1. HA’ PENNY
BY ALAN PATON
NUR SYAFIQA BINTI ABD AZIZ
FARA KHAIRANI BINTI SAIFULBAHRI
MUHAMMAD MU’AZ B. MOHD RIDZUAN
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2. SYNOPSIS
 A 12 year old mosuto boy, the narrator met in a
reformatory school.
 Ha’ Penny lied about his family.
 He felt sick and died because of tuberculosis.
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3. THEMES
 Need of family love
 Loneliness
 Consequences of strict segregation based on
the colour of one’s skin
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4. CHARACTERS
• 12 years old
• He wished to have a family
Ha’ Penny • A waif
• Died because of tuberculosis
• Tried to be nice to the boys
Narrator/Principal • Principal at the reformatory school
• Decent and homely woman
• Valued her children
Mrs. Betty • Adopted Ha’ Penny at last
• Realized to be a fitting mother to Ha’ Penny
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5. SETTINGS
 Time
- Sunday afternoon
 Place
- The reformatory
- Gate of reformatory
- Bloemfontein
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6. SYMBOLISMS
 Ha’ Penny
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7. P.O.V (point of view)
 First – person point of
view.
 Seen through the eyes of
the narrator.
 A character in the story
is
the narrator. This
character is telling the
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8. TONES
 Describes the mood of
the story
 Descriptive words that
tells what the author
was trying to show.
 Understanding
 Guilt
 Sympathy
 Sad
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9. PLOT
 The main story arc of
a literary work
 Exposition
 Rising action
 Climax
 Falling action
 Resolution
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