February 23, 2010

Flipping Fantastic: Themes, Valuesand Viewpoints

What are the messages that you got after reading this short story,"Flipping Fantastic"?


If you should look closely,these are the themes that comes to light.

  • Learning to be self reliant-independence.
  • The importance of  being self-assured-self confidence
  • Sense of responsibility - to take care of another that may need assistance
  • Telling the truth-do not hide feelings-learn to be open,to share and to be supportive
So what about the values that we can discern from the story?

  • One must plan one path in life and be brave to walk it
  • One must be truthful to oneself and to loved ones
  • One cannot be selfish at the expense of others' happiness
  • One should learn to respect the wishes of others
  • One must take note that different people have different interests

Interestingly the story is told from the first person viewpoint through the pages of three persons's diaries.

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