READING AS EXPERIENCE

THE FRUITCAKE SPECIAL

BY FRANK BRENNAN

TUTOR: DR. NACKEERAN A/L K. SIVAPUNNIAM

PAIR WORK BY : TAI PEI SI (A134239) NIK NURYASARAH BT NIK MOHD ZAKI (A131418)

1.Materialism Among People 2.Inner Beauty And Outer Beauty 3.Peoples Tendency To Nose Into Others Life Affairs 4.The Tendency To Feel Inferior When We Have More Flaws Than Others And The Tendency To Feel Superior When We Have More Flairs Than Others

5.Physical Attraction And True Love 6.The Uselessness Of The Use Of Supernaturalism As I Wont Last 7.Appearance Can Be Misleading

Mr. Amos is looked up to since hes a very rich businessman and owns a cosmetics company, while Armstrong is looked down because hes just a pizza deliverer.

Mr. Amos likes Sabina, the arrogant young model better because shes much prettier compared to Anna, the ordinary girl yet with good a kind heart.

Aunt Mimis nosiness in Annas personal life (the unmarried status of Anna).

Nosiness

Inferiority: Anna thinks Mr. Amos would not be interested in an ordinary girl like her and prefers the young beautiful models compared to her. Superiority: Sabina thinks Mr. Amos would not even look to an ordinary girl like Anna when he can instead date a beautiful and glamorous model like her.

Physical-attraction-relationship: Mr. Amos and Sabina True-love-relationship: Armstrong and Anna Physical attraction True love

Mr. Amos is only attracted to Anna when shes wearing the perfume.

Supernaturality

Sabina is very pretty yet foul at heart. Anna is ordinary-looking but kind-hearted.
Pretty but bad-hearted Ordinary-looking but kind-hearted

Honesty

Willingness to face reality

Determination

Diligence

1. In USA, a man who is rich, English and has dark hair is considered handsome. 2. Young women tend to prioritize material and physical features when it comes to choosing their dates. 3. Mothers will get worried if their daughters remain unmarried even at very mature age. 4. The lifestyle of the riches (Mr. Amos): goes to expensive French restaurant, drives cars, chased by pretty girls such as models.