1.When was this photo taken?
May 22, 1978.
2.Who took the photo?
It was not mentioned. It may be a photographer or a passerby.
3.Where was this photo taken?
Phillipines.
4.Why was this photo taken?
It was the Henry's mother's birthday, they might celebrate.
5.Why is this photo meaningful for the writer?
This was the only one picture he had after their house in Phillipines burned down.
6.What is the story behind this photo?
Though he and his other two siblings (not including Mercy) were a family, he was not familiar to them. This was the only one photo of his childhood that he had. He cannot refresh his childhood memories by the photographs he lost. He was sad about that.
7.Who are the character in the story?
The writer, Henry, and his father, mother, and his elder sister, Mercy, and the other two siblings.
8.Where is the setting?
It was in Phillipines.
9.What are the series of Events?
Why they took this picture → relations with his family → the fire accident and the only one survived photo → the importances of keeping photographs
10.What is the 'tension' generated in the story?
The fire accident of their house in Phillipines.
11.What is the climax in the story?
Most of the things they had were gone, and the photo was the only one they had after the house burned down.
12.What is the resolution?
He treasured the only one photo very much.
13.What is the message behind the story?
We should keep our photographs carefully. It is important for us because it can refresh the memories that happened in the past and why we take the pictures.
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