In schools, literature books are often used for character
analysis whereby the characters were slowly revealed a little at a time as they
entered the story, through their actions, inactions, what they said, what they
did not say, and the truths and the lies they committed. The Water Margin is
one of the four Chinese classics that told the stories of 108 heroes, wronged
by the system, made victims of the state and turned bandits, and then returned
to the fold of officialdom.
A book like AHPETC, standing for All Human Personalities
Exposed Through Controversy or Conspiracy, would be an interesting addition to
the list of local literature books that deserved a place among the great books
chosen by MOE for our students. This book is easy to write and very current,
and all that needs to be done is to compile all the speeches made in Parliament
or articles printed in the local media will do.
And there is a compelling story behind the AHPETC to back up
the characters with plots and counter plots, with conspiracies mixed with
truths and half truths, with fabricated truths and lies, with virtues and
pretentious virtues, and everything that is needed to make a great story. But
as the book’s title stands for, it is a fascinating way to reveal the
characters, fake and real personalities and goodness of 108 or 109 heroes or
anti heroes in the story now playing in Parliament.
Among the sub plots of loyalty, infidelity, deceit and
honour, righteousness, treachery, heroes defending the common folks against
crooks and bandits, the use of power and threats, oppression, friendship and
betrayal, every character will be carefully painted out in great details. There
will be the honourable, the generous, the honest, the religious, the reasonable
man, the righteous, the statesmen versus the dark side of the vicious and dishonourable,
the cheats, the devious, bandits, gangsters, liars, ball lickers, cronies, the
untrustworthy, the deceitful, the corrupt, and the sly, and many shades of
human characters all at play individually or in combination. Of course the
hypocrites would be aplenty. Then there would be the heroes fighting for the
poor men against injustice, the plotters and conspirators plotting against the
enemies, and for good measures one could even see spies, agents, moles,
infiltrators, subversive elements all in the story.
And there is always the moral of the story of the good
versus the bad and how the good will triumph over the bad, or evil over
goodness, all built around the main plot, the Crime of the Century. The
subplots could include coercion and pressure, harassments, subversions and
cloak and daggers stuff. Great stuff.
I am so eager to start working on this book for the good of
posterity. It would become a classic on understanding human characters and
their motivations and ambition, how they compromised themselves for selfish
interests. It would join the Hard Truths and other great books like From Third
World to First World and the impending and highly
expected modern classic From Third World to First World
as literary treasures.
Would there be anyone willing to sponsor the publication of
such a great classic in the making? I think it will in good company with George
Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984.
When the Sinkie opposition is not ready to be govt, there can be all kinds of stories and novels to write lah.
ReplyDeleteAnd its all up to PAP how they want it to be written, tio bo?
If PAP want it interesting, it will be interesting. If PAP want it boring, it will be boring. If PAP want a horror, it will be a horror story.
And vice versa if WP is ready to be govt. But they are not, so PAP will dictate the story plot for now and even for the future.
Suggest you publish an e-book.
ReplyDeleteOnline publishing is the only way to reach a wide audience.
No need to beg to have your book "approved" or beg to have your book stocked in major chain bookstores.
Wayang lah.
ReplyDeleteRedbean aka Mr Chua Chin Leng may like to seriously consider the Ebook Suggestion to archive about the AHPTEC Saga
ReplyDeletePatriot
Alamak, chow cheebye. From now until kingdom cum (Jesus is cumming---get on your knees and open your mouth!) all we'll be hearing from the vote-hungry PAP is AHPETC this and that, how incompetent they are blah blah-di, blah, blah.
ReplyDeleteNovel my arse. This is going to turn out to be more boring than the National Day Parade.