SECTION: C : TEXTBOOK FLAMINGO (POETRY

Poem. 1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX by KAMALA DAS Summary: 1. The poet is driving from her parents home to Cochin by car, her mother by her side—sleeping – open mouthed very pale, colorless and frail-like a dead body indicating that her end was near. 2.The poet looks at...

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD by ZITKALA-SA AND BAMA PART I

GIST OF THE LESSONPART-I The first part deals with the account of Simmons, An American Indian, who fought against the prejudices of the society against American Indians.She describes her experiences on her first day at the Carlisle Indian School. – The customs...

EVANS TRIES AN O-LEVEL BY OLIN DEXTER

GIST OF THE LESSONEvans a kleptomaniac was imprisoned thrice and all the time escaped from the prison. Now he was in the prison for the 4th time and all of a sudden developed curiosity to appear in O-level German Examination which also was an effort to break the...

‘ON THE FACE OF IT’ =BY SUSAN HILL

GIST OF THE LESSONThe play depicts beautifully yet grimly the sad world of the physically impaired.It is not the actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment that trouble a disabled man but the attitude of the people around him.Two physically impaired...

SHOULD WIZARD HIT MOMMY? By JOHN UPDIKE

Gist of the LessonThe chapter captures a very sensitive reaction of a small girl to an important aspect of the story that her father narrates to her.The story reveals the worldview of a little child to a mental or psychological richness. difficult moral question that...