Dr.M.Mazumdar

GOING PLACES    A.R. Barton Going Places The story ‘Going Places’ explores the theme of adolescent fantasizing and hero worship. Ans: A. R. Barton’s this whole story is about unrealistic dreams. It is about how we indulge in these dreams despite knowing that they have little possibility of coming true. But some like Sophie, gets too involved in them and actually act on them. This is whom disappointment makes its entrance into life. The story seems to hint at you that it is okay to dream, but dream with limits. This actual reality and do not believe too much in movies and novels where the characters miraculously overcome their challenges. This is a pessimistic way of looking at things, but sadly it is the true reality. Unless you are impossibly ambitious, hardworking, and have loads of patience and perseverance, such dreams are best to be kept under lock and key unless you like the taste of bitter disappointment. Who is Sophie? Ans: In A. R. Barton’s st

The Laburnum Top Introduction      Ted Hughes has been born in 1930. He died in 1998. His first volumes of poetry are The Hawk in the Rain (1957) and Lupercal (1960). He poetry shows his tremendous fascination to nature, animals and birds. He shows the close affinities of men with nature in his poetry. His poetry has been said to deal with mortality. The desire of freedom and power are coincidences for both the animal and the human life.      His other volumes have been Hawk Roosting, Wodwo, Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow, Tales from Ovid: Twenty-four Passages from the Metamorphoses, Birthday Letters and For the Unfallen . Summary      The Laburnum Top is written by Ted Hughes. It is a 20 th century poem. The poet was born in 1930 and he died in 1998.     The poem deals with man in relation to nature. Industrialization in England led poets to look at things from traditional ways. They choose common themes, which were in relation to nature. This poem a

1.        Simple I love English 2.        Compound Contain 2 or more simple sentences (I love English but I love Arabic more) 3.        Complex 1 independent clause + 1 or more dependent clauses (I love English because it is an easy lingo 4.        Compound-complex 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses (I love English because it is an easy lingo and I love Arabic more because it is the lingo of the Kuran) 5.        Imperative For commands, requests, orders, with pronoun you always implied (Please open the door) 6.        Declarative For simple statement ( I love English) 7.        Exclamatory Emphasis (Wow! Kuran is the best book) 8.        Interrogative 9.        Subject-auxiliary inversion The movement of the auxiliary is to proceed the subject (Do you love English?) 10.    Conditional Used if condition is met (If you read Koran, your IQ shall increase) 11.    Optative Wishes (God save you) 12.    Negative    I d