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The poetic device used in the line "Both wry with the laboured ease" in the poem 'A Photograph' is an oxymoron. In this line the poetess is talking about her mother's past as well as her own past. The holiday at the beach is the mother's past while the poet's past is remembering her mother's laughter when she looks at the photograph. In this line it has been expressed by the poetess that both these events are filled with delightful memories which give them a gloomy or dry pleasure when they remember of it. The poetic device oxymoron is used in the contradictory words "laboured ease". These contradictory words have been used to describe the sad feeling of loss which comes by thinking of the past which was beautiful and happy for both the poetess and her mother.
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Ile Amsterdam was a French scientific base and the only hope for their survival in the vast ocean. Finally, upon reaching the island which happened to be a bleak piece of volcanic rock with little vegetation, it seemed to them to be the most beautiful island in the world. They anchored off shore for the night and the next morning, al 28 inhabitants cheered as they helped the people on the boat to come on shore.
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In this story narrator describes his grandmother as old woman. People said that she had once been young and beautiful but according to author her grandmother had been old ever since hehad seen her the author could not imagine her as a child or as a young and beautiful lady. Forhim she was his grandmother, a woman who had been always old and never young. She wasshort, fat and slightly bent. Her face was a full of wrinkles . Narrator maintains that she was beautiful because she was kind, warm, loving, attentive and caring. The author’s grandmother was strong woman in character and was very religious too. She was always dressed in a spotlesswhite dress.
In his childhood years, the narrator lived with his grandmother. He describes her as a goodfriend. She would wake him up on school days and prepare him a simple breakfast .She had asympathetic attitude towards animals . She carried several stale chapattis with her for the villagedogs . When she was in village she used to feed dogs but as and when she came to the city shestarted feeding the sparrows. She was a religious woman , as she spend her time in temple inreading the scriptures .She was a woman who love her traditions and culture. With her one hand,she was always telling the beads of her rosary. She spent most of her time reading the holy bookswhether at home or in the temple. She spent her time in spinning wheel and reciting her prayers also. She never omitted to sing her prayers.
She did not like the western learning by his grandson .She was also against learning of music.She was left alone when narrator went abroad but she passed her time with spinning feedingsparrows and reciting prayers .She felt happy when narrator came back after a long time. Shemade her ill by beating the drum in happiness .She was so devoted to religion that in her lasttimes she pray. She was a lady to the last
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Sparrows were very closely attached to author's grandmother. She use to give bread crumbs to sparrows when she is alive.
When she died the sparrows express their sorrow by not chirrup.They gathered in thousand around her dead body. The sparrows also express their love for author's grandmother by not eating bread crumbs thrown to them by author's mother and when the dead body was taken for cremation, they fly away quietly.
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On the surface, the white horse in "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" symbolizes beauty, freedom and wealth; all things that Aram and his cousin Mourad do not have. They "let the horse run as long as it felt like running," demonstrating the freedom that the boys want to feel as well. They describe the horse as "the loveliest thing [they] had ever seen," demonstrating how beautiful it is.
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The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are:
- childhood – when he went to the village school and the grandmother helped him to get ready and went to school with him.
- boyhood – when he went to the city school in a bus. He shared a room with grandmother but she could no longer help him in his studies.
- early youth – when he went to the university and was given a room of him own. The common link of friendship was snapped.
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The author has described his grandmother very beautifully. He compared her to the winter landscape in the mountains and expanse of pure white serenity breathing peace and contentment. He used this simile to describe the all whiteness associated with his grandmother. She always wore spotless white dress. Her silver hair quite matched with her white attire. She was very spiritual and religious. As a result she exuded purity and serenity like a winter landscape. There were many appreciable qualities in Khushwant Singh's grandmother. She was quite affectionate. She looked after the narrator at the village so caringly that he did not feel the absence of his parents when they went to the city to settle. She was a strong woman who could adapt herself to any new challenging situation. May be she derived that strength from her devotion to God. She was so divinely dedicated to praying to God that she never left her rosary. Her feeding the village dogs and then the sparrows show her love for animals. She found company in them. And sparrows reciprocated her love and care. They didn't chirp at all; nor did they eat a single crumb at her death. She was really a saintly woman.
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It was hard for author to believe that his grand mother was once young and pretty as when he opened his eyes he saw his grand mother old, so terribly old that one could not grow more older. Her skin was a criss cross of wrinkles spread all over her face. Therefore it was beyond the expectations of author to believe that his grandmother had been pretty once.
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When Wu Daozi said to the Emperor, “Please let me show Your Majesty the way”, the painter entered the cave and its entrance closed behind him. Before the surprised Emperor could move or say anything, the painting had vanished from the wall. Even the painter’s brush had disappeared.
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The family members are the one protested but were ignored by the grandmother.
They wanted to talk to her till she dies but since she realized that her time is near, she started to ignore everyone’s protests.
She devoted her time in prayers and counting beads, completely devoting herself to God.
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The sparrows also joined the mourning. They sat in thousands around her dead body. They didn’t chirrup. Nor did they touch the crumbs of bread thrown to them. They flew away quietly when the dead body was carried off for cremation.
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The grandmother invited all the neighboring women and started singing the song about the warrior's home coming. She beat an old drum while singing. She spent the whole evening by singing and beating the drum. The next day she fell ill.
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The author’s grandmother “accepted her seclusion with resignation” means she accepted her loneliness without any complains. She spent her days of loneliness by engaging herself in the wheel-spinning activity, reciting prayers and feeding the sparrows.
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The author compares his grandmother's beauty with the "pure white serenity" of a winter landscape. She imbibed that "peace and contentment" in her appearance and beauty.
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 3 months ago
Both Aram and Mourad were crazy about riding. This is clear from the fact that Mourad stole the horse, which was quite against the ethics of the tribe. Secondly, Aram also didn't go to any of the elders of his family to complain against Mourad's theft. Rather, he pleaded Mourad not to return the horse to its owner he had learnt it completely. Their passion for riding can be judged from the fact that both the cousins went riding early in the morning when the entire world around them slept. They were so crazy about riding.
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