Character Analysis on B.B and The Taximan Story

The mother and daughter in both stories are very close.

B.B: The mother and daughter are very close probably because the father is often overseas, leaving the mother and daughter to fend for themselves. This made their relationship grow over the time, thus they are very close.

The Taximan Story: The mother and daughter are very close probably because the father is very strict and violent. This made them closer as they have to "help" each other. One example will be the mother pulling the father away when he wanted to beat the younger daughter. Another example will be the eldest daughter, who is very obedient, staying at home helping her mother.

The father and daughter relationship

B.B: The daughter loves and respects her father. There is also trust from the father to the daughter as the father told B.B his secrets and yet did not tell his wife.

The Taximan Story: The father and daughter relationship is not very good as the father is very strict and violent. One example will be the father wanting to beat his daughter to death when he found out that his daughter is fooling around with the foreigners instead of studying. I feel that the father being strict is good as the daughter will grow up to be very disciplined. They did not get along well probably because of the generation gap; therefore the father could not understand his daughter, leading to their strained relationship. The father is "old-fashioned" and cannot accept his daughter fooling around with the foreigners. The father's mindset is more like the one in the olden days, where discipline is very important. Their relationship was good initially as the father trusts his daughter, however, when the story is reaching the end, the father loses his trust for his daughter as she betrayed his trust.

Characters
B.B's Father: Irresponsible.
B.B's Mother: Stubborn to an extent and also loving.
B.B: Caring

Taximan: Strict and Violent.
Taximan's Wife: Submissive and "obedient".
Taximan's Oldest Daughter: Obedient
Taximan's Younger Daughter: Rebellious and Smart.

In conclusion, the two stories are common these ways: Mother-Daughter Relationship is good, Children in both stories forced to become mature, lack of communication between each other in both stories and lack of understanding between each other in both stories which eventually lead to a strained relationship.