Nama : Deswitha Septia Maharani

NIM : H021211047
Prodi : Fisika B
Unit 9 exercise 11 Page 159
 Read the passage from A Streetcar Named Desire, a play by Tennessee Williams. Working
with another student or a group of students, try to infer the answers to the guestlons below.
Then uunderline the words or phrases that helped you.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Act I, Scene 4
BLANCHE. And that—that makes it all right?
STELLA. (Rises) No, it isn't all right for anybody to make such a terrible row, but—people do
sometimes. (Leans over chair by dressing-table.) Stanley's always smashed things. Why,
on our wedding night—soon as we came in here—he snatched off one of my slippers and
rushed about the place smashing the light-bulbs with it.
BLANCHE. He did—what?
STELLA. (Arranging dressing-table chair to face mirror, as she sits in it.) He smashed all the
light-bulbs with the heel of my slipper! (Laughs.)
BLANCHE. (Crossing to above dressing-table.) And you—you let him—you didn't run, you
didn't scream?
STELLA. I was sort of—thrilled by it. (Rises, moves stool below armchair into place, then
moves to L. of doorway.) Eunice and you had breakfast?
BLANCHE. (In front of dressing-table.) Do you suppose I wanted any breakfast?
STELLA. There's some coffee left on the stove. (Crosses U.)
BLANCHE. (Below dressing-table.) You're so—matter of fact about it, Stella.
STELLA. (Below radio table, holding up some loose wires.) What other can I be? He's taken
the radio to get it fixed. (Gurgles pleasantly.) It didn't land on the pavement, so only one
tube was smashed.
BLANCHE. And you are standing there smiling!
STELLA. (Puts wires back on radio table.) What do you want me to do? (Moves screen to head
of bed—folas and stacks it there.)
BLANCHE. (Sits on bed.) Pull yourself together and face the facts.
STELLA. (Sits beside Blanche on bed—at Blanche' L.) What are they, in your opinion?
BLANCHE. In my opinion? You're married to a madman.
STELLA. No!
BLANCEE. Yes, you are, your fix is worse than mine is! Only you're not being sensible
about it. I'm going to do something. Get hold of myself and make a new life!
STELLA. Yes?
BLANCHE. But you've given in. And that isn't right, you're not old! You can get out.
STELLA. (Slowly and emphatically.) Ym not in anything I want to get out of.
BLANCHE. (Incredulously.) What—Stella?
STELLA. (Rises. Crosses below to door between roorns.) I said 1 am not in anything I have a
desire to get out of. (Surveys mess in living-room.) Look at the mess in this room!

1. What are the relationships among the three characters?

Answer: Siblings, brothers-in-law, and neighbors.
2. Where are they?
Answer: They are in the room
3. What happened before this passage?
Answer: Stanley makes a fuss and acts rudely towards Stella, which makes Blanche hate
Stanley so much.
4. Which character do you think expresses the author's point of view?
Answer: In my opinion, Stella's character because in this scene she says "it's okay for anyone
to make a terrible fuss, but—sometimes people do."
5. What do you think will happen after this in the story?
Answer: After reading the story, I learned that Blanche was trying to think of a way to get them
out of this situation despite Stella repeatedly saying that she didn't want to get out. Blanche
remembered an old male friend named Shep Huntleigh. She planned to contact her to see if he
could help her out of her situation. She tells Stella that he only has sixty-five cents to his name,
but he feels that after what happened last night he can't live under the same roof with Stanley.
Stella tried to explain that Stanley was at his worst last night.
Unit 9 exercise 14 Page 164
 In each of these paragraphs, someone is talking about their job. Working with another
student, infer what the Job is. Then underline the words or phrases that helped you guess.
1. “The minute you climb in, you start feeling excited. There's nothing so exciting for me, not
even a jet plane. You get in and start up and off you go. And then you've got to pay attention
every minute. There's always someone doing something crazy who's likely to end up under
your wheels. I sometimes think it's a miracle if I can get all the way there with no accidents.
You've always got to be thinking ahead. There's alot of People in this job who have stomach
problems from the tension. They lose their hear-ing too, because of the noise. You've got to be
tough on this job, you know.”
Job: Long distance truck driver.
2. “My day starts at four o'clock in the morning. That's when my feet hit the floor. I'm at work
at five-thirty and 1 finish at two in the afternoon. In between I doa lot of walking. I wear out a
lot of shoes each year—maybe four or five pairs. And my poor feet, at the end of the day they're
really hurting. The other problem is the dogs. Sometimes you can make friends with them and
they'll follow you around. But other times, they can be mean. I've been bitten a couple of times.
I can't say as I care much for dogs any more. But it's not all bad, my job. One thing I like is the
way you meet a lot of people. You learn all about their private lives, too. It never gets boring.”
Job: Postman.
3. “The most important thing is to understand people. You've got to know what they're thinking.
If you can figure that out you can get them to do anything. They come in with an idea about
what they want. You get them talking about themselves, about what they like. If it's a man, you
talk about baseball, or something like that. If it's a woman, you ask her about fashions. That
way they get comfortable with you. You ask them a lot of guestions and get them saying yes.
Then they just get into the habit of saying yes. In the end you can put them into anything you
want, if you're really good. They need a little car for the city: you send them home with a truck.
Of course, I wouldn't really do that. It wouldn't be right. You've got to sell on this job, but you
also have to be fair. It's not fair to take advantage of people too much. There are some people
in this business who'd do anything. But I don't believe in that."
Job: Salesman/businessman