Themes

Ones must be religious in their life. Example: Page 223, pharagraph 3, line 1 . . . That night he prayed as he lay on his lumpy plastic groundsheet and shivered under the thin cotton blankets which felt damp with the rising dew . . . From the story, we know that Ollies is Muslim and he also a religious person.

Greediness cause many problem Page 222, pharagraph 6, line 2 . . . he was mortgaged to the hilt and behind in home payment. The car arrears were frightening to think about. His loans from friends and relatives had stretched on until there were on the verge of generating enmity. . . Searching for the gold make Ollie having debt here and there

Someone must not wasting money for enjoy Page 219, pharagraph 6, line 5 . . . they spent money like king, entertaining and being entertained by hostesses in the rooming house above the coffee shop . . . Ollie and his friend like to wasted their money.

To successful in life, we must not easy to give up. Page 221, pharagraph 1, line 2 . . . within a month, however, they were back at Gemas Railway Station, agog about the new prospects. To become a gold finder, we must not easy to give up through any challenges.

To achieve our dream, we must do some sacrifice Page 223, pharagraph 1, line 9 . . . his wifes jewel were in the pawnshop long unredemmed. His canon camera had been sold for a pittance. . . Ollie and his wife sacrifice many things to provide cost for searching the gold.

Literary Devices

Literary devices refers to specific aspects of literature, in the sense of its universal function as an art form which express ideas through language, which we can recognise, identify, interpret or analyze.

Literary devices of Ollies search for golden hope

1. Symbolism a) Gold -Example: Pages 217, pharagraph 6, line 4 -. . . and opened their eyes to see his vision: gold, everything golden, shining with rich hue . . . -The symbol of gold as something that can make people wealthy so, they try harder to search gold in many places.

b) Genie -Example : Page 225, pharagraph 3, line 12 -. . .a genie released after millenia of bottled confinement . . . -The symbol of genie according that story is the genie represent the speed of rain water. -That means, a rain water come very quickly with big wave that bring Ollie and his friend

2. Personification Earths anger - Pages 224, pharagraph 2,line 13 - . a forewarning of Earths anger about to be unleashed in a monster quacking and uphearing. . . - Earths anger is one of the personification in this story. -Actually Earths anger means some disaster that happen in the Earth such as landslides, flood and so on. -Earths also cannot anger, only human can anger.

3. Simile a) -Paragraph 2, pages 225, line 8 -The sound became louder by the moment, like an express train bearing down on the innocent maiden strapped. . . -Like in this sentence is a figure that involve a comparison.

b) -Paragraph 3, pages 225, lines 12 -. . . the mass of rain water which continued to grow like a jinn, a genie released after millenia of bottled confinement . . . -The hightlight words mean that the running water is being compared as big as a released genie.

4. Nativisation techniques- nativisation is words that have been borrowed or direct translation from ones native language to be written in English text. -Example: Pages 217, Pharagraph 4, line 2 -. . . everything you touch into gold, abang . . . -In this story, Syed Adam had used the Malay word abang which means addressing someone older (man) or a wife calling her husband to show respect. -Example: Page 216, pharagraph 4, line 3 -. . . Megat turned to behold the pucuk paku . . . -Other Malay words such as ulam, pucuk paku, and sambal belacan are examples of Malay dishes.

5. Flashback-interruption of the narrative to show an episode that happened before that particular point in the story. -Example: Page 224, Pharagraph 4. line 6. -. . . he searched his mind, ranging far back to childhood days, forward to his time with a jungle squad of extra police recuited to fight the communist terrorists. . .

6. Allusion-a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art -Example: Page 216, pharagraph 4, line 1 -. . .has Saddam come to defeat Bush . . . -Gazz Babar make a glib remark about has Saddam come to defeat Bush. -Example : Pages 219, pharagraph 5, line 1 -Gold-gold-gold! Ive found it, brothers! GOLD, oh GOLD! Megat was jumping and dancing around like an oversized supporter of Hanuman the Monkey God in the Ramayana epic, whose fellow primates had built a bridge across a sea strait by holding one anothers tails to allow the hero to cross. . . -Megat here is described as excited, and acting like one of God in Ramayana epic.

7. Dialogues or sentences that portray Malaysian English -Example: Page 222, pharagraph 5, line 5 - Hey, dont pretty-pretty yourself too much, the mermaids waiting for me will turn into dugong seacows for you!

Point of view
The author uses the third person, omniscient point of view to tell the story. The author knows everything and explain the motives for the characters action. In this way, we see how Ollie with his friends searching for a gold and what happen to them from beginning until the ending of the story.