Acknowledgement

This essay would not be possible without:

Pheng who lent me her treasured collection of Dahl's books, risking broken spines and crumpled pages.

YY who lent me her sister's books, risking broken bones and crumpled faces.

Badass who was misled into copy-editing a "section".

Dr. Susan Ang who has been:
most encouraging and rebuilding my confidence in essay writing,
most patient in dealing with my last-minuteness,
most accommodating when arranging for consultations,
most forgiving of misdemeanor, and
most exemplary an example of straight talking.

and most importantly, God...
who gave me fingers to type and brains to think.
who has brought me through four years of University life when at first I thought I could never make it through Secondary school.
who brought people, some nice, and other perplexing into my life.