Synopsis of A Real Good Smile

Tittle : A Real Good Smile

Author : Bill Naughton

Publisher : Macmillan Publisher Limited

ISBN : 0 435 27200 4

Synopsis :

                He was fourteen, he left the school at the age of fourteen. After he left his school, he try to find a job in his town. He want a job in a mill like the boy in his age, but his parent are difficult, his parent want him work in locomotive shed. But it is so difficult if we don’t have friend there. His parent said to him that work in locomotives shed was a better job.

                Alf agar was his neigborh, he worked on the railway line. He was not important man but he knew Tom Petty, tom petty knew well mr bidwell. Mr Bidwell was important man in locomotives shed. Alf Agar teached him how to act in front of Mr Bidwell. Alf told him about what Mr Bidwell’s likes and dislikes. Everyday he learned about its. He learned on everywhere.

                When the day came, he met Tom Petty in his office. Tom petty brought him to Mr Bidwell room. In the first meeting, he forgot all thing he have been learned with Alf Agar, but he was not frightened to face Mr Bidwell. he talked to Mr Bidwell like his real act and behaviour. Mr Bidwell  was ignored him at the time.

                Tommorow morning, Alf agr came to his house and brought a good news to him. Mr Bidwell like him because he was honest boy and he spoke the truth. Finally, he worked at locomotive shed with Mr Bidwell.

My Opinion :

                This story use simple present tense, it make me easy to catch the mean. In other hand, the story is very simple and short. The story use some characters to support main character. By the way, i can get some moral value, such as :

                I love this story because the story teach us how to be a honest people. Become a honest person is more important than everything else like Mr Bidwell said in the story. We should act like who we are and forget about want to be somebody else to make someone like us. It is the worst! If someone love us because who we are, it mean they love all of us.

                In other hand, we should respect to older person. When we talk to older person we should respect and be humble. It is because we have different social context when we talk to person in our age.