THE MONITORS

MEMBER OF GROUP: 1.MOHD ASWAN BIN SANGKALA 2.Chung choi ung 3.Lily ling hui li

The story was start with a group of people that prospected for gold. After a camp breakfast, the main characters Ollie, Megat, Gazz Babar, Senawee Jumaat and Aberdeen Annuwar resumed their prospecting for gold. The tiny station was desolated when they detrain at Gua Musang. After much searching, a boatman of sorts was found. He and his associate would take them upriver on a couple of rafts, racket. Megat was jumping and dancing because they found the gold. They spent money like kings that night. But the morning following, they found that it was not gold but natural mineral-iron sulphide. They barely had enough money for them back to their respective homes. Within a month, they were back at Gemas railway station, agog about the new prospects. This was their fourth trip in as many months. Ollie prayed fervently for touching gold, as he thought of it. That night, something in him made him sense that on the morrow, they would find gold and he was true. He was the only one who still alive in the end. His right fist was clenched. After he opened his fist, he found that it was the real gold. His dream comes true. But for what ? He will never know where was the gold comes from.

 Exposition:

The main characters-Ollie, Megat, Gazz Babar, Senawee Jumaat and Aberdeen Annuwar resumed their prospecting for gold.

Rising

Action:

They were so happy of their success found the gold. On the same time, they found that it was not the real gold but the natural mineral, iron sulphate. They started their fourth trip in as many months, this time they prepared very well. They believed that they will found the gold successfully. That night, Ollie found that the surrounding was unusual and he thought that something bad will happen.

Climax:

 Falling

action:

The smaller onrush of water swallowed Ollie. His lung was blocked and his nose passages stung as water forced its way in. Then, something hard hit his head and he was fainted. Ollie is the only one who still alive and finally he found the gold. But he will never know where is the gold comes from.

Resolution:

In the story, Ollie, Gazz Babar, Senawee Jumaat, Aberdeen Annuwar and Megat were trying their very best to find gold. In the real world, people always try to get something that is hard to find but valuable. In the story, Ollie tried to loan from his friends and relatives to buy something that he thought were useful. In the real world, people always like to do or buy something that can make herself or himself happy without thinking the effect. In the story, they put their full effort to find the gold, but finally, only Ollie was alive and found the gold. In the real world, people always do something that is no use and bring bad effect to herself or himself.

1.)Why Ollie felt enraged? 2.)Why the fish were surfacing and floated stomach up? 3.)Why Ollie forfeited three payments on his Proton Saga car to the hire-purchase finance company?

 Simile
A.)Page

219, last paragraph( They spent money like kings that night,) 221, second paragraph( One was built like the fake American wrestlers featured on government TV)

B.)page

 Repetition

A.) Page 219, 1st paragraph (Racket-racket,lah! Get it? A racket, a racket!) B.) Page 219, 4th paragraph (Gold gold gold! Ive found it, brothers! GOLD, oh GOLD!) C.) Page 226, 3rd paragraph (Hes lucky! Truly lucky!)

1.)delicate (de-li-kt) Adjective Meaning-easily hurt The other who had been gathering pucuk paku, fern shoots delicate and succulent in soups or with hot chili- peppers and grated coconut, came back to the small clearing.(page 216, line 15) 2.)pompously (pm-ps) Adjective Meaning- Chracterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious I have got all these fish, brother, he said somewhat pompously.(page 216, line 27)

3.)sneered (sn(r)) Noun Meaning- to say or utter (something) in a scornful or contemptuous manne He sceered.(page 216, line 29)

4.)jolly (dli) Adjective Meaning-Full of good humor and high spirits. The jolly camaraderie that had bonded them in the planning stages and held them together in the first two camp was wearing thin.(page 217, line 11) 5.)plaintively (plentv) Adjective Maening-expressing melancholy; mournful What am I going to do, so far from my life?he ask , plaintively but with a knowing gleam in his shifty eyes.(page 218, line 3)

6.)Stewardess (sturds) Noun Meaning-A woman flight attendan If we fly to Kota Baru , brother , I can demonstrate to a stewardess in the plane how wonderful I am and she will then follow me into deep jungle.(page 218, line9)
7.)mumbled (mmb()l) Noun Meaning- To chew food slowly or ineffectively, as if with the gums The others mumbled and grumbled among themselves at this but did nothing.(page 218, line 18)

8.)assay ( a-sey) Noun Meaning-Qualitative or quantitative analysis of a metal or ore to determine its components The morning following they were at the assay office well before it opened at eight oclock.(page 220, line 1) 9.)stifled (stahy-fuh) Noun Meaning- To interrupt or cut off The clerk stifled a yawn.(page 220, line 17) 10.)berated (bih-reyt) Verb meaning-to scold harshly His wife berated him for shaming the family.(page 221, line 8)

CULTURE
Pucuk Paku Ulam

EXPLANATION

Megat turned to behold pucuk paku Malays food Others agricultural exotica Nutritious leafy items touched Malays food In this story the word KENDURI mention about Annuwar. Kenduri is cultural life of Malaysia The wedding ceremony is generally the most important and eloborate of such events among malay and non-malay people

Kenduri

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