Culture Collector in Ollie

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THE MONITORS

MEMBER OF GROUP:1.MOHD ASWAN BIN SANGKALA

2.Chung choi ung

3.Lily ling hui li


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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 forgold. The tiny station was desolated when they detrain at Gua Musang.After much searching, a boatman of sorts was found. He and his associatewould take them upriver on a couple of rafts, racket. Megat was jumpingand dancing because they found the gold. They spent money like kings thatnight. But the morning following, they found that it was not gold butnatural mineral-iron sulphide. They barely had enough money for themback to their respective homes. Within a month, they were back at Gemasrailway station, agog about the new prospects. This was their fourth trip inas many months. Ollie prayed fervently for touching gold, as he thought ofit. That night, something in him made him sense that on the morrow, theywould find gold and he was true. He was the only one who still alive in theend. His right fist was clenched. After he opened his fist, he found that itwas the real gold. His dream comes true. But for what ? He will neverknow where was the gold comes from.


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Exposition: The main characters-Ollie, Megat, Gazz Babar,

Senawee Jumaat and Aberdeen Annuwarresumed 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 notthe real gold but the natural mineral, iron sulphate.

Climax: They started their fourth trip in as many months,

this time they prepared very well. They believedthat they will found the gold successfully. Thatnight, Ollie found that the surrounding wasunusual and he thought that something bad willhappen.


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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.

Resolution: 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.


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In the story, Ollie, Gazz Babar, Senawee Jumaat,Aberdeen Annuwar and Megat were trying their verybest to find gold.

In the real world, people always try to get something thatis hard to find but valuable. In the story, Ollie tried to loan from his friends andrelatives to buy something that he thought were useful. In the real world, people always like to do or buysomething that can make herself or himself happywithout thinking the effect. In the story, they put their full effort to find the gold, butfinally, only Ollie was alive and found the gold. In the real world, people always do something that is nouse and bring bad effect to herself or himself.


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1.)Why Ollie felt enraged? 2.)Why the fish were surfacing and floatedstomach up? 3.)Why Ollie forfeited three payments onhis Proton Saga car to the hire-purchasefinance company?


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Simile A.)Page 219, last paragraph( Theyspent money like kings that night,) B.)page 221, second paragraph( Onewas built like the fake Americanwrestlers featured on government TV)


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Repetition A.) Page 219, 1st paragraph (Racket-racket,lah! Getit? A racket, a racket!) B.) Page 219, 4th paragraph (Goldgoldgold! Ivefound it, brothers! GOLD, oh GOLD!) C.) Page 226, 3rd paragraph (Hes lucky! Trulylucky!)


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1.)delicate (de-li-kt) Adjective Meaning-easily hurt The other who had been gathering pucuk paku, fern shoots delicate andsucculent in soups or with hot chili- peppers and grated coconut, came backto 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)


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4.)jolly (dli)AdjectiveMeaning-Full of good humor and high spirits.The jolly camaraderie that had bonded them in the planning stages and held themtogether in the first two camp was wearing thin.(page 217, line 11)5.)plaintively (plentv)AdjectiveMaening-expressing melancholy; mournfulWhat am I going to do, so far from my life?he ask , plaintively but with a knowing gleamin his shifty eyes.(page 218, line 3)6.)Stewardess (sturds)NounMeaning-A woman flight attendanIf we fly to Kota Baru , brother , I can demonstrate to a stewardess in the plane howwonderful I am and she will then follow me into deep jungle.(page 218, line9)7.)mumbled (mmb()l)NounMeaning- To chew food slowly or ineffectively, as if with the gumsThe others mumbled and grumbled among themselves at this but did nothing.(page

218, line 18)


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8.)assay ( a-sey) Noun Meaning-Qualitative or quantitative analysis of a metal or ore to determineits 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)


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CULTURE EXPLANATIONPucuk Paku Megat turned to behold pucuk pakuMalays foodUlam Others agricultural exotica

Nutritious leafy items touchedMalays foodKenduri In this story the word KENDURI mentionabout Annuwar.Kenduri is cultural life of Malaysia

The wedding ceremony is generally the mostimportant and eloborate of such events amongmalay and non-malay people


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Culture Collector in Ollie

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