matupits first businessman

• the story takes place in matupit,raboul harbour,new britain,soloman islands
• the main character is pius tomaana
• the story was written by walter darius
• the method of narration in this story is first person viewpoint
• the narrator is the main characters nephew
• the instructions that the main character ignored were filling the battery and radiator with clean distilled water and using petrol for filling the engine
• instead the main character filled the radiator with rusty old water from a drum and filled the radiator with green coconut water and filled the engine with kerosene
• themes learnt from this short story are:always follows someone's instruction

  its smart to heed advice

  education is an important part of success
• PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL
• hard work is the key to success
• the style of the story include using pidgen english to make the story more realistic and entertaining
• the tone used in the story is of sympathy for the main character because of his failure
• symbolism in the story is the main character, uncle pius as he symbolises the older generation who are not that very educated with modern technology and only know that hard work is the key to success
• the narrator symbolises the younger more educated generation who are more aware of the world around them and are educated to carry on what their elders want to achieve
• the truck is also a symbol in the story as the ins and outs of today as when treated well it can bring good things but when treated badly will bring damage to the user
• tomaanas main source of income before the truck was his coco and copra plantation
• tomaana had worked seven years before buying the truck
• tomaana was the narrators uncle
• and the narrator was a high school student living elsewhere far away from the original setting of the story