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Question 1What did you think of Kelly before the writer revealed who Kelly was at the end of the story?In the beginning, I personally thought that Kelly was a man with good traits. The sort a girl dreams of. The writer described Kelly in many forms such as “she was mesmerised by his looks and the di...

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Question 1 What did you think of Kelly before the writer revealed who Kelly was at the end of the story?

In the beginning, I personally thought that Kelly was a man with good traits. The sort a girl dreams of. The writer described Kelly in many forms such as “she was mesmerised by his looks and the dignity with which he carried himself”. The writer also described Kelly as “quite a looker” when she was telling her friend, Ella, about him. When the writer started to reminisce the times she had with her previous Australian and Argentinian companions, this somehow confirmed my thoughts that Kelly was a man and the writer tried to compare Kelly with the men that she used to date. Another reason for me to fall into the false description of Kelly is when Ella and the writer went to see Kelly’s mother for a relationship approval. However, my thought of Kelly as a man completely vanished when the writer revealed that Kelly was just a riding horse.

(151 words) Question 2 In two columns, write what you liked about the story and what you did not like about the story.

What I liked about the story

What I did not like about the story

In my opinion, I liked the way the writer introduced the character “Kelly”. The writer personified the character by giving Kelly some human qualities such as “a looker”, “good-looking and really tall” as well as “He has been overseas all this while”. Another reason for me to like this story is the way the writer developed other characters such as the writer herself, Sarah, the writer’s friend, Ella and Kelly’s mother, Sue. With these characters being built up convincingly allowed my thought to fall into the trap set up by the writer herself.

The thing that I detest about this story is its ending. The writer has skillfully and flawless developed the characters to a point that allowed me to think that this story was a romantic-love story. However, with the revelation of Kelly’s character towards the end of the story, it changed entirely the romantic-love mood and feeling that I developed in the beginning of the story.

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Question 3 If you were the writer of this story, how would end the story? Why?

If I were the writer, I would certainly end the story by having Kelly as a real character and that is a man that fits with the descriptions mentioned by the writer and some other characters in the story. The reason is this story starts with Sarah, the writer, having fallen in love with Kelly at first sight. This romantic scene has changed my mood of reading. In order to ensure the continuance of my romantic mood I would end the story by making Kelly to fall in love with Sarah at first sight too. Then, I can have the both characters to madly in love with each other before they start to embark their marriage journey. In other words, I would strongly make this story a love story rather than a story of a girl falling in love with a horse. This new ending will also attract many adolescents like me to read this story. (156 words)...