The short story “The Open Window” by Saki is a humorous tale of deceit, featuring an innocent young girl who uses her wit to play a prank on her visitor. The plot follows the protagonist, Framton Nuttel, as he visits his friend’s family in the countryside and learns about their niece, Vera. Through Vera’s use of creative storytelling she is able to convince Framton that there are ghosts lurking in the vicinity of their home.
The setting for this story takes place in rural England during late 19th century. This serves to create an atmosphere of mystery & suspense throughout as Framton doesn’t know what expect when he arrives at the house. Additionally, it helps establish background information which shapes our understanding of characters such as Vera who has lived life isolated from city life and thus has developed unique character traits.
The conflict occurs when Vera plays a prank on him by telling him a false ghost story hoping that it would scare him away. She then proceeds watch with glee how much distress this causes Framton despite being unaware true motives behind her actions. Subsequently climax comes at point wherever realizes truth just before leaving—that Vera had merely been trying trick him into believing nonexistent ghosts were haunting grounds.
The resolution sees Framton regaining composure after learning truth and thus deciding stay while dining with family instead fleeing into night like originally planned (Saki 2011). By doing so he not only avoids humiliation but also manages keep his dignity intact throughout ordeal.
dents can engage and continually attain quality education despite of the pandemic situation.
Based on the definition of Easy LMS Company (2020), synchronous learning refers to a learning event in which a group of participants is engaged in learning at the same time (e.g., zoom meeting, web conference, real- time class) while asynchronous learning refers to the opposite, in which the instructor, the learner, and other participants are not engaged in the learning process at the same time. Thus, there is no real-time interaction with other people (e.g., pre-recorded discussions, self- paced learning, discussion boards). According to article issued by University of Waterloo (2020), synchronous learning is a form of learning that is live presentation which allows the students to ask questions while asynchronous can be a recorded presentation that allows students to have time in reflecting before asking questions. Synchronous learning is a typical meeting of students in a virtual setting and there is a class discussion where everybody can participate actively. Asynchronous learning is the utilization of learning platform or portal where the teachers or instructors can post and update lessons or activities and student can work at their own pace. These types of class instruction are commonly observed in these times and students have their own preferences when it comes to what best works for them.
In comparing both of the types of learning, it is valuable to know the advantages and disadvantages in order to see how it will really be an impact towards students. Wintemute (2021) discussed synchronous learning has greater engagement and direct communication is present, but it requires strong internet connection. On the other hand, asynchronous learning is advantageous in schedule flexibility and more accessible, yet it is less immersive and the challenges in procrastination, socialization and distraction are present. Students in synchronous learning tend to adapt the changes of learning with classmates in a virtual setting while asynchronous learning introduced a new setting where students can choose when to study.
In the middle of the crisis, asynchronous learning can be more favorable than synchronous because most of us are struggling in this pandemic. One of the principal advantages of asynchronous online learning is that it offers more flexibility, allowing learners to set their own schedule and work at their own pace (Anthony and Thomas, 2020). In contrast, synchronous learning allows students to feel connected in a virtual world and it can give them assurance of not being isolated amidst studying lessons because they can have a live interactions and exchange of ideas and other valuable inputs for the class to understand the lessons well by the help of teachers. The main advantages of synchronous learning are that instructors can explain specific concepts when students are struggling and students can also get immediate answers about their concerns in the process of learning (Hughes, 2014). In the article of Delgado (2020), the advantages and disadvantages will
