BEGINNERS
The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet speaks about patriotism, freedom of
language and the love for one's mother tongue.
The Lost Spring, written by Anees Jung, talks about the national shame of
children living in the life of poverty and exploitation. It also talks about the exploitation of
bangle makers by police and middle-men in Firozabad.
The Deep Water written by Douglas shows how the writer was scared of water
since his childhood and how he overcame the fear.
The Rattrap is a short story written by Selma Lagerlof about this
happened beggar and thief who is taken in ancient generosity by a young woman. The
rattrap underlies the belief that essential goodness in human beings can be
aroused through sympathy, understanding, love and respect.
Indigo written by Louis Fischer describes Gandhi’s struggle for the poor
peasants of Champaran who were the sharecroppers with British planters.
Poets and Pancakes written by Ashokamitran talks about his experience in Gemini
studio.
The Interview discusses the merits and demerits of interviews.
Going Places by A R Barton is a story of dreams and fantasies of a teenage
girl named Sophie.
My Mother at Sixty Six written by Kamala Das is a heart touching poem where the poet depicts her love, care and
affection towards her aging mother.
An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum, written by Stephen Spender, is about
the children living in a slum unaware of the outside world of prosperity and the
poet's appeal to the authorities to save them from those ditches.
In Keeping Quiet, Pablo Neruda appeals to human beings to count from number
one to twelve to bring about peace and harmony in the world.
A Thing of Beauty is all about beautiful things around us. A beautiful thing is a source of joy and gives such eternal happiness that never
fades away.
A Roadside Stand, written by Robert
Frost, presents the lives of poor people in contrast to the lives of the rich.
The poor people who have constructed the roadside stand to sell their goods to
earn some money for their basic needs are in dismay and hopelessness.
Aunt Jennifer's Tigers speaks about the inner feelings of Aunt Jennifer who is
embroidering a piece of cloth and the pattern shows tigers moving and jumping
over the fabric which is contrasted with the fear of aunt of the male-dominated
society.
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