ELC short story 2

The Powdery-scented Envelope

1) If you were Ila in this story and Fatin is getting married to Khairul Awang, would you go to the wedding?

As Ila, I will attend to the wedding between Fatin and Khairul Awang. In my opinion, even Khairul Awang is Ila first love but this story was happened ten years ago. So, If I was Ila, I will forget all the ordeal that had happened and try to start a new and better life. In addition, Fatin is also one of the close cousin to Ila. Based on this relationship, avoid from this misunderstanding is not a wise decision that should be made by Ila due to this will absolutely aggravate the relationship between Ila and Fatin.

2) Do you like your ex to b friends with your own siblings or relatives? Why?

In the opinion of the public, ex means the loss of  loved one. So, break the relationship is one of the way to forget everything that had happened. Honestly, I actually don't care if my ex to be friends with my own siblings or relatives because for me the terms ex does not mean to not have any relationship. If ex friends with family members, it will remain the relationship even as a friends. This situation leads us to be more easier to accept the fact than reject the fact. This also will leads us easier to start a new and better life.

3) Imagine that you are the writer of this short story. Write your own ending that involves Ila and Fatin.

At first, I feel puzzle about the ending in this short story. I still curious about what happen next to both Ila and Fatin. So, with this question I can create the ending that I want to this story. After Ila realized her mistake against Fatin. Ila return to the village to meet with Fatin in order to apologize for any misunderstanding that occurred. As a cousin, Ila also apologized for her attitude for called Fatin as hijacker and cause them did not speak for nearly ten years. As a result, Ila still comes to Fatin's wedding ceremony, and their relationship becomes more closely. Once married, Fatin move to capital city of Malaysia to follow her husband. While Ila return to the village to take care of her mother and to find peace in her life that has long been plagued with various of problems. All the experience that has been through has been maturing Ila. For Ila, this is the right time and place for her to start a new life just like ten years ago. 

ELC short story 1

Assalamualaikum, today I would like to answer several questions about short story ( Twelve and not stupid ).

1) If you were "I" in the story, what would you think of the relationship between Papa and Auntie May? Provide some reasons. 

I would think about the relationship between Papa and Auntie May is maybe they have special relationship . This is due to the relationship between the two of them look like vey friendly. Papa also do not want me to tell the truth to Mama about why I was invited late by Papa, and Papa also told me not to tell about Auntie May to Mama. Moreover, behaviour that shown by Papa has reinforce the situation that they were in love.

2) Do you like the story in general? why?

Overall, I do not like this short story because it encourages the reader to be a liar. In the view of adult, maybe she is only 12 years old but that does not mean he does not have to know the real situation of what had happened.  In my opinion, as a young girl, that does not mean that he can not distinguish those who is lying and who is telling the truth and this situation very compatible with the title twelve and I not stupid.

3) Imagine that you are going to film this short story. Describe the film in terms of the choice of the actors/actresses, scene and place. Provide some reasons to your description.

To be honest I do not know a lot in the film industry, but If I going to film this short story, characters Papa, Mama, Shasha, and Auntie May must be appropriate in order to make the story more interesting than the original storyline. In my opinion, the characters Papa and Mama must had a professional career because they were busy to spend time with their family. For Shasha character, the actress needs children who is eloquent in speech and character Auntie May maybe a teacher who has extensive experience with children to highlight the Shasha character more effectively. Scene in this film maybe at home, so it seemed natural and appropriate to the story. The film take Capital city of Malaysia as the main place to make the film more dramatic with various places of interest.