Will the injured McLeery be able to help the prison officers track Evans?
When they found McLeery injured, they immediately called the ambulance but then McLeery said in broken sentence that he knew where Evan was. He told Jackson to call Governor there and drew their attention to the text written on the last page of the question paper. And the Governor cracks the code which was ‘From Elsfield Way’. McLeery told the officer to go Elsfield Way. Governor told his superintendent to take McLeery to hospital with him. McLeery helped the police to follow the direction indicated in the text.
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?
While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develop a soft corner for those in custody?
Will the exam now go as scheduled?
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
Do you agree that between crime and punishment it is mainly a battle of wits?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
What will now happen to the astrologer? Do you think the prophecy was indisputably disproved?
Can you relate instances of game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times that illustrate the callousness of human beings towards wildlife?
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?