Learning log 4: Ah Bah's money

Ah Bah's money is a play that shows us how different all the family members in the family are. In the first scene, Ah Bah stole his auntie Lam Soh's money from his purse when she is away and not paying a careful attention to him. I can tell that Ah Bah is a very careful person as he hid all his money inside a book in a corner to prevent his father from taking all of them away to use it to buy himself beer. In the next scene, i can tell that Ah Bah's mother is very generous and superstitious as she won a lot of money from gambling and thought that it must have been the help of the gods that made her won all the money. In the next scene, i can tell that Ah Bah's father is very money-minded as while he is entertaining the guests who had visited his house, he kept an careful eye on Ah Bah as he was counting all the money he had gotten from them. In the next scene, I can tell that Ah Bah is very clever as he lied to his father that all the money is being stolen by a indian man but actually his money is still being kept safely inside its usual hiding place. I can also tell that his father is a very hot-tempered person as when Ah Bah told him what happened to his money, he actually whacked his head using a roll of newspaper and scolded him instead of calming him down. In the last scene, i can tell that Ah Bah's mother is a very materialistic person as she betrayed Ah Bah's trust to her as she has taken all his money from his hiding place to go and gamble. Ah Bah's is a very careless person as he never thought that his mother would steal his money away and he trusted his mother too much. From the story, i found out that Ah Bah's mother is a very cunning person as he betrayed Ah Bah's trust by taking away all his money for gambling.