Q4 Which Charlie do you like best - the one with an IQ of 68 or the one with an IQ of 200? Why?

Ans: I like the Charlie with an IQ of 68 more because he was happier and less angry. He could not understand complicated things but he is easier to communicate with as the Charlie with an IQ of 200 has a mind that is too intellectually advanced for common people to understand him. Even though people make fun of the Charlie with an IQ of 68, Charlie would not realise but think of them as him friends. Sooner or later someone, maybe Ms Kinnian of one of his colleagues , will influence the rest of Charlie's colleagues to stop being mean to him and treat him like any other human being.

If Charlie's operation did not fail, he might have made tremendous breakthroughs in the field of increasing human intelligence artificially. However, he would not be understood by other scientists who may not have as much knowledge as him so the information would be useless to the rest of the world. Also, he would not be happier with an IQ of 200 as well because he would have no friends, no one can understand him and all he can do is read books listen to music or watch the television.

Little Ironies - The taximan's story

Q1. What is the irony in the story?

Ans: The irony is that the taximan picks up young girls and their foreign boyfriends in his taxi to make more money, his daughter also hangs out with foreign men for money.

Q2. What are the themes raised in the story?

Ans: The themes raised are the behavior of young people nowadays and what does the taximan do to earn more money at night.

Q3. How realistic is this story?

Ans: I do not think this story is very realistic as most young people teenagers I see would not make themselves so 'cheap' and I do not see many young people when I go out at night with my parents.

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

Ans: I think the taximan is showing bad example for young people and especially his daughter for giving rides to those young people and their boyfreinds. I do not feel sympathy for him as, if he really wanted to help the young people, he should not give them rides but lecture them.

Q5. Do you agree with his lamenting?

Ans: Yes, because if most teenagers behave badly and do not go to school like they are supposed to , Singapore would have a bad government in the future generations and would result in the decline of our country.

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

Ans: I sympathise with the teacher if she has a child because she did not know the tricks that teenagers could be up to nowadays if left on their own too much.