The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe.

               The Black Cat 

     'The Black Cat' is a short story written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was published in the August 19, 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. He was an American writer, poet, author, editor, and literary critic. This tale represents mystery and the macabre. Poe employs themes of sanity vs insanity, superstition, horror, dangers of alcoholism. 

Question: 1 How does Poe create a sense of suspense and horror in the story? ( Themes, symbols, etc.) 

Answer : 

                

            In the story, Poe creates some suspense and horror by Black cat, murder and death. The unnamed narrator and his wife are animal lovers and at their home, many animals are there such as birds, rabbits, goldfish, a fine dog, a small monkey and a cat. The large and beautiful animal, entirely black and Pluto was the cat's name. 

      

           Pluto was his favourite animal, day by day Pluto stayed ahead of him. He was irritated and wrath from the black cat and one day he decided to kill him. One of the cat's eyes was blinded by his beating. The cat was hung on a tree and afterwards, due to some problems his home was burning and he saw the black cat in the home, it was also burning. 

        Now he feels bliss by killing the black cat. One day he went to a tavern and he saw a cat there as large as his Pluto. He gets emotional for a moment when he sees it. One eye of that cat also burst he was shocked.  This cat followed him to the cellar. He was again furious with the cat and he decided to kill him. One day he was going to kill the cat with an axe but his wife intervened and she died. His wife hides in the wall. 

         After many days police came there and investigated his cellar they got nothing. But at the end suddenly, the sound of a cat comes from the wall, and the narrator is caught red-handed. 

    

        In such a manner, Poe creates suspense and makes the story more terrible. In the story, some symbols such as the black cat, and the wife and some themes such as justice and truth, superstition, murder and death, remorse, etc. Represent the suspense and gist of the story.

Question: 2 Why do you think the narrator's descent into madness occurs? 

Answer : 

          In 'The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator's descent into madness because of his contributions to the alcohol, guilt, and abuse and considering the situation, he increases his drinking of alcohol. Secondly, he is furious with the black cat and he already killed a cat once though it comes again and he was wrath from the cat again. He used to remorse for killing the cat, but again he tried to kill him. Due to all this suffering, he descends into insanity or madness. 

Question : 3 What role does alcohol play in the narrator's actions and decisions? 

Answer : 

           In the story, when the narrator is put in such situations, he wants to drink alcohol. The narrator goes to the tavern and drinks gin. Alcohol makes the narrator more aggressive and descent into insanity.  

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A Baby Running Barefoot by D.H.Lawrence.

       A Baby Running Barefoot

Question :1 What's your understanding of the poem? Write it in detail. 

Answer : 

                David Herbert Lawrence novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist, was born in England. Lawrence's first published work in 1909. His early poem reflect the influence of Ezra Pound and the imagist movement. D.H. Lawrence's poem 'A Baby Running Barefoot' captures the innocence and spontaneity of childhood. 

           Lawrence exposed the tenderness of children. That little child walks across the grass with bare feet and compares their white tiny feet to white Flowers. It sounds as winsome as Robin's song when a little child plays. As a butterfly sits on the flower for a moment, a small child also sits in one place for a moment. As the wind shadow wanders over the water, the poet wants the little child to wonder to me, so that she can hold my hands and stand on my knee. In this poem, the poet talks about the beauty, tenderness and openness of small children. The poet compares the small child with the elements of nature. Children are naive and innocent.

Question: 2 How do you see your own journey from childhood to adulthood? 

Answer : 

              When i was a child, good things were taught from our upbringing. Earlier we used to live in a joint family so we got to learn a lot from there. As I was the youngest in my family, I was pampered a lot. When I lived with my grandparents, calling a sparrow in my mouth. The days in childhood were very good and peaceful. Went to school, had fun, playing, and we were pampered by our favourite members. As I grew up, the tension came. In higher secondary school, the tension increased. Coming to college, along with tension, some responsibilities and expectations also started to rise. There is no other fun like childhood. From childhood we learn things like, respect, discipline,  caring is sharing etc, in adulthood we used to such things. There have been many good and bad experiences from childhood to adulthood.  When I was young, if I spoke everyone liked it., but now I speak some of them don't like it. But I love my childhood and childhood pictures/memories. 

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A Prayer for my Daughter by W.B Yeats

      A Prayer for my Daughter 

Question: 1 Write a detailed analysis of the poem A Prayer for My Daughter in your own words. 

Answer : 

Introduction : 

                        A Prayer for my Daughter is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1919. He was an Irish poet. The poem expresses a father's heartfelt wishes for his newborn daughter. A Prayer for my Daughter is a rich, complex reflection on the joy and struggle of parenthood. this time of the poem was after the World War. 

Analysis : 

                 In the poem father wishes for his newborn baby, and begins this poem with his daughter sleeping in the cradle, the storm has raged, and her father walking around her and praying because of deep sadness. Her father is concerned about his daughter because of today's narrower generation. He thought about how she could manage or live with this life full of drought. He equates his thoughts with nature. He prayed that his daughter would be beautiful but not so beautiful that she drives other minds, when she looks herself in the mirror she is not mad. Those who are very beautiful lose their kind nature and cannot be good person, even if they have no good friends or partners. He prayed for his daughter to become a prosperous tree that is hidden from view. He hopes that his daughter's thoughts are open, generous and joyful.  Her father tries to think about her future education, appearance, speech, and even marriage life.  As a father concerned about his daughter. 

Question:2 'May she be granted beauty and yet not Beauty to make strangers eye distraught.'  What is your interpretation of these lines? 

Answer : 

                 As per my interpretation, this line says, that your beauty alone does not distraught the eyes of strangers, good qualities, manners, and discipline are also responsible for it. One should not be judged by outward appearance only, true identity is made by their humanity. Your impression is more important than beauty to be distraught to strangers' eyes. That is why it is said that, "Make Yourself Clean". 

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Araby by James Joyce

         Araby : by James Joyce

Question:1 Write a movie review based on movie Rockford. 

'Rockford' movie is a compiling 1999 Indian English language, coming of age drama film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor. Produced by Padmini Kolhapure.  

  'Araby' is a story written by James Joyce. It is a story transition from childhood into adulthood. This story based on the one boy who infatuation with his friend's sister.

In the story, the boy stayed with his uncle and aunty and in the movie, the boy stayed in boarding. In the story, boy attracted with his friend's sister and in the movie, the boy was attracted to the girl. In the story, the boy did not like to study or go to school and in the movie, the boy was very smart and sincere. 

Rockford movie shows how many struggles one has to do in a boy's boarding and ragging is also done there. The boy Rajesh Naidu was very innocent and good in study and other activities. 

Earlier no one paid any attention to him. Then a sport teacher know him and guide him. Rajesh was always inspired by his mentor. 

Rajesh was topper in the class. Rajesh experiences the joy and agony with his friends. He was met PT teacher, who teaches Rajesh a lot of lessons of life.  He supported to him in everything. In the movie shows how they are conscious of the girls in the boys boarding school. 

Rockford movie is best movie for students. It remind us to our school day's and school life. Sometimes we also did many such things which are shown in the movie. From this I learn to learn live a alone,  to maintain friendship well, to always do right and good, and always be honest. If we also get a teacher like PT teacher, we also become capable of doing everything. 

Question : 2 Write a note on the major themes of the story. 

Answer : 'Araby' is a story written by James Joyce. It is story about the transition from childhood into adulthood. This story is very grounded and reality of life. 

Themes : 

 1) Disillusionment : In this story the boy, who infatuated with Mangan's sister and after that he goes to Arabt bazaar and bring gift for her. There he sees a girl flirting with two boys and then he get Disillusionment. 

2) Social class and Expectations : The boy get many expectations and he has the influence of social barriers as his experience. 

3) Infatuation : Infatuation is the themes is heart of the story. The boy, who infatuated with his friend's sister and at the end he get Disillusionment. 

4) Youth/ Desire and Sensuality : This protagonist exposed  thier youth desire, affection and thoughts. They have put the Sensuality against the society. 

5) Adult World : This themes explore the many ideas of adult. This story also transition from childhood into adulthood.  

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The Nightingale And The Rose

  The Nightingale And The Rose 

                                                          - Oscar Wilde

 

Question:1 Write about your understanding of the story The  Nightingale and the Rose. 

Answer : 

     Introduction: The Nightingale and the Rose (1888) - A fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde ( 1854-1900). He was an Irish born Irish poet, novelist and playwright, considered an eccentric, he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated 'art for art sake' and was once imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices.  

                              This short story about a Nightingale who presses her brest against a thorn untill a rose is horn. This story start wi th one boy and girl who are students and they both were dicided to they will dance but the girl told the boy that he brings to Red Rose for her and then she will dance with him. The boy was love her and he was went to find red rose in the garden but there were no one red rose. The Nightingale was sit at the Branches and see to the young man and  she was fall in love with him. Nightingale express his beautiful eye's, hair is the dark as the hyacinth and his lips are red as the rose of desire. Nightingale did help of the young boy and she also find a red rose in the garden. In the center of the grass plot was standing a beautiful rose tree she saw it and going there and asked about the red rose, 'My roses are white' ' it answered as white as the foam of the sea. The Nightingale flew over thr red rose tree that was growing round the sun dial. Give me a red rose ? She asked 'My roses are yellow' she go to the rose tree and she again asked it. Rose tree ready for the give a rose but the winter has chilled my veins and the frost has  nioed my buds and the storm has broken my branches and I shall have no roses at all this years.

              After that they have planed and after a many struggles, sacrifice herself she got a Red Rose. For boy. The young boy was very happy and he was guessing many things about his girlfriend and dance. The girl is professor's daughter and when he is going there and give a red rose to her she is deny to take this and insert him. She wants to jewelleries and expensive things, she don't interested in the red rose. She deny to dance with him. The boy's heartbreak and he believes that love is silly and he back to study Philosophy and Metaphysics. He returned his room and pulled out a great dusty book and began to read. 

Question:2 How many characters are there in the story,and what do they do or say ? 

Answer : 

1. The Young Boy

2. The Young Girl ( Professor's daughter)

3. The Nightingale 

4. Green Lizard

5. Butterfly 

6. Daisy

7. White Rose tree 

8. Yellow Rose tree

9. Red Rose tree

☆ Little Green Lizard :"Why is he weeping ?", as he ran past him with his tail in the air.

☆ Butterfly : "Why, indeed ?", who was fluttering about after a.

☆ Daisy to his neighbour : "Why, indeed ?" In a soft, law voice. 

☆ Nightingale : "He is weeping for a red rose". 

☆ White Rose Tree : "My roses are white" as white as the foam of the sea, and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.

☆ Yellow Ross Tree : "My roses are yellow" as yellow as the hair of the mermaiden who sits upon an amber throne , and ywllower than the daffodils that blooms in the meadow  before the mower comes with his scythe. 

☆ Red Rose Tree : "My roses are red", as red as the feet of the dove, and reder than the great fans of coral that wave and wave in the ocean cavern. 

Question:3 If you were asked to do the second part of the story, what would it be ? 

Answer : According to me second part is.....

The boy began to read and he join the singing class. After a month he is doing a very high level study and he want to complete his aims. Because he want to show this girl, who rejected him, because she coming from the well to do family. The young boy works hard and archives his dreams, while the girl does nothing except waste of her father's money. 

Meanwhile, that boy comes to a very high position and all the people feel very proud of him. Along with his dream, he became a good singer.  One day he write something and sitting in the garden, he saw upstairs and Nightingale sit at the branches. He remembered his old past day's and he bring one red rose and give her. Nightingale is very happy and she tells him that I sing a song for you but boy deny her and he is sing a beautiful song for her. She's look so emotional and think that, how people why would a man do this to a bird ?  They both become good friends. 

Once, that girl's father was died and she is wondering to somewhere. She saw a man and she is mesmerized to look at his personality, she is fall in love with him but she don't remembered to that boy. She going there and asked him if you don't have any problems , may I ask you a question? That boy recognize her and say Yes. She asked that I like you, you're looking handsome, will you marry me? Boy was shocked and surprised, he replied that I like a Red Rose 🌹 I don't like expensive things, and last say that....

      " You rejected my love, you will see my revenge now..."    

Question:4 Upload the photo of the poetry you have written as a part of classroom activities done based on the story.

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Media: Freedom Of The Press

  Media: Freedom Of The Press 

Question:1 What is the significance of world freedom day?

Answer : 

                 On the 9th of November we celebrated World Freedom Day. Freedom day is significant public holiday in South Africa, marking the end of apartheid rule and the beginning of a new era of democracy and freedom. World freedom day reminds people of the importance of the freedom and liberty in their lives. There were many freedom fighters in India, they gave their contributions to freedom to the Indian people. Most importantly, freedom fighters inspired and motivated others to fight injustice. Mahatma Gandhi was gave the greatest contributions to Indain freedom. 

Question:2 How does access to information bring about empowerment?

Answer : 

                Information about empowerment can be incredibly impowering for a number of reasons, having access accurates and reliable information allows individuals to make informed decisions about their lives. Access to information empowers individual by providing knowledge and critical thinking. 

Question:3 Which news channel do you watch regularly?

Answer : 

                I am ashamed to say that i don't watch daily news that should be watched but sometimes I watch Tv9 Gujarati and Aaj Tak news channels. 

Question:4 Who is your favourite journalist? 

Answer : 

               Anjana kashyp is my favourite journalist.

Question:5 What do you think about social media as a part of journalism ? 

Answer : 

                 In this age of social media people can access anything digitally. People receive many stuff such as, current news,articles,viral videos, images, etc. Even those who do not have tv at home, they can easily watch news using social media. People can get anything ideas, news, current affairs, informations anytime by help of social media. There are many social platforms where people can get instant breaking news.social media is the platform of real life updates, engaging people, and direcr engage with audiences. 

Human Interest : A Service Of Love

            A SERVICE OF LOVE 

  

Question:1 Discuss how O Henry employs the theme of sacrifice and love throughout the story'A Srvice Of Love'. 

Answer : 

    INTRODUCTION: 

                     A Service Of Love story written by William Sydney Porter, was born on Sepetember 11, 1862 and passed away June 5,1910, better known by his pet name O Henry. He was American writer known primarily for his short stories. 

                 In 'A Service Of Love' by O Henry this story delves into the themes of sacrifice and love. The one couple love to each other and live in New York city. They both artists in their own fields. Delia was so promising singer and Joe was genius for painting. They are met in studio where a number of art and music students come together to discuss their art. Delia and Joe fell in love in a short time were married. Joe was painting in the class of the great Magisterial and Delia was studying under Rosenstock. They both live happily as long as their money lasted. After that Delia decided that she must give music lesson to buy their food. She fond loveliest pupil. She's praised to much of her pupil to her husband. Joe also makes pictures and sell it. Once they have more money, they eat good food after a long time. In fact they both lying to each other because they both work in the laundry. 

                  Themes of the story sacrifice and love are very well mentioned in this story. People who love each other they can do anything, to keep their happy. Same things happen here too Delia and Joe love is infinite and so they both lies and sacrifice to keep each other happy. O Henry employs this theme it is really to hard to find true love in the world and sacrificing in love is love itself.  

          "When one loves one's Art no service seems to hard" 

Question:2 What is the significance of the title of the story ? Discuss. 

Answer : 

                 

               A Service Of Love story written by O Henry. The story is about love and purity. This title suggest that love in the story is portrayed of the form of love and sacrifice. If the true lover in love to each other they have to do understanding, trust, emotions, care to each other and keep their happy and sacrifice for them. This title significance in the story that Delia and Joe were live happily and they both were artist and go for study as well, but after their lasted money they have to go for earning. They both lies to each other and keep working at same place but they don't aware from this. One day Delia was burned by Iron and though she speak lying to her husband but when she was burned and her right hand tied up in a shapeless bundle of wraps and bandage through her husband. Because they both are do work at sam lace in laundry. This title is really grateful and touchable from this story. 

Question: 3 What title would you choose if you were asked to do so ? 

Answer :

              As per my observation this title is very touchable with the story but according to me should be title is 'Searching For True Love'. 

Question:4 Translate the song 'Monta Re' into English without help of Google sources and then cross check. Upload  the translate photo. 

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