What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
Firstly, she was irritated to see the invitation card that is given by her husband. She didn’t have a dress to wear. Eventually, she bought a new dress and after buying a pretty dress mme loisel was bothered by an another problem. She was worried and disturbed as she had no jewel too adorn herself with. She said they would have a poverty stricken look. Her husband recommended that she should wear some natural flowers. However, she refused to wear and said that there was nothing humiliating than to have a shabby air in the midst of rich women.
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.
“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)
How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
Bholi’s story must have moved you. Do you think girl children are not treated at par with boys? You are aware that the government has introduced a scheme to save the girl child as the sex ratio is declining. The scheme is called Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Save the Girl Child. Read about the scheme and design a poster in groups of four and display on the school notice board.
How does he treat the dog?
How did the invisible man first become visible?
How does Ausable say he got in?
Does Bholi enjoy her first day at school?
Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?
How do they replace the necklace?
Who befriends him? Where does he take him?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?