Monday 3 October 2011

The Fruitcake Special (Moral Values)



Two moral values that can be learned from the story of “The Fruitcake Special” are “honesty” and “superficiality versus substance”.

Honesty is important. We should be honest with ourselves and to others. This moral value can be learned from Anna. Anna knew who she was. She did not listen to David Amos’ compliments (meaning: pujian). She was suspicious (meaning: curiga) about his compliments until she found out that it was the fruitcake perfume that made Amos fell in love with her. Anna also did not take advantage of Amos and the waiter when they fell in love with her because of the fruitcake. She told the waiter not to act foolishly. This shows that Anna was an honest person. 

Substance is more important that superficiality. In a relationship, we should be sincere and not be attracted by physical appearance. For example, Amos liked only young and beautiful girls with model look. On the other hand, Armstrong fell in love with Anna for who she was and not just for her appearance. Armstrong's love for Anna was true and he worked hard to build a pizza company to prove to Anna that he was a worthy gentleman. 


(Note: Write the events that happened in the story in PAST TENSE, because they already happened in the past.)



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