socratic Seminer

B.B and the Taximan's Story

On 28th April, we discussed about two stories, B.B and the taximan's story, wrote by different writers, Chiam Potok and Catherine Lim respectively.

B.B
Introduction:
Characters: Dad, Mom and B.B

DAD-doesn't like to have children after little Timmy died.
- Dad doesn't wants to go through all that HELL with another sick child.
(I would like to emphasize on the word "HELL" as this clearly shows that the father of B.B is annoyed and frustrated with children and Mom's pregnancy makes him
Feel worse.
-relationship with B.B very close.
(Confiding secrets to him such as his football dreams and aspirations but not to his wife.)
Has many problems that he could not share to his wife as their relationship is strained and there are disagreements and arguments between them.

MOM-loves children
-has a strained relationship with husband
-family means everything to her
-has a fragile heart but a strong front.
("Cries secretly when no one is looking")

B.B-Hates fights between parents and has no one to confide in to his problem as his parents are always quarrelling.
-very filial and mature
-has great emotions
(Cried a lot that night)
-relationship between parents is quite close

Taximan's story

- Father and lay choo's relationship is not very good and Lay Choo seems to hates the father.
- father strict and do not understand his daughter
Visa-versa
Daughter is stubborn, do not understand father.
-lack of trust in the end

Common Theme

In both Stories, they talk a lot about relationships between
-father and daughter
-mother and daughter
-father and mother

We can also refer these stories to a similar story village by the sea
In all stories, the father is the one who created the mess, leaving the children to be victims.