Knowledge is Power

  Sample Answers by Samarpit Prakash Answer the following questions. a. Describe the expository scene of the story. Ans: Two friends, Evans and Hookers, reach the seashore of an island in a canoe following a map. They are in search of the treasure that is hidden in the forest a distance away from the bay. There are big mountains far beyond the forest, which stand like frozen waves in cloudlike texture. They are tired, hungry, and thirsty as they have been there with an unprovisioned canoe. Suddenly they discover a lagoon, a gap or stretched opening of saltwater on the shore. They go into the lagoon in search of fresh drinking water.  b. What does the map look like and how do Evan and Hooker interpret it? Ans: The map looks like a rough piece of discoloured paper. It is creased by much folding and is almost on the verge of separation with discoloured fragments. They hardly understand the outlines on it because of the dim and unclear symbols. Evans points to the curved line and claims th

  Understanding the text Answer the following questions. a. Why did the speaker try to be the way men wanted her to be? Ans: The speaker tried to be the way men wanted her to be because she wanted to fit into the society dominated by men. It was her attempt at life which basically means that it was her effort to survive and bear the oppression under the heavy influence of patriarchy. 

    Answer the following questions. a. What is the story about Steve Jobs’ birth?

 A Red, Red Rose Exercise Answer the following questions. a. To which two things does the speaker compare his love in the first stanza?

   Answer the following questions. a. How did the morning papers bring an ambiance of celebration in the Varma family? Ans: The morning papers had published the result of medical examination in which Rakesh stood first in the entire country. This brought an ambiance of celebration to the Varma family.

Understanding the text Answer these questions. a. Where did the narrator and his servant make a forcible entrance? Ans: The narrator and his servant made a forcible entrance into a chateau in the Apennines. It was a deserted and desolate place with a dark, gloomy, and shabby environment. It had rich but tattered and antique decorations.

  Summary and Analysis of “Marriage as a Social Institution” Stephen L. Nock claims that a marriage is not only the union of two spouses but it is a relationship that has legal, moral, and conventional assumptions.