The Secret

Today I learned about Narratives “Secret”. This story was difficult for me because it made me confused about the vocabularies. I though this story told about the family problem. I can sum up into part 1 and part 2.

Part 1

Kylie feels left out from her mother and Philip's activities. She became interested in the chicken in the yard. Somehow her secret helps her to feel less lonely. She find the second egg and then finds out where others are being laid by unhealthy-looking hen.  Philip had shown the galvanized tin cover of  the bore well,and it was very dangerous. Kylie was forbidden to lift the lid. One day he sat with photo album,turning page and looking across every now and then. There was not one of her father because he had been the photographer.

Part 2

Two weeks passed. She visited the scraggy,with hen everyday. It was an important secret then. Someday she broke Philip's words. She clumped down to the bottom of the well.  She went down to the well with photo album to flick through the album. Why her father and mother didn't leave together with her. It was something she was not allowed to know. One of the picture in her album made her confident. It made her think Philip and her mother were stupid. It stopped her from feeling lonely. On a Sunday afternoon,Philip caught her down the well. He dragged her out and hit her.As a result of Philip's violence,she got angry.So she dropped the chickens down the well and threw the hen in the well too.She slumped down on the lid and began to cry. Before bed,She took 

her photograph and cut off her head and poke it through a hole in the fly screen of the window.

My opinion to the characters in the story.

I disapprove of Kylie: She think in a negative way and doesn't open her mind to her new family.

I disapprove of Kylie's mother: She loved her new husband more than her daughter. I think she should be interested and care of her daughter more than she did.

I disapprove of Philip: He hit Kylie, It was violent for her.

the story's symbols

(1) the eggs The secrets of Kylie.

(2) the well Where it's safe of Kylie.

(3) the photos A good memory of Kylie.

(4) Kylie's cutting of the photo Sadly.

In my opinion

I dislike Kylie's mother because she didn't take care her daughter and interested new husband more than her daughter. I disapprove of Phillip because he hit Kylie, It was violent for her.