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THE TAXI MAN’S STORY”

(CATHERINE LIM)

 

CHARACTERS:

TAXI MAN- THE TAXI DRIVER AND THE FATHER OF LAY CHOO.

TEACHER- THE PASSENGER OF THE TAXI MAN WHOM HE TELL HIS STORY.

LAY CHOO- DAUGHTER OF THE TAXI MAN. ALWAYS GOOD AND EXCELLENT.SETTINGS

 ROAD IN SINGAPORE.

SUMMARY:

HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIS PASSENGER KNOWN AS “MADAM”. HE TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BASED ON AREAS INCIDENT WITH HIS DAUGHTER. HE FEELS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT TO TRUST; THEY ARE DISHONEST TO THEIR PARENTS AND RUN OFF TO BE WITH ENGLISH FOREIGNERS TO EARN MONEY FOR THEMSELVES. THE STORY ENDS AND HE NEED TO PICK UP OTHER COSTUMER.

PLOT:

THE TAXI MAN TELLS HIS STORY OF BEING A TAXI DRIVER AND WHAT HE HAD OBSERVED FOR A LONG TIME FROM HIS TIME TO THE PRESENT. HE COMPARES EVERYTHING ABOUT THE YOUTH TODAY. HOW THEY EARN MONEY BY MAKING LOVE INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE SCHOOL, THEY GO INTO THE CLUBS AND HOTELS.

 

EXPOSITION:

LONG TIME AGO IN SINGAPORE NOT LIKE SO CROWDED SO BUSY, LAST TIME MORE PEACEFUL NOT SO MUCH TAXI MEN OR SO MUCH CARS AND BUSES. PEOPLE OF THEM THAT TIME WERE AFRAID OF THEIR PARENTS COMPARE TODAY AS WHAT HE HAD OBSERVED EVERY DAY.

 

RISING ACTION:

THE TAXI MAN TELLS TO HIS PASSENGER ALL ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER AS WELL AS HE ALSO SAID THAT HIS DAUGHTER MAKES HIM PROUD EVERY TIME. IT WAS LAY CHOO WHO STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY. HOW GOOD AND EXCELLENT SHE IS. HE EXPECTED THAT HIS DAUGHTER WASN’T BUSY FOR ANYTHING IN BEHALF OF FOCUSING TO HIS STUDY BUT HERE THE PROBLEM BEGAN, THE TIME HAS COME THAT HE SAW HIS DAUGHTER WITH EUROPEAN BOYS OUTSIDE A COFFEE HOUSE WEARING INAPPROPRIATE DRESS WITH MAKE-UP.

CLIMAX:

WHEN HE SAW THE GIRL, HE WOULDN’T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS HIS FAVORITE DAUGHTER HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS JUST MISTAKEN. BUT HE CANNOT DENY THE FACT THAT IT WAS HER. HE CANNOT DESCRIBE HIS FEELINGS WHEN HE SAW HER THAT MOMENT. HE GO TO HIS DAUGHTER AND HE CATCH HER ON THE SHOULDER AND NECK THEN HE SLAPPED HER. AND THE TIME THAT THE TAXI MAN GET HIS DAUGHTER AND FORCE HER TO RIDE ON THE TAXI. AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN HE LOCKED HER IN HER ROOM AS A PUNISHMENT. 

FALLING ACTION:

THE TAXI MAN ASKED THE TEACHER HOW SHE FEELS WHEN SHE’S IN HER PLACE. SO THE TRUST OF HIS FATHER WAS ALREADY DESTROY, SHE CANNOT GO SOMEWHERE WITHOUT ANYONE WHO CAN GUIDE HER, AND MOST OF ALL SHE CANNOT GO OUTSIDE WHEN IT’S ALREADY EVENING.

 

RESOLUTION:

THE TEACHER WAS IN A HURRY FOR A MEETING THAT’S WHY THE TAXI MAN BRINGS HER INTO HER MEETING PLACE WHERE THE TAXI MAN ALSO IS IN A HURRY FOR A PASSENGER TO PICK THERE.

 

THEME:

ATTITUDES OF STUDENT TOWARD HIS PARENTS

LOYALTY FOR FAMILY

HONESTY