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SMK Bukit Jambul

The Right Thing to

Do

I do not know him,so he is not my

Name Nurul I!!ah binti "urairoh

#lass $ Dinamik

Tea%her&s name Miss Teh "ui'ia


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SynopsisThere was a man lying on the street alone( Rebe%%a, )atri%k and

Da*id were the passers+by( Rebe%%a was the rst to witness him(

Then %omes )atri%k and Da*id( Three o- them 'ust stood there

and argued on who was supposed to sa*e the un%ons%ious man(

Suddenly, a woman in blue appeared and stopped by to help the

man( She instru%ted Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id to do se*eral

things in order sa*e the man( The man then, re%o*ered and

asked -or his heart medi%ation( The woman in blue le-t the pla%es

without being noti%ed( .ew moments later, the ambulan%e

arri*ed and brought the man to the hospital -or -urthermedi%ation( The do%tor re%ogni!ed the man as he was a -amous

T/ %he-( Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id %ongratulated ea%h other -or

sa*ing the man( They were proud be%ause the man was a

-amous T/ %he-(


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Settings

Near a street

In a town with a lot o-

)hysi%al Setting

Modern days

0estern #ountry

So%ial Setting

Irresponsible and

unwilling so%iety in


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)lotExposition

There was an un%ons%ious man lying in a street( Three passers+

by happened to be there and they were Rebe%%a, )atri%k and

Da*id( Three o- them were really %urious about the man but none

o- them were willing to help him(

Climax

The man was awake and asked -or his pills( The woman in blue

instru%ted )atri%k to nd the pills in the man&s po%ket( Rebe%%a then

returned with a glass o- water( The man -elt better a-ter taking the

pill with some water(

Rising Action

Suddenly there was a woman in blue who %ame and stop by to

help the man( Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id tried to stop her -rom

helping the man but she still insisted to help him( She also

instru%ted Rebe%%a to get some water, Da*id to %all the

ambulan%e and )atri%k to %he%k the man&s pulse(

Resolution

Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id were pleased with themsel*es -or helping

the -amous T/ %he-&s li-e( They %riti%ised the woman in blue -or lea*ing

and helping them( They %ongratulated one another -or doing the right

thing(

Falling Action

The woman in blue le-t the pla%e( Da*id %ame ba%k and in-ormed the

others that the ambulan%e is on the way( .ew moments later, the

ambulan%e arri*ed( The do%tor re%ogni!ed the ill man( "e is Mi%heal

S%ott, the -amous T/ %he-( S%ott thanked Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id

and went to the hospital(


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#hara%ters and their

traitsRebecca

Caring

She

be%ame

%on%erned

about the

man

Thougthle

ss

She does not

want to help

the man e*en

though she

was the rst

person to

witness him

la ed at the

Petulant

Does not like

the woman in

blue -or telling

her to be 1uiet

Easygoi

ng

2greed with

)atri%k&s

opinion that

the woman

in blue did

not help

sa*ing theman

Canny

In3uen%e the

Rebe%%a and

Da*id to

%ondemn the

woman in blue

Dishones

t

Took %redits

-or sa*ing

the man

when he was

merelyassistin the

Administrati

ve

"e told Rebe%%a

that she should

help the man

be%ause she was

the rst person to

witness him

Patrick


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Imperious

"e instru%tedothers what

they should

do

alue !ame

"e was happy that he

and the others helped

someone well+known

David


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Easily

in"uenced byother

"e tried to look -or

the woman in blue

but )atri%k stopped

him be%ause she

didn&t help others to

sa*e the man and heended up agreed

with )atri%k

Character that I admire the most

The %hara%ter that I admire the most is the mysterious

woman in blue( 4*en though she did not know who the ill

man was, she still insisted on helping him( She may look

bossy and sound rude to the others -or gi*ing instru%tion, but

at least she knew what to do sin%e the man looked *ery si%k(She was *ery obser*ant to stop by to see what happened

although there were other people who saw the man be-ore

her( Besides, she was *ery humble too( She le-t the pla%e

without being noti%ed and she did not take any %redits on her

help( In my opinion, we need more people like her in this

world who is not selsh and a *ery kind+hearted lady( 0e

must help others who are in need( The world is round(

Someday, we will be repaid -or our kindness(


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Themes

#ur responsibility on doing the right thing

This play highlighted the similar beha*ior o- three %hara%ters

who %ame upon an un%ons%ious man in the street( The rstpassers+by, Rebe%%a 'ust stood there and wondering i- the man

was still ali*e( )atri%k, the se%ond person to arri*e asked Rebe%%a

whether she was going to help the man be%ause she was the rst

to witness him( She re-used to help him(

Da*id %ame along and suggested )atri%k to wake the man up(

Da*id re-used to do so( Suddenly, a woman in blue appeared and

take the responsibilities by helping the man( She instru%ted the

other three to do what they should ha*e done earlier be-ore shearri*ed( They %arried out the tasks and -eel %on%ern about the

man( The woman in blue disappeared right a-ter they nished(

The ill man turned out to be a -amous T/ %he-, Mi%heal S%ott(

"e thanked three o- them -or helping him( "e was taken to the

hospital -or -urther medi%ation( Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id reali!ed

that they ha*e a%tually done the right thing and sa*e the man(

They were proud o- themsel*es( They ha*e -orgotten that the

woman in blue who made them to do so(

The play shows us that it is *ery important to %arry our

responsibility by doing the right thing(


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MessageIt is our responsibility to do the right


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Moral /alues

The playwright shows us how ridi%ulous the three main

%hara%ters are( They a*oid their responsibilities on helping the

man( Instead o- helping him, the 'ust stood there and throw the

responsibilities on ea%h other( They talked about unimportantthings and did not -eel %on%erned about sa*ing the man&s li-e( This

kind o- beha*ior should not be -ollowed by the so%iety( The play

thought us to re%he%k oursel*es to see whether we ha*e e*er

beha*ed selshly like them( 0e should be responsible on doing

the right thing(

0e should only take %redit -or what

2t rst, Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id did not anything and

re-used to help the man( 2-ter the woman in blue appeared and

dire%ted them to do things, they a%tually helped to sa*e the man(

In the end, when the *i%tim, Mi%heal S%ott, thanked them -or

sa*ing his li-e, they took all the %redit -or themsel*es( Da*id

reminded the others that the woman in blue le-t the pla%e and did

not help them to sa*e the man( 5astly, the three o- them were

%on*in%ed that they helped Mi%heal be%ause they thought it was

The woman in blue %he%ked the man

immediately(

Responsibi

Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id pushedthe responsibilities to ea%h other(


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)oint o- *iew

They helped the man a-ter being told

by the woman in blue(

$elp!ul

Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id were not

help-ul(

They a%%used the woman blue as nothelping them to sa*e the man(

$onesty

Rebe%%a, )atri%k and Da*id took all

the %redits -or themsel*es(

The story in this play is told -rom the limited omnis%ient

point o- *iew( 0e %an obser*e the a%tions o- the %hara%ters

but we do not know their thoughts( "owe*er, we %an in-er

what they are thinking and how they -eel -rom their spee%h(

.or e6ample, when the woman in blue tells Rebe%%a to be

1uiet, Rebe%%a turns to )atri%k and Da*id and says 7Did you

hear that? She said Be quiet!..rom this we know thatRebe%%a -eels o8ended to be shouted by the woman in blue(

The narrator in the play also helps to ll in situational

in-ormation whi%h may not be ob*ious to the audien%e( .or

instan%e, the narrator tells us The woman in blue goes

away. The others do not see this.To let us know that the

other %hara%ters are unaware o- her lea*ing(


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5anguage and Style

Symbolism

The %olour 7blue& is traditionally asso%iated with the 1ualities

o- stability, trust, pea%e and order( The woman who played

an important role in the story is re-erred to by the %olour o-her %lothes whi%h in blue( She displays the 1ualities that the

other %hara%ters la%k(

Repetition

Some statements and phrases are repeated in the play(

Repetition makes the language sound simple and easy -or the

audien%e to -ollows( It also has a %omi% e8e%t( Repetition is

also used -or other e8e%ts(

The language used in this play is simple and straight-orward(

The dialogue in realisti% with short senten%es and in-ormal

phrases used in modern day spee%h(

46amples

Me? Why me?9page :;

h be quiet!9page


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Most important moral

lesson

The most important lesson that I ha*e learnt in this play is

responsibility( 0e must be responsible in doing the right thing(

=- %ourse, human beha*ior is the result o- a %omple6 interplay

o- %auses, and the list o- reasons psy%hologists ha*e %ompiled

-or ethi%al and moral missteps is a long one( But I>*e noti%ed

that one %ause in parti%ular ine*itably seems to sur-a%e

whene*er psy%hologists try to pinpoint the reasons -or our

transgressions( Spe%i%ally, people are more likely to do the

right thing when they take personal responsibility -or their

a%tions( =n the 3ip side o- this phenomenon we nd people

who e6plain away their ethi%ally 1uestionable beha*ior as ?'ust

doin m ob ? or ? ust -ollowin orders(?

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