I taught this poem to my on-level American Lit juniors and AP Literature seniors the week prior to the chat, and found it to be an extremely successful poem with my students, offering them opportunities for rich conversation and deep analysis.
Wa lau pun mamak kebanyakkannya Islam, tetapi asal usul mereka adalah India dan ada kemungkinan terdapat unsur-unsur India di dalam perniagaan mereka seperti bercakap Tamil dan memakai seluar dalam buatan India.
We only chat for a half hour, so we dove right into Question 1.
What were your initial impressions of them and did that change at all as the book went on? Most of the mornings, we will be hanging around in one of the coffee shops in Taman Desa, having our breakfast while enjoying our never ending chit chat sessions.