His first ball
OVERALL GRADE: ACHAL SAMY
Title Of Text:
-His First Ball
Author/Director:
-Witi Ihimaera
Text Type:
-Short Story
Text Category:
QUESTION: 1 - Choose an idea in the text that you have read and evaluate in details how it is presented. Support your evaluation with specific examples (quotation)
ANSWER: - The evaluation I choose from the text I read is CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Tatu Wharepapa receives an invitation from the governor-general to their flash party. The reason behind me choosing the idea of Cultural Difference is because Tuta is a Maori boy and the governor-general is pakehas, so there is a lot of difference between a Pakehas and Maori apart from being human. The style, living, eating, drinking, manners and communicating skills are all going to be new and different to Tuta than his. He felt like his going to be left out and won’t have real fun because the government house and the people who are invited and are going to be so professional and well mannered, Tuta hesitated and got confused he didn’t whether to go to this party or not but than Tuta’s mother steps in and forces him to go because if he doesn’t go that be disrespectful towards the government house she said ‘’I had to it was too late to send back the invitation’’. He has to follow etiquette, which he disliked.
QUESTION: 2 – How do you relate to a character/event/idea/setting in this text? Give your personal opinion of this character and reflect on why you think this:
My personal opinion on this the short story, ‘’His First Bal’’ Is Cultural difference. Cultural differences are actually not a big deal, which makes it a big deal is the people themselves. Tuta is a free , enjoying and open person he doesn’t know what table manners are he doesn’t know what professional means cause he only know how to enjoy life openly. When he gets an invitation from the government house people around Tuta suggested him that he has to put his maori behaviour aside for a day and act like gentle man and
Title Of Text:
-His First Ball
Author/Director:
-Witi Ihimaera
Text Type:
-Short Story
Text Category:
QUESTION: 1 - Choose an idea in the text that you have read and evaluate in details how it is presented. Support your evaluation with specific examples (quotation)
ANSWER: - The evaluation I choose from the text I read is CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Tatu Wharepapa receives an invitation from the governor-general to their flash party. The reason behind me choosing the idea of Cultural Difference is because Tuta is a Maori boy and the governor-general is pakehas, so there is a lot of difference between a Pakehas and Maori apart from being human. The style, living, eating, drinking, manners and communicating skills are all going to be new and different to Tuta than his. He felt like his going to be left out and won’t have real fun because the government house and the people who are invited and are going to be so professional and well mannered, Tuta hesitated and got confused he didn’t whether to go to this party or not but than Tuta’s mother steps in and forces him to go because if he doesn’t go that be disrespectful towards the government house she said ‘’I had to it was too late to send back the invitation’’. He has to follow etiquette, which he disliked.
QUESTION: 2 – How do you relate to a character/event/idea/setting in this text? Give your personal opinion of this character and reflect on why you think this:
My personal opinion on this the short story, ‘’His First Bal’’ Is Cultural difference. Cultural differences are actually not a big deal, which makes it a big deal is the people themselves. Tuta is a free , enjoying and open person he doesn’t know what table manners are he doesn’t know what professional means cause he only know how to enjoy life openly. When he gets an invitation from the government house people around Tuta suggested him that he has to put his maori behaviour aside for a day and act like gentle man and