Focus on the second part of the extract from ‘I had assumed that my talent-show fiasco meant that I would never have to play the piano again….’ to the end of the extract.
A reviewer having read the story stated: ‘the reader is encouraged to feel that Jing Mei’s actions seem appropriate for a girl of her age and for her situation.’To what extent do you agree?
In your response, you could: write about your own impressions of the characters evaluate how the writer has created these impressions support your opinions with references to the text.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.