My First Kiss by Lian Low

1. How does the author describe Malaysia in regards to showing affection?

She's says that people in Malaysia don't tend to show affection to each other in public. She states that she has never seen two people kissing, maybe meaning that it isn't something that is done in Malaysia to show public affection towards two people

2. What happens to the author when she hits puberty?


When the author hits puberty she finds that her ideal of being a tomboy was starting to come to an end. She started to relise that she was a woman, and she started to move further apart from her male friends and liked to be by herself more.

3. What is the author’s experience at school when she first arrives to Melbourne?


The author experianced a sense of almost "pack mantality" where the people of different races didn't seem to mix, only asains like her approached her mostly and she was put into lower classes or higher classes judge on where she had come from

4. What is it that made the author feel that she wasn’t Australian even though she spoke English fluently?


She felt like she wasn't apart of the culture and that she never will be because of her origins and her family.

5. What else was it about the author that further alienated her from her peers?


She felt like because she was a tomboy in some kind that she wouldn't fit in with all the other girls around her.

6. What does the use of description like ‘crash hot’ do to the audience’s perception of the author?


It showing how she is still a young author and she is trying to describe how it's happening.

7. What opportunity does university give the author? What is it about university which would allow her to express herself more freely?


University gives the author the oppertunity to learn and interact with people who share the same interests as her, and she'll be able to express herself more freely because of the people that she will encounter

8. What role does creativity play for the author? Why do you think that creativity would be so important to her?

Creativity plays an important part of the authors life because it gives her an outlet to her otherwise discriminated homosexuality. It is so important to her because without it she would have to 'bottle up' her emotions rather than express them freely.