Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Silk Scarf







·         SETTINGS- Oriental plaza in Johannesburg, a shopping Centre where the shops are owned by Indian people.
PLOT
The story is about a woman called Mrs. Nebo who had friend Margaret and they like shopping together. One day as they entered the gate of Oriental plaza, they stopped in the car park. Two ladies wearing expensive clothes and jewellery. Mrs. Nebo was the wife of the man whom to be the foreign ministry in the new government. They entered the portals of the plaza. They wandered from shop to shop and bought some important things. While they were shopping, Mrs. Nebo saw an Indian dress through the window and decided to buy it. She asked for the silk scarf from that shop, but there was nothing suiting her. So, she went in Moghul boutique where she found a perfect silk scarf she wanted. She decided to buy it. Since she did not have enough money to pay cash, she demanded to pay with a cheque. Unfortunately in that store they don’t accept cheques. The women and Mr Sakur (shopkeeper) started arguing. The women wanted Mr Shakur to accept the cheque but he refused because he wanted to be fair to all customers. The people from nearby shops came to see what was happening. Mr Sader (Mr Shakur’s friend) advised Mr Sakur to accept the cheque because he was worried about what will happen when he didn’t, after he heard that the woman is the wife of a very important person. Mr Sader gave his friend money for the scarf and gave the scarf to Mrs Nebo as a gift from traders in the plaza. She thanked traders and left immediately


MAIN CHARACTER
Mrs. Nebo-a rich woman since she wears expensive clothes and jewellery and lived in a mansion. She buys things of best quality.  She always get what she want in life because she was pleading for a scarf until it was given to her as a gift.She like putting herself at high classes. Walking with bodyguards behind her back..Mr Sakur is also a main character. He is a short,a very thin looking man. He wears the antique brances. A man who likes being fair to all people, whether rich or poor. He is stuborn since he refused to accept the cheque from the woman after hearing who the woman was. Mr. Sakur was a muslim

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