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their relationship would have soured. In being judgemental and hasty, Practice 5
Lynne has hurt Geoff and perhaps hurt his self-confidence. Thus, we
should not be judgemental because the truth may not be what we The drama A Night Out is simple and the dialogues are well
think it is. developed. Through the dialogues we are able to understand the
message of the writer, which is people should appreciate their lives
DRAMA and not attempt to be pretentious.
Chandler, who dreams of being a rich gentleman, tries to

behave like one. He uses his hard-earned money to give himself
FORM 2 a treat to live like a gentleman once every ten weeks. He earns
eighteen dollars a week like his friend, White. However, he does not
A Night Out by O. Henry spend all of his money. Instead, he saves one dollar out of the money
he has earned and at the end of ten weeks he gives himself a treat.
Formative Practice He buys himself an evening to remember.
I like the drama because it serves to remind us that we have ‘a
Practice 1
Chandler’ in all of us. We sometimes wish we were rich and can live
1
c like the rich. Sometimes we spend beyond our means and indulge
2 d h in things we should not be doing. Sometimes we may forget our
responsibilities or choose to forget our responsibilities like Chandler
i a who chooses not to pay the landlady the rental for the room he is
s n staying in.

Thus, I like the drama as it is a subtle reminder to us to live
a d 3 s within our means, be honest, not to be pretentious and to manage our
p l 4 d i money well.
p e o s
5 GRAPHIC NOVELS
b o a r d i n g h o u s e
i r i FORM 1
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M a r i a n w e 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
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e y Formative Practice
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l a n d l a d y Practice 1
n (Accept any suitable answers)
k • Exciting • Mysterious • Sad
l • Interesting • Intriguing • Frightening
• Depressing • Informative
e
Practice 2
Practice 2 1. B 2. C 3. C
4. A 5. A 6. C
1. She has hurt her ankle and needs time for her ankle to get
better.
2. He is a selfish man who only thinks of himself. Practice 3
3. He wants to impress Miss Marian. 1. It has a museum, library, many large rooms for guests,
4. She wants a husband who is true to his wife and has a proper hallways and it carries many treasures.
job. 2. They think it is a huge narwhal.
3. The Nautilus is filled with the wonders of science that do not
Practice 3 fail to amaze him.
1. Chandler 4. It shows that people from the Nautilus have died in the past.
2. Mrs Black 5. There is a compassionate side to his character although he
3. Marian does not outwardly show it.
4. White
5. Sissie Practice 4
Accept any logical answer.
Practice 4
In the drama A Night Out, Chandler uses his hard earned Practice 5
money to give himself a treat to live like a gentleman once every ten Captain Nemo’s actions appear to be good at times and bad
weeks. He saves one dollar out of the money he has earned and at at other times. This confuses Aronnax. When Aronnax and Conseil
the end of ten weeks he gives himself a treat. He buys himself an join him on a pearl hunt in the Indian Ocean, they are amazed to
evening to remember. Putting on the finest clothes, he goes to one of see Nemo attacking a shark that is heading towards the Indian pearl
the best restaurants in New York and eats the most expensive food diver. Nemo even gives him a bag of pearls. Aronnax is amazed that
on the menu, drinks the best coffee and takes a taxi home. He wants a man who has given up on human race would go to such lengths in
to eat at the same place as the rich people do and be thought of as order to save a total stranger.
a rich gentleman. In another occasion, Captain Nemo shows Aronnax a chest
It is good to be kind to oneself. Saving money for whatever filled with gold ingots. He shows Aronnax several of his men
purpose is a good virtue. However, I do not think that Chandler should harvesting gold, silver and jewels from an old shipwreck. The act
live this kind of lifestyle. For one thing, he does not even bother to of stealing treasures that do not belong to him does not put Captain
pay his landlady for the room he has rented. This is irresponsible and Nemo in a good light but Captain Nemo’s subsequent action totally
selfish. It is also silly to be pretentious. takes him by surprise. Captain Nemo gives the gold he has harvested
He should be glad that he has a job and is earning a decent to the suffering people of war-torn Crete. Aronnax is surprised that
living instead of pretending to be what he is not. It is precisely Captain Nemo who appears so aloof and devoid of feelings actually
because of this that he loses a chance to further develop a romantic feels for the pearl diver whom he sympathises and the people who
relationship with Marian who wants to look for a man who has more are suffering due to war.
substance.
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