Literature Essay

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ANALYSIS OF SHORT STORY TITLE: EVERYTHING’S ARRANGED WRITTEN BY: SIEW YUE KILLINGLEY Point Of View In the short story Everything’s Arranged written by Siew Yue Killingley, the point of view is based on the third person point of view. This is because the narrator does not participate in this short story as one of the characters, but the narrator lets us know exactly how the characters think and feel. This can be seen when the narrator uses the pronoun he, she, and they to represent the characters in the short story. For example, “it was way past nine o’clock by the time Rukumani and her father arrived home”. Another example is, “they were also tempted to do rather dangerous things”. These two examples show us the omniscient point of view in the short story. This is because, the narrator of the short story is all-knowing and able to move in and out of the minds of all characters. The narrator lets the readers knows about the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the short story. Theme The first main point that can be found in the short story Everything’s Arranged is obviously about arranged marriage. Arranged marriage is a tradition that is highly sacred and it has been practised by the Indian family since a long time ago. It would bring disasters if you try to break the arranged marriage. Furthermore, arranged marriage also show the dignity of the family. So, if you try to break the arranged marriage, it will bring shame to the family. The second main point that we can see in this short story is about the importance for the youngsters to obey to the elders. In life, the youngsters which in this case are the children, they should always obey to their elders which are their parents. This is because, children still do not have enough experience in their life. Hence, they should listen to their parents as they know better what is the best for the children.
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