Dear all,
As you can tell from the title of this blog post, I will be stating my least favourite character and telling you all why (reasons).
Let me give a rough idea of what Village by the Sea is, if you did not read it (All of you would have read. If you have not, you are in hot soup!). It is about this family that is living in poverty. The mother is sick, father is always drunk, two younger sisters are receiving primary education whilst older brother and sister are not. So, basically, the whole family depends on the older brother, Hari, and sister , Lila, to bring in the bacon. The book brings you through the hard life of Hari (his burden, stress, etc.) and what decisions he has made to overcome all these obstacles.
Now, my least favourite character... He is the father.
In the story, the father drinks lots and lots of toddy every night and comes back all grumpy and sorts. I seriously thinks that he is totally useless. He is the one who has brought all the burden upon Hari and the family. He sold his boat, does not pay his debt and caused all the unhappiness for the family. It is because of him Lila had to go out to sea and offer prayers to their God, to protect the family. Hari was put in a hard position when deciding whether to leave his homeland and go to Bombay or to stay and continue planting a puny amount of vegetables. If he is not a drunkard, he would not have sold his boat and would go out to sea to fish for fishes to feed the family or even to sell to bring in some money.
That is why the father is my least favourite character.
Bye!
Cleon Wong 1a4 (07)
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To be honest, I quite like the father. Even though he is the cause of all the family's probelms, I do like the fact that he was able to turn over a new leaf. Furthermore, he cannot be labeled as bad. He actually is able to be able to sympathise, and feel sorry for his misdeeds.(As shown when the family were eating and he said that Pinto was not alive, and showed pity.)
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