All the Year of Her Life

In English class, I read the article called 'All the Year of Her Life' which is written by Morley Callaghan. This story is about the boy steals the lipsticks, a compact and a lipstick and at least two tubes of toothpaste in the store. The owner of the shop finds that these things is in the Alfred's pocket. The owner, Mr. Carr calls his mother to tell about it, but when his mother come in the store, she has a friendly smile. When Alfred and his mother come back to the house, she changes her attitude and she is angry at Alfred. On the night, he saw his mother drinking a cup of tea in the kitchen and then he was shocked because she looked very old and her lips was shaking. I think that the theme of this story is that everyone should care of their mother and the author wants to tell that children must not make parents worry.

While I was reading this story, I used one of the reading strategies called 'I try to picture in my mind what I have just read to help me remember what I read'. I imagined in my mind that Mr. Carr tried to get back the things from the boy's pocket. And I asked myself question that why Alfred went to the kitchen. I think that he decided to go to the kitchen because he worried about his mother. And also I could imagine in my mind that Alfred watched his mother quietly and sadly. In the English class, I listened the music which is related to the story and then I discussed about how the reading and music affected on the setting and the characters of the story. When I listened the music, I felt that it was jazz music and also the music tone was quite old, so I thought that the setting of the story was in the past and in Europe. When I read the story, I guessed that the characters were white and they were not so rich because if the boy was rich, he would not steal things in the store.