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c. Hard working
As a child Firdaus does not belong to a childish child. She is a hard working child who can do what adult people usually do. Besides helping her mother in the
field, she has to help some kinds of household jobs which are heavy for some common children in her age. But she never refuses her duty and always does her
job professionally even though she is still young. Before the sun rises, she goes to the river and fills her heavy earthenware jar with full of water. The earthenware
jar seems to be heavy in which she must maintain her position balanced. Her mother always teaches her how keep her legs in the right position so that she can
carry the jar 13. Before the sun had started to appear in the sky, she would nudge me in the
shoulder with her fist so that I would awaken, pick up the earthenware jar and go off to fill it with water. Once back, I would sweep under the animals
and then make rows of dung cakes which I left in the sun to dry. On baking day I would knead dough and make bread 14.
Based on the quotation above, it can be seen that Firdaus is a hard working child who is accustomed to do such a heavy job. She realizes that she had been
born in a poor family and she has to live and work harder. Living in an insufficient economy forces Firdaus to struggle in reaching better condition
though it is very hard for some common children in her age who mostly spend their time playing with their mates and do not do some kinds of heavy jobs like
Firdaus. After her parents died, Firdaus moves into her uncle’s house in Cairo. In her uncle’s house, she keeps continuing to work hard although she is no longer
burden with her parents command but she realizes that she lives with her uncle who receives her existence and pays for her school fee.
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41 Once back I would sweep and clean the house, wash my uncle’s clothes,
make his bed, and tidy his books. He bought me a heavy iron which I would heat on the kerosene stove, and use to launder his kaftan and turban. Shortly
before sunset he would return from El Azhar. I served supper and we ate together 21.
From the quotation above and its analysis, it is clearly explained that Firdaus is a hard working child. In her uncle’s house, she manages her time
cleaning up the house while is studying in primary school. Through her mannerism, the writer draws conclusion that she is described as a hard working
child who does heavy household jobs at home.
d. Obedient
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