"The Music of the Violin"中文情節摘要：

故事描述一男孩Vukani在臥室內一邊竊聽父母與友人之談話，一邊回想起因為學彈小提琴所遭受到的困窘與羞辱，回憶的過程中，想起有次帶小提琴到學校卻無故被人拿走，之後被放在家門前而遭到母親一頓責罵，並且在每次要去上小提琴課的途中則都會遭到街頭混混的嘲諷甚或恐嚇。故事最後因Vukani再也無法忍受母親因他會彈小提琴而總要他在友人面前彈奏以示炫耀，故明言不願再彈小提琴，使得氣氛為之緊繃，最後以其母怒而將自己關在房裡大聲痛哭做結。

•  Vukani, his sister Toboho, his mother (a nurse) and father (a school inspector); his friend Doksi
•  the guests: Dr. Zwane and his wife, Beatrice
•  the school children
•  the teachers: Ms. Yende (the strict one), Maseko (the rebellious one)

問題

• When you were children, did you feel that you were forced to learn to play the piano or violin, or forced to perform in front of some guests in order for your parents to show off? 
• At school, young children tend to form small groups and sometimes gang up against some specific target.  Have you ever had such experience of isolating one black sheep or being the black sheep?  Looking back, can you find reasons for such "innocent but cruel" antagonism among children?  In what ways are they similar to or different from the antagonism formed among adults?      

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"The Music of the Violin":

5. How do you compare this story with “The Prophetess”?  How do the parents treat their children differently?  How do the characters look at tradition differently?