Literature Discussion-Older Generation;Insights of Revelation

Q5.Choose two stories that reveal the thinking of an older generation of Singaporeans. What new insights have you gained from such a revelation?

Tanjong Rhu

A:Tanjong Rhu reveal the thinking of an older generation because of the Mr. Li's mother, as known as Ah-ma, herself shows that people from a older generation has a different thinking. Mr Li, himself could also be counted as a person from the older generation, because of his daughter.
Ah-ma, is thrifty, she doesn't want Mr. Li to waste his money, she said " i know i have everything i need." when Mr. Li wanted to show her the binoculars he bought for her.
For her eyes operation, she describe it as, or more likely, she thinks of it as, having her eyes sliced open. Like a clove of garlic or what, talking about peeling my eyes.
People of older generation also thinks of the past, unlike, modern people, who think of enjoying life,and forget that happen in the past.
Traditional ; When Ying, Mr.Li's daughter wanted Ba-ba [ ah-ma ] to go with her father, she volunteer to help ba-ba with the praying, but her ba-ba in the end, scold her and asked her stuffs like whether ot not, does she even know how to address her grandfather.
Mr. Li also scolded her daughter for holding open her ba-ba [ ah-ma, po-po ] eyes.
Even after she donated a pint of blood, when the adults are the one who bring her burial clothes

Evening Under Frangipani
In the story, the thinking of the older generation is showed through Elaine's mother. She acts as the representative of people from the older generation because the olden way of thinking is that, to allow a man to marry their own daughters, the man has to have a good and stable job and comes from a stable family.
Elaine's mother despised Prakash and thought of him as a bully. This shows how biased she is against people from a lower status than her.
Another thinking showed is the idea of mixed marriages. In the olden days, not many people welcome the idea of marrying someone from a different race. When Elaine was with Prakash, Elaine's mother did not like it because Prakash was from a different race and cultural from Elaine. This shows the conventional way of thinking of people from the older generation.
Through this, i gained a new insight that one does not always have to look at the status of a person. To look at a person is to look at him/her through one's heart and not one's eyes. By doing that, it would make one a better person, and with everyone being a better person, it would make this world a better place.