Assignment task: Read "Mrs. Geni in December by Arswendo Atmowiloto" an Asean Literature of Indonesia and answer the following:
Theme
1. What belief does Mrs. Geni hold about marriage? How does this belief influence her work as a makeup artist for bride-to-be?
2. Mrs. Geni considers marriage as "not a success," how does this idea relate to her own marriage and her reason for marrying her husband?
3. How does Mrs. Geni react on the upcoming marriage of his husband to his second bride? What does she mean when she says that she will personally do the makeup for her husband's second bride?
4. Whenever Mrs. Geni does the makeup for the brides who are second and third wives, she makes them feel the joy of wedding ceremony. What does this action reveal about her attitude toward marriage?
5. What is the significance of this concluding statement from Mrs. Geni, "Let the buffaloes experience happiness, just as we have believed all this time that marriage is happiness"?