Discussion

Part of your task asks you to discuss possible reasons why children might shoplift. You are invited to take your starting point in the short story “The Chemist’s Assistant” by Moya Roddy and you are also asked to use at least two of the following phrases: “on the one hand”, “on the other hand”, “for instance”, “not until”, “apart from”, “likewise”, “finally”, “in other words”. In this section, we will provide a few points that can serve as inspiration for your discussion.

Firstly, we invite you to focus on the short story and think about several reasons why Colette steals. On the one hand, she may do it because of the lack of communication in her family. As nobody pays much attention to her or talks to her properly, Colette steals as a way of finding something entertaining to do. On the other hand, Colette might ...