Group members: Tan Jia Hao, Asma Hajar, Ashneet Kaur, Salina Sanguan and Nadiah Title: House Opposite (point of view)
In the short story of House Opposite by R.K Narayan, the point of view used to deliver this story to the readers is "Third-person Point of View". In this story, the writer himself was telling a story about a hermit (Holy Hindu man) who was unsatisfied with a prostitute who lived opposite his house.
In this point of view, the writer take an elevated position of knowing everything. Therefore, when telling the story, he even takes the readers access to the characters’ thoughts and other things that the characters cannot discern. For example,in this short story, there is monologue technique used when the hermit talked to himself to avoid the distraction of the prostitute from his mind.
In this point of view,the writer also may have personal thoughts or opinions without being affected. Thus,in this short story, N.K Narayan presents facts and events as they happen and does not concentrate on a character’s thoughts or opinions.For instance, the writer simply deliver his opinion about the hermit's life when he told that the hermit cannot forget the prostitute and he had problem with all his meditation after being distracted by the rememberance towards the prostitute.
Furthermore,from the third-point of view, we could understand each characters better. the writer seemed to know about both characters, the hermit and the prostitute. R.K Narayan may tell about the hermit and also his hidden feeling besides showing that he knows about the tough life faced by the prostitute when he tells that the prostitute met the hermit to bless her tray of fruits of flowers that she made for rememberance towards her mother.
In conclusion, third-point of view may benefits the reader as we can access to all characters' minds to know their feelings. the writer also tend to be unbiased in giving his opinion.
group member: nash, o'sam, azam, hydeer hafiz title: PLOT OF THE SHORT STORY HOUSE OPPOSITE.
The plot can be divided into four major phases which are exposition, rising action, climax and resolution.
EXPOSITION The hermit life is different from the woman which life in the house opposite him. He pursued a life of austerity, forswearing family, possessions and all comforts of life. He lived a simple religious life which followed an unvarying pattern every day. On contrary, the woman who lived in the opposite house is a prostitute which was visited by many men. She is regarded as a shameless woman by the hermit. The men which visited the house were referred as committing all the sins of the world. RISING ACTION The internal conflict of the hermit increases as he cannot concentrate with his meditation and he kept thinking about the prostitute. One afternoon, the hermit saw the woman standing on her doorstep where he studied her and regarded her as “Awful monster! Personification of evil”. He kept thinking about the woman even during his meditation. He kept trying to concentrate but failed as he is too absorbed thinking about the prostitute and men who had fallen in her hand. He wanted to confront the woman and persuade her to stop being a prostitute. CLIMAX The hermit remembered about his guru ancient tales which is coincidentally much related with his situation now. “A harlot is sent to heaven while her detractor, a self-righteous reformer, found himself in hell. It was explained that while the harlot sinned with her body, her detractor was corrupt mentally, as he was obsessed with the harlot and her activities, and could meditate on nothing else.” The hermit wanted to leave the house as he cannot concentrate with his meditation. He packed his things and wanted to leave during the dusk RESOLUTION The hermit met the woman who came with a tray, heaped with fruits and flowers. The woman apologized to the hermit by she bent down to prostrate. She told him that the day is a day of remembrance of her mother where she seeks for a saint’s blessing. The hermit accepted it and then moved away from the house.
Group member : Kar yan, khong woon, shermaine chong, khirthiga, srivindiya Title : Characteristics
In the short story 'House Opposite' by R.K.Narayan, there are two characters which are the hermit and the prostitute.
The hermit is a hypocrite. He criticizes the prostitute but he keeps looking at the woman. He always observes the woman, her features and the activity that goes on in her house. He is a person who prioritizes religion and moral values. He calls in the children and teaches them about moral values and reads to them sacred verses. He also reads mantra and meditates on a regular basis. He practises the religious teachings by the ancient gurus but he does not truly understand the real purpose and meaning behind them. Furthermore, he also lacks self-restraint. He criticizes the woman and call her names, but he could not control himself from looking at her. He could not fight his own lust and desire. His selfishness is also portrayed when he blamed the woman for seducing him. It was his own fault for not being able to control himself, but he blames the others. On the other hand, the prostitute’s features are clearly described in this story. She has a chiselled figure, seductive outline, cushioned like forearms, stout thighs and large hips. The author also described her as a mattress-like creature on the whole. Besides, she is also a filial and loving daughter who loves her mother a lot. This is proven when she gives offerings to the hermit in order to pray and seek a saint’s blessings for her mother on the remembrance day.
Title: Issues Group Members: Liang Shang Zhi, Yeo Yen Huan, Howard Ho, Pang Jing Han, Tan Teck Wai
Based on the short story "House Opposite" by R.K. Narayan, the issues highlighted in the story can be summarised into three main issues.
First of all, the plot of the story revolves around religious life. The main character of the story, The Hermit, is a man who is living a religious life, as he is striving to pursue a life of austerity, forswearing family, possessions, and all the comforts of life, as mentioned in the story. In order to achieve spiritual liberation, he lives his life as instructed by his ancient guru, filling his days with daily meditations. As a religious man, he knows the sacred verse and sometimes he teaches the children simple moral lessons. Apart from that, he also has a profound knowledge of mantras which is the basic requirement to become a holy man.
The next issue illustrated by the writer is prostitution in societies. The woman who lives in the opposite house is a prostitute, whom The Hermit describes as a shameless woman, as she lives a sinful life. The Hermit describes the woman as a woman mattress due to the reason that a lot of men sleep with her. This can be seen as The Hermit describes the woman as s serpent who attracts all sort of men, regardless of age and occupations. The woman's life is contrary to The Hermit's life and thus, The Hermit continuously thinking of confronting the woman and asking her to leave.
In addition to these, the other issue that is highlighted in the story is the hypocrisy in man. The Hermit believes that he will be able to attain spiritual liberation just by following his guru's instructions although he does not fully understand the purpose of doing them. He thinks that he is able to resist all type of temptations though the fact is that he is continuously being distracted by presence of the prostitute. He is attracted by the woman as he describes her as having a seductive outline and he is always curious of what is happening between the men and the prostitute in her house. It is obviously seen that The Hermit is weak-willed and lacks the self-restraint that a true holy man will possess. Yet, he refuses to accept this fact and he blames the woman for his own problem until eventually leaving his house to end his sufferings.
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Group members: Tan Jia Hao, Asma Hajar, Ashneet Kaur, Salina Sanguan and Nadiah
Title: House Opposite (point of view)
In the short story of House Opposite by R.K Narayan, the point of view used to deliver this story to the readers is "Third-person Point of View". In this story, the writer himself was telling a story about a hermit (Holy Hindu man) who was unsatisfied with a prostitute who lived opposite his house.
In this point of view, the writer take an elevated position of knowing everything. Therefore, when telling the story, he even takes the readers access to the characters’ thoughts and other things that the characters cannot discern. For example,in this short story, there is monologue technique used when the hermit talked to himself to avoid the distraction of the prostitute from his mind.
In this point of view,the writer also may have personal thoughts or opinions without being affected. Thus,in this short story, N.K Narayan presents facts and events as they happen and does not concentrate on a character’s thoughts or opinions.For instance, the writer simply deliver his opinion about the hermit's life when he told that the hermit cannot forget the prostitute and he had problem with all his meditation after being distracted by the rememberance towards the prostitute.
Furthermore,from the third-point of view, we could understand each characters better. the writer seemed to know about both characters, the hermit and the prostitute. R.K Narayan may tell about the hermit and also his hidden feeling besides showing that he knows about the tough life faced by the prostitute when he tells that the prostitute met the hermit to bless her tray of fruits of flowers that she made for rememberance towards her mother.
In conclusion, third-point of view may benefits the reader as we can access to all characters' minds to know their feelings. the writer also tend to be unbiased in giving his opinion.
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group member: nash, o'sam, azam, hydeer hafiz
title: PLOT OF THE SHORT STORY HOUSE OPPOSITE.
The plot can be divided into four major phases which are exposition, rising action, climax and resolution.
EXPOSITION
The hermit life is different from the woman which life in the house opposite him. He pursued a life of austerity, forswearing family, possessions and all comforts of life. He lived a simple religious life which followed an unvarying pattern every day. On contrary, the woman who lived in the opposite house is a prostitute which was visited by many men. She is regarded as a shameless woman by the hermit. The men which visited the house were referred as committing all the sins of the world.
RISING ACTION
The internal conflict of the hermit increases as he cannot concentrate with his meditation and he kept thinking about the prostitute. One afternoon, the hermit saw the woman standing on her doorstep where he studied her and regarded her as “Awful monster! Personification of evil”. He kept thinking about the woman even during his meditation. He kept trying to concentrate but failed as he is too absorbed thinking about the prostitute and men who had fallen in her hand. He wanted to confront the woman and persuade her to stop being a prostitute.
CLIMAX
The hermit remembered about his guru ancient tales which is coincidentally much related with his situation now. “A harlot is sent to heaven while her detractor, a self-righteous reformer, found himself in hell. It was explained that while the harlot sinned with her body, her detractor was corrupt mentally, as he was obsessed with the harlot and her activities, and could meditate on nothing else.” The hermit wanted to leave the house as he cannot concentrate with his meditation. He packed his things and wanted to leave during the dusk
RESOLUTION
The hermit met the woman who came with a tray, heaped with fruits and flowers. The woman apologized to the hermit by she bent down to prostrate. She told him that the day is a day of remembrance of her mother where she seeks for a saint’s blessing. The hermit accepted it and then moved away from the house.
thank you for spending your time reading =)
Group member : Kar yan, khong woon, shermaine chong, khirthiga, srivindiya
Title : Characteristics
In the short story 'House Opposite' by R.K.Narayan, there are two characters which are the hermit and the prostitute.
The hermit is a hypocrite. He criticizes the prostitute but he keeps looking at the woman. He always observes the woman, her features and the activity that goes on in her house. He is a person who prioritizes religion and moral values. He calls in the children and teaches them about moral values and reads to them sacred verses. He also reads mantra and meditates on a regular basis. He practises the religious teachings by the ancient gurus but he does not truly understand the real purpose and meaning behind them. Furthermore, he also lacks self-restraint. He criticizes the woman and call her names, but he could not control himself from looking at her. He could not fight his own lust and desire. His selfishness is also portrayed when he blamed the woman for seducing him. It was his own fault for not being able to control himself, but he blames the others.
On the other hand, the prostitute’s features are clearly described in this story. She has a chiselled figure, seductive outline, cushioned like forearms, stout thighs and large hips. The author also described her as a mattress-like creature on the whole. Besides, she is also a filial and loving daughter who loves her mother a lot. This is proven when she gives offerings to the hermit in order to pray and seek a saint’s blessings for her mother on the remembrance day.
Title: Issues
Group Members: Liang Shang Zhi, Yeo Yen Huan, Howard Ho, Pang Jing Han, Tan Teck Wai
Based on the short story "House Opposite" by R.K. Narayan, the issues highlighted in the story can be summarised into three main issues.
First of all, the plot of the story revolves around religious life. The main character of the story, The Hermit, is a man who is living a religious life, as he is striving to pursue a life of austerity, forswearing family, possessions, and all the comforts of life, as mentioned in the story. In order to achieve spiritual liberation, he lives his life as instructed by his ancient guru, filling his days with daily meditations. As a religious man, he knows the sacred verse and sometimes he teaches the children simple moral lessons. Apart from that, he also has a profound knowledge of mantras which is the basic requirement to become a holy man.
The next issue illustrated by the writer is prostitution in societies. The woman who lives in the opposite house is a prostitute, whom The Hermit describes as a shameless woman, as she lives a sinful life. The Hermit describes the woman as a woman mattress due to the reason that a lot of men sleep with her. This can be seen as The Hermit describes the woman as s serpent who attracts all sort of men, regardless of age and occupations. The woman's life is contrary to The Hermit's life and thus, The Hermit continuously thinking of confronting the woman and asking her to leave.
In addition to these, the other issue that is highlighted in the story is the hypocrisy in man. The Hermit believes that he will be able to attain spiritual liberation just by following his guru's instructions although he does not fully understand the purpose of doing them. He thinks that he is able to resist all type of temptations though the fact is that he is continuously being distracted by presence of the prostitute. He is attracted by the woman as he describes her as having a seductive outline and he is always curious of what is happening between the men and the prostitute in her house. It is obviously seen that The Hermit is weak-willed and lacks the self-restraint that a true holy man will possess. Yet, he refuses to accept this fact and he blames the woman for his own problem until eventually leaving his house to end his sufferings.
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