baby

Love or lust

Trash

useless, no meaning, purposeless

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The Strength

Friendship

-true friendship between Sita & Banu

Social issues

eg. Discarded babies, influx of foreignimmigrants, sex before marriage,illegitimate child, and fraud.

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Irony

Situational irony

- irony involving a situation in which actions

have an effect that is opposite from what was

intended, so that the outcome is contrary to

what was expected.

Foreigner

Sitasconfidence

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MORALE VALUES

Strong friendship.

Sita and banu

Patience.

sita with banu

sita with baby

Loyalty.

between friends.

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Thinking far ahead.

Sita with ashraf.

Sita with baby.

Positive thinking With the foreigners

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THE END