Taximan's Story Discussion

This is a discussion on the Taximan's story in Little Ironies.



Q1. What is the irony in the story?


The taximan hates the way youngsters behave nowadays but still fetch them around in his taxi.



Q2.What are the themes raised in the story?



The themes are immoral behaviour among youngsters, the society is not as strict as the past.


Q3. how realistic is this story?


This story is realistic as it is very common for people nowadays to go out with their boyfriends/ girlfriends. many youngsters are in a relationship at a younger age and many teenagers lie to their parents about where they are so that they can go out with their friends.

Q4. What do you think of the taximan? Do you feel sympathy for him?



I think that the taximan is a hardworking and honest-to-earth man who only wants the best for his children. He worked as a taxi driver for twenty years to bring up his children. But his favourite daughter, Lay Choo, who had the chance to go to university, did many immoral things like lying to her parents and going out with Caucasians. I feel sorry for the taximan because his daughter did something very wrong as caused hi to be heartbroken.

Q5. Do you agree to his lamenting?



I agree that youngsters of this generation indeed are not as well-behaved as before. They should concentrate on their studies instead of going out and having fun. They do not gain anything from this and I think they should instead spend quality time with their families.


Q6. What about the other characters in the story? Do you feel sympathy for them?

i sympathize with Lay Choo's parents because they spent so much effort to brig up Lay Choo but she turned out to be lacking in moral values.On the other hand, the taximan has double standards. he expects his daughter to be well behaved but he likes the other girls and their caucasian husbands because he can earn money from them.

However, I do not sympathize with Lay Choo even though she was beaten very severely. This is because she did something despicable and thus does not deserve respect.



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