Summary of "A Small Place" - Jamaica Kincaid | Major English Class 11

Summary | Major English
A Small Place
Jamaica Kincaid

Class : 11

In her essay “A Small Place” Jamaica Kincaid reveals the vast gap between the everyday life of Antiguans and the people who visit the island. In fact, by attacking the tourists, she is also attacking the corrupt government of Antigua. 

Antigua, a beautiful and sunny island, is often visited by tourists. A tourist who would visit it would first land on the airport that is named after the Prime Minister. The tourist would easily pass through the customs without being checked while the Antiguans coming after working in other countries with cardboard full of cheap clothes and foods for relatives would be checked completely. 

Summary of "The Letter A" - Christy Brown | Major English Class 11

Summary | Major English Class 11
The letter A
Christy Brown
Class : 11

In his autobiography “The Letter A” Christy Brown describes how he overcame his massive handicap with his will-power, firm determination and with the continuous effort and love of his Mother. 

Christy Brown was born as the tenth child in a family of twenty-two. When he was four months old, his head would constantly fall backwards whenever his mother tried to feed him. As he grew older, his hands were clenched tightly and twisted unnecessarily. He could not even hold the nipple of the bottle because he could not freely open or close his mouth. At six months he could only sit by resting his back on the mountain of pillows. All these signs alerted his mother, so she consulted doctors.

Summary of "Child Care in China" - Bruce Dollar | Major English Class 11

Summary | Major English Class 11
Child Care in China

Bruce Dollar

Class : 11

In this essay “Child Care in China”, Bruce Dollar describes how mother-surrogates play important role in introducing the values of co-operation, co-ordination, sharing, respect for labour and altruism in institutionalized child care programmes in China. InChina, group activities are emphasized in all child care centers so that no one becomes a ‘star’. Chinese children are generally expected to rely on each other for stimulation rather than inanimate objects. Moreover, children are provided with toys of a worker, a farmer, or soldier ; so that they would show respect towards labour. The toys are made a bit heavy in order to foster mutual help and co-operation between them.

Five Important Question With Answer form "In Bed" and Summary

English | Questions
In Bed
Joan Didion
Class : 11 | The Magic of Words

Summary

This essay was written by Joan Didion. It is writer's own experience. She had a migraine headache. A migraine is a very painful headache. Joan Didion has migraine three or four times every month. In the beginning, she was afraid to admit that she had migraine. She was afraid she wouldn't get job because of that headache. Migraines are inherited. Joan Didion's parents and grandparents also suffered from migraines. Migraine headache is very unpleasant and patient also suffered from stomach

Summary of "What is Poverty" - Hoe Godwin Parker | Major English Class 12

Essay | major English
"What is Poverty ?" By Joe Godwin Parker

Class : 12

Joe Goodwin Parker in her realistic essay "What is Poverty" gives a real and graphic account of what being poor actually means on a daily basis. Parker stresses that poverty is more ugly, cruel and devastating than it is shown in newspapers. 

She defines poverty as a lack - that is living without hope, better foods, medicinal care, proper sanitation and proper education. It is like an acid that destroys pride, honour, health and future. Parker's main purpose is to show how shameful, humiliating and disgusting it is to be a poor. She wants to draw the readers' attention to the pathetic state of

Summary of "Duechouk" - Maupassant | Major English Class 12

Short Stories | Major English
"Duechouk" by Maupassant

Class : 12

Maupassant's story "Duchoux" is about a self-centered old man named Barone Mardiane who values position more than family. This story implies that modern civilization has separated man from his true self or nature. Modern men only crave for comfort, money and sex. They have forgotten the values of family bonds and love. 

Summary of "The Time Factor" - Gloria Steinem | Major English Class 12

Essay | Major English
"The Time factor" by Gloria Steinem

Class : 12

The main thesis of Gloria Steinem's essay "The Time Factor" is that our sense of time is partly a function of power or lack of it. 

Time-sense is always governed by power- either monetary power or social power. Planning ahead depends on class, sex and caste. The rich and the middle class plan for the future generations while the poor plan for a week or a few

Summary of "A Day in the Life of Salaryman" - John Burgers | Major English Class 12

Essay | Major English
"A Day in the Life of Salaryman" by John Burgers

Class : 12

The 'Salaryman' described in "A Day in the Life of a Salaryman " is the representative of average male Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his soul and body to his company. He is a university graduate, lives in mortgaged house, always wears formal dress and is equipped with every essential items. He is the industrial warrior and a driving force behind Japan's economic success. He gives more preference to the office than his own family.

Summary of "Enemies" - Anton Checkov | Major English Class 12

Short Stories | Major English
Enemies By Anton CheckovClass : 12

"Enemies" is a story written by Anton Checkov. The story suggests that grief and misery do not bring people together to share, but force them apart. Pain is egoistic. 

Kirilov is a district doctor. His six-year old son has just died of diphtheria. He stands watching his unconscious wife near the dead body. The doorbell rings and a wealthy stranger Aboguin enters begging the Doctor to come to treat his wife who is in great pain. Kirilov says that he cannot possibly leave his wife at this time. Abogin requests to treat his wife in the name of humanity. Kirilov forgets his social responsibility as

Explanation of Daughter's Attitudes to Marriage | Look At Teacup | The Magic of Words

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
LOOK AT TEACUP
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Patricia Hampl

Summary

Look at a tea cup is an essay written by Patricia Hampl. There are two major things in this essay. They are: the relationship between a mother and her daughter and the connection between the past and the present. Both of these things are represented by a tea cup.

Critical Analysis of "The Poplar Field" Poem | The Magic of Words Class 11

UNIT THREE : ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
THE POPLAR FIELD
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
William Cowper

Hemingway is a romantic poet. Like his other literary works, this is also a romantic poem representing nature. He describes the difference in the environment and natural beauty before and after the poplar trees are fallen down. With example of poplar trees, the poet wants to show the real phase of human life according to rule of nature.

Commentary and Analysis of "The Three Day Blow" story | The Magic of Words Class 11

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
THE THREE DAY BLOW
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Ernest Hemingway

“The Three Days Blow” is a plot less story in a dramatic way. Two friends Nick and Bill meet at Bill’s cottage. The weather is shown violent. There is rain and storm. So, this is an ideal situation to stay inside home. They make fire, burn lots of logs and make themselves warm. They drink different alcohol and go on talking about different topics such as books, fishing, girlfriend, hunting, etc. without any plot, the story ends. The topics of the talk change suddenly from one subject to another. There is no third character. We know a lot about the subject, which go through their conversation only. 

Understanding of Essay "Look At Teacup" | Patrica Hample | The Magic of Words Class 11 English

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
LOOK AT TEACUP
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Patricia Hampl

Class : 11
 

The essay ‘Look at a Teacup’, written by Patricia Hampl, shows how a simple writing helps in finding out great events. It is about the history of writer’s mother in a delicate teacup. The two major themes of this essay are relationship between a mother and her daughter and a connection between the past generation and present generation. Both these things are represented by a teacup.

Outline of Essay "Speaking of Children" | The Magic of Words Class 11 English

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

SPEAKING OF CHILDREN

ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS

Barbara Holland

‘Speaking of Children’ is an essay by Barbara Holland in which she delightfully and critically examines the idea of having more than one child and the consequent expenses of parents. The entire essay centers round the issue of having a single child is far better than to have many. The essayist goes on arguing the possible difficulties and disasters which the parents have to bear if a house is filled with many children. She has raised the burning issues of overpopulation that has further generated series of challenges and risks to the living beings of the present world.

Comprehensive Summary of "A Story" | The Heritage of Words Class 12 English

UNIT THREE : HUMOUR AND SATIRE
A STORY
ENGLISH | THE HERITAGE OF WORDS
Dylan Thomas

Comprehensive Summary

This story told by a boy presents the adult world as understood by a young boy. The story is the story of his uncle –Uncle Thomas – who means to go outing to Porthcawl, but never made it there. 

Paraphrase Explanation of Traveling Through The Dark and Glossary Class 12 English

UNIT TWO : ECOLOGY AND CHANGE
TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK
ENGLISH | THE HERITAGE OF WORDS
William Stafford

Short Summary

While driving at night a man finds a dead deer. He stops to push it off the road. He notices that it is pregnant and the unborn baby is still alive. He stops to think, and then he pushes the dead animal into the river.

Criticism of Malini | The Magic of Words : Class 11

UNIT FIVE : IDENTITY, GENDER AND ETHNICITY
MALINI
ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS
Class : 11

Rabindranath Tagore in his poetic play “Malini” presents a story of love and hatred. The play deals with a conflict between love and hatred as well as selfish way of thinking and broadmindedness. It is based on the concept that love in its absolute and pure form is all radiance, all pervading, and all compassionate. The play also shows that petty selfishness assumes the name of love and rules the world with hatred.

Description of the 'Teacup" | The magic of Words Class 11

UNIT TWO : MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN

LOOK AT TEACUP

ENGLISH | THE MAGIC OF WORDS

CLASS : 12

Patricia Hampl 

“Look At The Teacup” is an essay written by the feminist writer of America, Patricia Hampl. This essay is written in the narrative style which narrates the history of feminism in America. The two major themes of this essay are the relationship between mother and her daughter (the author) and the connection between the past and the present. Both of these themes are represented by the teacup.

Summary and Two Important Question of "Hurried Trip To Avoid A Bad Star" | The Heritage of Words

UNIT TWO : ECOLOGY AND CHANGE
HURRIED TRIP TO AVOID A BAD STAR
ENGLISH | THE HERITAGE OF WORDS
CLASS : 12
M. Lilla and C. Bishop Berry

Theme: ‘Hansel and Gretel’ by Grimm Brothers present a story of a family; which consists of a father, a stepmother and two children. The writers present the psychology of step mother in very realistic manner. At the same time, he shows that evil force suffers in the end and good force emerges victorious.

Two Important Questions from "Grandmother" | The Heritage of Words

UNIT ONE : LOVE AND REMINISCENCE
GRANDMOTHER
ENGLISH | THE HERITAGE OF WORDS
CLASS : 12
Ray Young Bear

"Grandmother" written by American- Indian poet Ray Young Bear is a recollection of poet's unfathomable love for his grandmother. The poet draws the picture of his grandmother - all loving, all inspiring- through the use of images. 

As a grandson, the poet's heart is very close to his grandmother. This poem presents the poets deep sense of intimacy and closeness to his grandmother even after her death. He can not forget her. Her images come into