The

mans
Story
By: Catherine Lim
(Singapore)
 True or False

Singapore means
Garden City
 FALSE
The name
Singapore is
derived from the
word SINGAPURA
What is the
capital of
Singapore?
Singapore
Enumerate the
four official
languages of
Singapore.
 Malay
English
Chinese (Mandarin)
Tamil
The

mans
What are the
Irony of the
story?
 The taxi man hates
the way youngsters
behave nowadays but
still fetch them
around in his taxi.
Criticizesyoung people of our
generation for being
tooimmatureby hanging out
at places like Hotel McElroy;
while he still goes there to
make an easy living.
 This is an act of
contradiction, and instead
of practicing what he has
preached', he has gone
against his stand and
decides to put money and
making a living over his own
beliefs and mind-set.
 What are the
themes raised in
the story?
 Change
Paternal love
How young people of Singapore have grown
to be bold and reckless; as compared to
the youth's of the 'old' Singapore.
Differences of the 'old' (taximan's
generation) and current (Lay Choo's
generation) Singapore
How making a living in Singapore has
overcome the need to stand up for our own
beliefs and make a stand to whatever
opposes us.
How realistic
is this story?
This story is very realistic as it
touches on how fast Singapore
has advanced, be it for the
better or the worse, just like
how the current youths of
Singapore have been 'learning'
from older generations more
quickly.
What do you
think of the taxi
man? Do you feel
sympathy for
him?
YES.
Do you agree
with his
lamenting?
YES.
What about the
other characters
in the story? Do
you feel sympathy
for them?
Bibliography
contains a list of books or articles, or
both, relating to a particular subject.
In a research paper, a bibliography is
an alphabetical list, sometimes
grouped into categories.
Every formally prepared research
paper should contain a bibliography
placed at the end and begun on a
separate page.
 BOOKS
One Author
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Two Authors
Dorn, Linda J. & Soffos, Carla. 2005.
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Several Authors
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 ENCYCLOPEDIA

Helms, Ronald. Electric Light. World

Book Encyclopedia. 1995 ed.
 Magazine Article

Hackworth, Col. David H. Terms of

Forgiveness. Newsweek. 24 Apr. 1995:
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 JOURNAL

Cline, C.L. " Quasi Adventures in Literary

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 NEWSPAPER

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POINTS TO REMEMBER:
All names of authors should start with the
family name, followed by the first name.
For two authors, the second authors name
should be written with the first name first
and not with the family name.
For several authors, use the words et .al. ,
to mean many or several authors.
All titles of the books, magazines,
encyclopedia and newspaper articles should
be underlined.
 Titles of topics of magazines, newspaper
articles and encyclopedia must be enclosed
in quotation marks.
Observe correct punctuation marks, such as
period, after the authors name, title of the
book, encyclopedia, magazines and
newspaper articles .
Place a comma after the authors family
name to separate it from the first name
and use it also to separate it from the name
of the publisher.
Types of Bibliographies
Modern Language Association (MLA)
typically used by those writing in the
liberal arts or humanities community.
It focuses on the author of the cited
source material, in order to help the
reader place him or her in the
appropriate historical and philosophical
context.
 American Psychological Ass. (APA)

It is used more often in the social

sciences and is useful for citing from
journals and other such publications.
Its focus is more on the research
presented in the source and when it was
released, rather than the individuals
who conducted it.
Activity
Wu Xia and the Art of Scooter
Maintenance.
Smith, John Jacob.
New York: Springer, 2003.
 Wu Xia and the Art of
Scooter Maintenance.
Smith, John Jacob, Cindy
Lu.
New York: Springer, 2003.
How Do You Measure a Year in
the Life?
Doe, John.
The Sun Times.
2 July 2010: 1-3.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/article/perfec
t_souffle.
Johnson, Mary Anne.
20 February 2013.
How to Bake the Perfect Souffle.