I personally suck at writing book reviews, and for those who haven't read any of them, I guess you should.
Remember to read with a pen or pencil in hand!! You'll end up seeing things that you wouldn't have noticed.
Oh and Caprice says that the coffin story is about the rigidity of the human mind VS
compassion.
Readers could start with that =)
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ!!! WARNING!!!
WHEN YOU HAVE CONTEMPLATED ENOUGH ABOUT THE STORY, AND FEEL THAT THERE IS SOMETHING DEEPER BUT CAN'T FIND IT... FIND ME =) I STILL FEEL THERE'S SOME CODE I HAVEN'T CRACKED
Anyway, for those who have read and still can't see the story, 'The coffin is too big for the hole", is a simple yet cleverly written piece about the rigidity and consequence of the Singapore System. Well that is my conclusion. What's yours? I think and I'm sure that the talk about the size of the coffin is the perfect example of a perfect Singaporean. If you do not fit into the system... there are four options/consequences that you can opt for. It is found when the in-charge muses about the four different paths that the author's grandfather can take. I shall not insult your intelligence, and allow you to decipher those four options yourself. I took quite a while to understand them.
Well that is all I can say, or I'll have practically nothing to write about for any future essays.
Anyway I hope I have at least put someone into perspective... Well I thought for quite long to come up with this. Actually it wasn't really long. Singapore stories aren't that deep. I guess it's how we are-- straightforward. It's quite an achievement that this author thought of the coffin to project the system. *applaud for our country*
I guess Lao Jiu's simple and self-explanatory, and I haven't bought King Lear yet.
till then.
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