How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?
When the white man got his consciousness he saw that he was saved by a Japanese family and he knew that later he would be handed to the army, but when he saw the concern and care for him from the Dr. Sadao and Hana he was sure that he was in safe hands but he also knows that being there would be a threat to Dr. Sadao’s family and he did not wanted them to be in threat who did so much help for him therefore he followed according and accompanied in Dr. Sadao’s plan of escaping.
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?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
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?
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?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
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 will now happen to the astrologer? Do you think the prophecy was indisputably disproved?
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?