My friends and I had a discourse approach in
reading. First, the teacher told us to read the narrative. The story is Secrets
by Tim Winton. In the story, there was a girl name Kylie. She lived with her
mother and her stepfather (Philip). She felt left out from her mother and
Philip’s activities. She became interested in the chicken in the yard. Somehow
her secret helps her to felt less lonely. She found a second egg and then
friends out where others are being laid by an unhealthy-looking hen. One day
her mother and Philip left her alone. She went to the yard, there was the well
that thirty-six deep. She sat near the well and looked her photo album. She
missed her father. Two weeks passed. She began to lift the lid of the well.
Every day, she went down into the well and looked her photo album. She saw the
chicks that was from the eggs. One day Philip found her in the well. He came
down and dragged her out. Then, he hit her. That evening, Kylie put the chicks
into a cardboard box and dropped them down into the well. The hen was hit and
dropped them down into the well too. At the end of this story Kylie took her
photo and cut off her head. Then, she thrown it away.
The
characters in this story.
-I feel sorry for Kylie because she left out from her father.
-I dislike for Kylie’s mother because she didn'’t care her daughter.
-I dislike for Philip because he was
violent with child.
Discussing the story's symbols
The
eggs - The eggs
symbolize new life.
The
well - The well
symbolize excitement.
The
photos -The photos symbolize past events that Kylie remember about her father.
Kylie'
s cutting of the photo- Kylie' s cutting of the photo symbolize She want to solve the problems.She
felt sad.
What were you going
to do? If you were Kylie.
If I were Kylie,I do not kill the chickens
and I will go out to play with friends and talk with my mother.In freetime I
would like to do activities with my mother such as see the movie,cook,plant the
tree,and listening the music.
