What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
Johnsy was ill because she was suffering from pneumonia. Only her willingness to live can cure her. Prior to getting cured she started assuming that she was not going to get well. The doctor said that if she doesn’t want to live, then medicines would not help her that much.
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create in his listeners?
How does he narrate the story of the tusker? Does it appear to be plausible?