Q4

Select two stories in which there is conflict between parent and child, and show how far there is some resolution of these differences at the end of the story.


-Tanjong Rhu


In this story, most of the conflict is between Mr Li and his mother. Mr Li follows the death of his mother feels that he has forgotten so much about his childhood life. He regrets himself not turning to his mother while she was alive. While she was alive, Mr Li had always argued with his mother about her eyesight and how stubborn she was when she said that she could see and she did not want to go for surgery.Mr Li's mother is talking about she is seeing the past but Mr Li does not understand .When he finally realise and understand, it was too late for him as her mother had already passed away.



-Lee



At the starting of the story,when Lee return to Singapore to meet her father .That is the time when the external and internal conflicts starts between Lee and her father.The main reason is because she not used to the things in Singapore like the culture all those stuffs which she does not even like and also understand it when she first come to Singapore.She also cannot adapt to the life in Singapore as she is more used the life on the other countries like America as she grows up from there. All her lifestyle is so different from Singapore that why we can see there is so much conflicts between Lee and her father at the starting of the story.Both of them still do not understand each other yet after so long since the last time they seen each other.