Sing to the Dawn - Incident and Character

The following is a sample answer for the novel Sing to the Dawn. I have often noticed that when students are required to write about events/incidents and characters, they often end up writing the synopsis of the entire story by weaving it with the characters. 

It is important for students to understand that an event/incident is not about writing the entire synopsis but to pick one part of the story and relating it to the answer. I hope the following sample answer would give students a picture of how to describe an event and relating it to the character in the novel. I have put the answer in an organised way to help students write better. 

The question below requires students to describe an incident that brings a change in a character and why the change is important to the character. It is also important to relate your answer to the statement.

Before you answer the question, think carefully which incident or event you would like to write about and focus only on that incident and the characters involved in the incident. As for this question, I picked the fight at the market place as it brought a twist in the story and a BIG change in Kwai. 

You have to elaborate on the event as vividly as possible focussing on the character you are going to write about.

Since the question requires you to write about an event that brought changes to a character, you have to clearly write which character has changed. It is important to have signposts such as ' the incident at the market place had brought about changes in Kwai'

The last part of the question requires you to provide reasons for your answer. So, try to write at least three, you can write more or less depends on how much you can relate them to the character and incident. However, I prefer only three to make things simple. I advise my students to work well by giving a vivid description and examples from the novel to strengthen your answer. 

You may also write your 'reasons' in separate paragraphs by starting your paragraph with a specific signpost, such as 'the change was important because', 'The first reason is...' and so on.

to make you answer interesting, you can also state what could have happened or have not happened if the change in the character did not occur, just to stress on how important the change was to the story.

You do not need to make your conclusion lengthy, summarise the whole idea in one or two sentences will do. 

Good Luck!