What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
Officers did whatever they can. They first taken all the mini weapons like knife, scissor, nail-file and razor away from Evan. They checked Evan carefully, they bugged the examination room and the governor was to listen all the things in the room, they searched the invigilator’s suitcase and taken away the paper cutter and locked the room. They planned that one officer would be seeing in the room through a small whole made in walls and doors.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
What did the royal infant grow up to be?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?