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?
Zitkala-sa was the victim of racial prejudice. Zitkala-sa was the student of European boarding school where all the staff was unfriendly and bitter towards her. She was a local tribe. She had long hair on which she had proud but her was shingled. She struggled to resist this but she failed and forcefully they cut her hairs. On the contrary, Bama faced discrimination with caste and also untochability so she decided to kill germs of this discrimination with the light of education. She thought lower caste can come up from this thinking and discrimination only by study and progress. Therefore both of them tried in their ways to protest against the injustice.
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?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
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?
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
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?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
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.
What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?