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Literature Project 2010 - Characters

Characteristics - Corridor

1. Mak
- Peaceful
Pg 164 " I wish she had just kept quiet, because the best old people to live with are the dull ones."
- Not petty
Pg 162 " or if their children scribbled someone's face with blue beard and spectacles, we would close an eye."
- doesn't like the outdoors
Pg 164 " you just stay in the hotel room the whole day", I am an old woman".
- not materialistic
Pg 164 " there's nothing I want".
- Observant
Pg 165 " I wanted to tell her it's because you never pass by his house".
- Righteous
Pg 170-171 " I had made up my mind to apologize to my neighbours".

2. Daughter
- Protective
Pg 164 " my daughter so eager to come to my rescue, said it's because she has a sharp mind".
- Caring
Pg 164-165 " At home, you're not happy, bring you here, you're still not happy. Tonight dinner...come with us, Mak".
- Revengeful
Pg 173 " My own daughter, whom I raised in the best manner I could, once while sweeping the corridor, brushed most of the rubbish towards their doorstep".

3. Son-in-law
- Inconsiderate
Pg 172 " he was the only one who ended up singing into the golden microphone, sitting on the sofa, making his voice have echo effects, sometimes even with his working socks on".

4. Neighbours

[Lydia]
-Secretive
Pg 162 " She always keeps her windows closed and once in a while she would bring a man back to her house".
- Fashionable
Pg 164 " Anyway she is always well-dressed, she knows how to wear shoulder pads and stockings".

[Indian man]
- Prideful
Pg 165 " you can see through the window all these cups and trophies and medals in the living-room.
- Athletic
Pg 165 " the indian man was a marathon runner".

[Indian woman]

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