THE

INHERITANCE
By Karim Raslan
Theme
Plot
Settings
Characters
 Theme
• Greed among family
members which
lead them to gain
nothing in the end.
 Plot
Plot
•• Plot is set to be at the present day.
Plot is set to be at the present day.

Climax
Climax

Rising action Falling action

Rising action Falling action

Expository Resolution
Resolution
Expository
EXPOSITORY

Khalid has died.

Leaving a wife and four daughters

RISING ACTION

Tajuddeen has trusted to lead his father in law

companies.
Mahmud best liked for his humorous identity and he had
mysterious hidden agenda.

CLIMAX

Khalid’s family get to know that Usman Khalid had a

second young wife and three little boys.
Khalid’s second wife arrived from Tanjung Malim.
 FALLING ACTION

3 little boys from Usman Khalid’s 2nd wife will be

inheritance Khalid property.

RESOLUTION

The son in laws gain nothing at the end.

 Settings
SETTINGS :-
Place
Time
Culture
Place

Usman Khalid House

The funeral helt in the late Usman Khalid House .
 Settings
Time

Mid 80’s
An accountat by training he had left the profession in the mid 80s in
order to steer the deceased man’s many companies through the economic
squalls of those years. (line 21)

 Evening
“That evening, Mahmud, whilst ignoring his stern brother-in-law,
maintained his light-hearted commentary as the mourners arrived. “
(line 53)

 Night
“Night was falling and the men from the surau were expected at any
moment for the prayers.” (line 126)
 Culture
Settings
The element of Malay culture in this story can be seen when the writer
associate with the food, language, traditional garment and greetings.
One of the elements in this text is the food.
Through this story, we can see the variety of food which is mention in this
short story. It is referred to this quotation:
“Tajuddeen merely indulged in the odd RM1 packet of nasi lemak. Teh
tarik, he save for special occasions.” (line 33)
“He tipped the cigarette ash carelessly into the ashtray and strode into
the kitchen where he stood and surveyed the preparations- the lauks,
fried chicken, the freshwater prawns and the bowls of acar”. (line 155)
 CHARACTERS

MAJOR CHARACTER

Tajuddeen (Din)
not popular
most able and trusted son in law

MINOR CHARACTER
Mahmud

cannot be trusted
mysterious man
very popular
Usman Khalid
Ahmad
Tengku Kamil
Aniza ( Mahmud’s wife)
Aishah (Tajuddin’s wife )
Usman Khalid’s 1st wife
Usman Khalid’s 2nd wife
Ani (Indonesian maid)
3 small sons of Khalid
From language context,
we can see the word that was mixed in Malay language
through these quotations:
•“ Sitting next to Mahmud in an immaculately starched
and uncreased baju was his fellow brother-in-law,
Tajuddeen”.

“no-lah!”Ahmad gasped. Tajuddeen remained silent. He

disapproved of such disrespect”. (line 67)

Words like “baju” and “no-lah” are from Malay words that
mixed with English language. In brief, this short story by Karim
Raslan has shown how the people in the story celebrate their
culture.
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