About Author : Karim Raslan

Born in 1963.
Currently a practising
lawyer, an active
columnist and a well
respected public figure.

Has a degree in English

and Law from St. Johns
College, Cambridge.

He had waited a long time twenty two

years to be exact for this moment, waiting
as silently as a great cat in the belukar.
[page 61, line 218]

After all, I have to figure out how to spend

the wifes inheritance. [page 57, line 78]

Plot
Expository

Rising action

Usman Khalid, the rich man has died. He had a

wife and four daughters.

The four son in-laws were hoping that they

would get an amount of wealth. Tajuddeen
was the most trusted son in-law whereas
Mahmud was best liked son in-law for his
entertaining character.

Climax

Mahmud seemed to know a secret about his

father in-law as he approached the chauffeurs
and offered twenty dollars to the one who tells
him first about a taxi from Tanjung Malim
arrives.

Falling action

Excluding Mahmud, the others did not have a

clue that the late Usman Khalid had a second
young wife and three little boys until an outstation taxi from Tanjung Malim arrived.

Resolution

Tajuddeens and the other two son in-laws hope

gone on to be willed a fortune.

Place Setting
Tanah Merah
His in-laws being pure-blooded Kelantanese from Tanah Merah and
[page 56, line 36]

Kepong Baru Utama

on the virtues of Bata shoes and property in Kepong Baru Utama.
[page 56, line 45]

Surau
men from the surau were expected at any moment for the prayers.
[page 58, line 118]

Driveway
Cars were doubled parked along the driveway. [page 57, line 96]
Just then, he heard a car pull up in the driveway. [page 61, line 225]

Place Setting
In the house
Back in the house Tajuddeen fingered the thick wedge
of cash [page 58, line 126]
Meanwhile Mahmud entered the house again
[page 59, line 144]

Kitchen
He tipped the cigarette ash carelessly into the ashtray
and strode into the kitchen [page 59, line 148]
As he walked out of the kitchen he bumped into
Tajuddeen [page 59, line 159]

Place Setting
Hallway
Tajuddeen stepped out into the hallway again. [page 59, line
174]

Bedroom
He saw that his mother-in-law was about to descend from her
bedroom. [page 59, line 175]

Study
and half carried into the study where there was a guest
bathroom. [page 60, line 191]

Living room
across the living room to a specially cordoned-off area. [page
60, line 197]

Time Setting

Evening

That evening,
Mahmud, whilst,
ignoring his stern
brother-in-law
[page 56, line 53]

Night

Night was falling

and the men from
the surau expected
at any moment for
the prayers.
[page 58, line 117]

Culture Setting
Greedy
people

Cultural
Settings
Loving
people

Rich but
simple
people

Characters

Major characters
Tajuddeen
Mahmud
Usman Khalid

Major Character
Tajuddeen

Tall & trim

Most able and trusted person
Stern and self discipline private life
Thrifty & disliked among his in laws
Confident in his position
Simple & moderate person
indulged in the odd RM1 packet of nasi lemak. The teh
tarik & warm water
[page 56, line 33]
Responsible person
- alone had been dutiful & correct in all things taking the
mother in law on her umrahs waiting by the fathers
hospital bed during his final
[page 58 , line 128]

 Greedy person
- waited a long time twenty two years
- plotted patiently, acquiring company directerships,
cars, land
[page 61, line 218]
Mahmud
- Sense of humour
- Remarkable ugliness
- Bad dress sense
- Small & dark with a badly pock marked face
Smoker
- throaty, hoarse voice , the trimbre of which seemed
yellowed wth nicotine
[page 55, line 6]

 Cunning person
- how to spend the wifes inheritance.
[page 57, line 77]
Disloyal person
- Misbehaved with maid
Usman Khalid
- Rich man
- Has four daughters
- Father in law of Tajuddeen & Mahmud
Disloyalty
- Has a second wife and three sons
- a woman with the three small children
- undeniable parentage of their father that jow,
those shallow, fish like eyes
[page 61, line 240]

Characters
Minor characters
Usman Khalids wife
Aishah
Aniza
Ahmad
Tengku Kamil
A woman with three small children

 Literature Reflection
http://j17485.blogspot.com/2005/03/inheritanceby-karim-raslan.html

Edmond Raj s/o Manogaran

Logeswari d/o Selvakumaran
Shanthini d/o Gunasekaran