Monday, March 9, 2009

Unresolved Conflict in Catherine Lim's "Monster"

We have learnt that an unresolved conflict must be developed properly. Let us determine how Catherine Lim develops the unresolved conflict in “Monster”.

Work in groups, and do the following:

  1. Which 2 characters have an unresolved conflict?
  2. Describe the unresolved conflict.
  3. Explain the unresolved conflict (how come these 2 characters cannot get along?)
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  1. ♠♥♣ĢÜðyĺ ©®March 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    1.The grandmother and the Daughter-In-Law,Karen
    2.The story did not state what happened to the grandmother and the bed.
    3.The grandmother wants to keep the bed but Karen wants to get rid of it as it is infested by bugs and is infecting their childrens' rooms and soon the whole house.

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  2. ::Hatred vs Luv::March 9, 2009 at 7:52 PM

    1. Grandmother and Karen.
    2. Karen and grandmother are arguing over whether to throw the bed away.
    3. Karen wants to throw away grandmother's bed, which is filthy and infested with bugs,but grandmother wants to keep it and die on it.

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  3. Hilarious Happy PeopleMarch 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    1. The grandmother and the daughter-in-law,Karen.
    2. The daughter-in-law does not like what her mother-in-law keeps in her room.
    3. Karen thinks that what the mother-in-law keeps in her room is very dirty and a waste of space.

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  4. muddleheadMarch 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    1.They are grandmother and her daughter-in-law, Karen.
    2.The conflict started when Karen wanted to throw away all her mother-in-law stuff.
    3.Karen always find her mother-in-law a thorn in her flesh and tried means to dispose off her mother-in-law.
    [c]JaMeS bOnD

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  5. AnonymousMarch 9, 2009 at 7:54 PM

    1)Karen and Old Grandmother

    2)Karen wanted to get rid of old grandmother's bed,however,the grandmother wanted to keep her it as it had sentimental value, but the grandmother was admitted to the hospital before she could solve this.

    3)Karen did not want to give one of the room to Old Grandmother as the Old Grandmother is useless to Karen as she is sick and cannot take care of her children.The old grandmother was stubborn and refused to let Karen throw away her things,even though they were infested with bugs and vermin. Thus, they did not respect each other and could not get along.

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  6. UnknownMarch 9, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    1. Karen and the grandmother
    2. Karen and the grandmother are fighting over whether to keep the bed.They quarrel as they don't understand each other and refused to put themselves in each other shoes.
    3. The grandmother wanted to keep her dirty bed with her rest of her life but Karen wanted to throw away the bed.

    Amazing

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  7. Siew wenMarch 9, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    The Characters: Karen and old grandmother.

    The unresolved conflict: Karen and old grandmother cannot get along and Karen wants to get rid of her.

    Explanation of unresolved conflict: Karen does not like old grandmother to keep all the dirty and bug-infested furniture in her house.

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  8. ♠♥♣ĢÜðyĺ ©®March 9, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    Why can't Karen and the grandmother get along?
    The grandmother wants to keep the bed as it is very precious and has sentimental value to her as she has already had it for 60 years but Karen thinks it is very unhygenic as wants to throw it away. Maybe Karen thinks the grandmother is very unreasonable,it is also maybe because of a lack of communication due to a age gap. Possibly,they could also be not getting along well as they speak a different language,for example,the grandmother speaks hokkien and Karen speaks english.

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  9. Incredible 4March 9, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    1)The two characters which have an unresolved conflict are the grandmother and Karen.
    2)We do not know whether the grandmother and Karen will get along well after the bed is sold.
    3)Now, Karen and her grandmother cannot get along because of the monstrous bed in her semi-detached house. Karen has a dilemma whether to keep, throw or sell away the bed, as it is infested with bugs and flith which had affected the rest of the family

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  10. ForceField-visit forcefield-forcefield.blogspot.comMarch 9, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    1.Karen and her mother-in-law
    2.Karen wanted to get rid of her mother-in-law's old bed.
    3.They both hate each other,one think that the other is unreasonable,stubborn and not thinking of the other party's feelings.

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  11. ForceField-visit forcefield-forcefield.blogspot.comMarch 9, 2009 at 8:02 PM

    1.Karen and her mother-in-law
    2.Karen wanted to get rid of her mother-in-law's old bed.
    3.They did not think of each other's feeling and perspective, they hated each other and did not get along well.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 9, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    Character- Driven Explanation:
    3) Karen and the grandmother probably could not get along well as there is an age gap and very little communication between the two as the grandmother(quoted from text) rarely went out of her room.

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  13. DynamicMarch 9, 2009 at 8:05 PM

    1) Karen and old grandmother.
    2) They were always arguing about whether to throw her bed away. Whether old grandmother's bed is being thrown away still remains a mystery.
    3) Karen does not understand the sentimental value of the bed and the two of them cannot get along well.

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