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INTRODUCTION OF CHAPTERS and POEMS

Chapter 1 The Last Lesson

In the Last Lesson, the author narrates events about the year 1870 when France was
captured by Bismarck led Prussian forces. Furthermore, the Lorraine and Alsace districts
went under Prussian rule. There was the discontinuation of teaching French in these two
districts. There was an order for the French teachers to leave. Consequently, M. Hamel was
not able to stay in his old school. In spite of this, the last lesson from him was full of
devotion and sincerity.

Chapter 2 Lost Spring


The Lost Spring describes the terrible condition of poor children. These children are those
who didn’t get to enjoy childhood because of the prevailing socio-economic condition in this
world. This is something that one can see all over the world. These children don’t have the
opportunity for schooling. Moreover, there is a lot of pressure on these children to enter
into labour early in life.

Chapter 3 Deep Water


Deep Wateris an extract from the book ‘Men and Mountains’ by William Douglas. Over
here, the author tells us about how he overcomes the deep-rooted fear of water. We learn that
the author develops fear of water following two very dreadful incidents.

Chapter 4 The Rattrap


The Rattrap summary is about a man who is a peddler. He has a pessimistic attitude towards
the world. The peddler has not always been like this and was a fine man before. However,
due to misfortune, he now resorts to selling rattraps, begging and even stealing to survive.

Chapter 5 Indigo
The story is based on the interview taken by Louis Fischer of Mahatma Gandhi. In order
to write on him he had visited him in 1942 at his ashram- Sevagram where he was told
about the Indigo Movement started by Gandhiji. The story revolves around the struggle of
Gandhi and other prominent leaders in order to safeguard sharecroppers from the
atrocities of landlords.
Chapter 6 Poets and Pancakes
The lesson is taken from the book „My Years with the boss‟ written by Asokamitran. In this
excerpt, he talks about all the elements that kept Gemini Studios running. From Pancake make-
up to the office boy of the make-up department, from Subbu to the lawyer, every element helped
in making Gemini Studios a successful film producing company.

Chapter 7 The Interview


The Interview by Christopher Silvester is an excerpt taken from his Penguin Book of interviews.
In this, he talks about various opinions of the celebrities regarding an interview; its functions,
methods and merits. It also consists of an excerpt from an interview with the infamous writer
Umberto Eco.

Chapter 8 Going Places


The story revolves around a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends. She is a daydreamer,
who is always lost in her dreams of becoming rich and sophisticated though in reality she is a
worker at biscuit factory. The story suddenly twists up when Sophie make a wild imagination of
meeting Danny Casey, a famous footballer. She also makes a story in front of her brother that
Casey will come to meet her on a fixed day as per a promise he made to her.

POEM-1 My Mother at Sixty-Six


In the poem „My mother at sixty six’, she talks about her mother. This poem is based on
mother-daughter relation and the poet shares her feelings for her mother.

Poem 2 An Elementary School Classroom in a


Slum
The poem written by Stephen spender describes the social inequalities which are prevailing in
society. In the poem, he describes the condition of the students of an elementary school which is
situated in a slum area. The poet wants to draw the attention of everyone towards these kids so
that their life can be improved and they may get trained to become good citizens rather than
criminals.

Poem 3 Keeping Quiet


The poem “Keeping Quiet” written by Pablo Neruda discusses the need of maintaining peace
and silence. He stresses upon being quiet and harmless to the human beings, animals and
environment. He suggests that in order to maintain peace and harmony, it is required to stop and
introspect ourselves.

Poem 4 A Thing of Beauty

A Thing of Beauty is by the famous poet John Keats. Furthermore, the poet says that a
beautiful thing can give us extreme happiness and delight. Moreover, a beautiful thing is
eternal that never declines or fades. Also, a beautiful thing resembles a shady shelter which
gives us a comfortable sleep comprising of sweet dreams and relaxation. This will ultimately
lead to good health.
Poem-5 A Roadside Stand
The poem, „The Roadside Stand‟ is Robert Frost‟s scathing criticism of an unequal society
where there is a huge division between the rich and the poor, the haves and the have-nots,
owing to the inequitous distribution of wealth. The poem depicts, with clarity, the plight of the
poor and the complex dynamics of their existence.

Poem 6 Aunt Jennifer‟s Tigers

In the poem a woman expresses her deep feeling through her art. She (Aunt Jennifer) is prey
of male dominant society. Also, there is no one with whom she can share her physical pain.
So she makes a picture to describe her deep feelings. Moreover, the narrator defines the tigers
which her aunt made on the panel.

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