D.The first world denotes the world both bothe rich cities and poor slums and the second world denote only the rich affluent city. The port says the cartographer who is a representative of rich people has portrayed only big cities not the slums. In this manner " Awarding the real world the real world

He wants the children of the slums to venture into the outside world, beyond the boundaries of their slums, and experience a better present and future life.
The elementary school in the slum does not serve any purpose with its poor infrastructure and disinterested students. The poet feels that the governor, inspector and visitors should take initiative to bring about a real change in their situation. To ensure a better way of living for them, they need to be given proper education and freedom from their present confines. They need opportunity, encouragement and optimism to be able to live life with purpose and zest.

A. The poetess looked at her mother again because the security check at the airport had been done and it was time for her mother to leave. So, she wanted to take a last look at her mother’s face, for she knew that this was probably the last time she was seeing her alive

B.  Not shared

C.

The poet felt the familiar ache of childhood when separated from her mother but restricted herself from expressing her emotions  and sharing her thoughts with her mother because she didn't want her mother to feel the same way about separating and wanted to leave her with a calm closure rather than with a turmoil of emotions which would have made the situation worse. So she maintained a smile and waved goodbye, with the hope of seeing her again.

A. Kamala Das put away the thought of her mother’s old age.

B. The young trees are ‘sprinting’ that is rushing past the poet as she is travelling in a very fast-moving car. While travelling in a speeding vehicle, the objects outside appear to be rushing past us in the opposite direction. These sprinting trees are in stark contrast to the passive old lady sitting inside the car.

C. The merry children symbolise the spring of life, its energy, vigour and happiness. Their image presents a sharp contrast to the poet’s limp and ageing mother. This image is also imperative for the understanding of the process of old age which is associated with decay. The spontaneous outpouring of life symbolised by these children is in contrast to the poet’s mother’s passive and inactive life.

B) The poet's mother looked wan and pale because she had become old.
C) The poet's familiar ache was her fear of separation from her mother.
D) The late winter's moon is pale and the poet's mother also looked pale like the moon.

Answer:
1. When she looked at her mother the poet was worried about her frail health and old age. Her mother’s face looked ashen like a corpse and she feared that it might be their last meeting.
2. There was pain in her realization as the poet feared she would lose her mother. She couldn’t reconcile to the thought of being left and separated from her mother forever.
3. She put that thought away because it gave her great anxiety and pain.
4. A ‘simile’ is used in the above lines (Like that of a corpse’).

The poet said this line when she was standing a few yards away from her mother after the airport’s security check. She looked at her mother and could feel the pain of separation. Her mother's advancing age brought fear into her eyes. She found her mother's face pale as a late winter’s moon. It became difficult for her to control her emotions and she was not able to say much. With a little smile on her face, all that she could say was 'see you soon, Amma'

The mother been compared to the late winter's moon.

The late winter's moon is calm and hazy with a dim lustre. It loses its vitality and power. So the poetess compares her mother's calm, colourless and withered face like the late winter's moon. She has become weak, wan and 'pale due to her age of sixty-six. She has lost her vitality.

The pale and faded face of the poet’s mother looks lifeless like a corpse. Her dozing with mouth wide open suggests passivity, decay and death. Outside the car, the poet watches young trees speeding past them. They seem to be running fast or sprinting. Happy children are moving out of their homes cheerfully. They present an image of life, dynamism and activity.

Kamala Das has presented the complex subtleties of human relationship in this poem. She realises the pain and anxiety of her old-aged mother at sixty-six. She feels that her mother may pass away and leave her all alone. My Mother at Sixty-six is based on the theme of advancing age and the fear of loss and separation associated with it. The poetess undergoes a plethora of emotions when she sees her mother ageing, and feels the pangs of separation at the thought of losing her. She also wishes for the lost beauty and youth of her mother.

Kamala Das is troubled by the thoughts of her aging mother and tries to console herself by looking outside the car. The sight is full of youthful whim and vigor. She watches the trees 'sprinting' past her speeding car and the children, full of life and activity, running out of their houses to play. Her ashen-like mother troubles her so much that for a moment she ponders over past memories to find solace.

My mother at sixty by kamala das deals with the complex subtleties of human relationships.it deals with the theme of advancing age,fear and loss of seperation.the poet is driving to the airporty at cochin from her parents home. her mother is accompning her to the airport.she is struck by realisation that her mother is aging.she is distressed to accept the fact that her mother is creeping into the groups of oldage.mothers pale an ashen face like that of upsets her.she wishes to put arucle the painful thought and looks outside at the energised children and the sprinting trees which symbolise happiness,energy and life which stands in stork contract to the lifeless,dull inside the car.sprinting trees also grem remmender of time which pocess quickly.when stading at airp[ort the poet looks at her mother again who reminds her of late witness moon which is hazy of obsecure and pale.her chilhood fear of loosing her mother once again creeps into her mind and she feels insecure at this thought.

The poet is pained at the ageing and decaying of her mother. The fear is that with ageing comes decay and death. The sight of her old mother’s ‘ashen’ and corpse-like face arouses “that old familiar ache” in her heart. Her childhood fear returns. She is also pained and frightened by the idea that she may have to face all these things herself.

The ‘wan’, ‘pale’, face of the poet’s mother at sixty-six brings an image of decay and death. It brings that old familiar fear of separation back. She fears the ultimate fate of human beings. But she has to put on a brave face. She regains self-control. She composes herself and tries to look normal. She utters the words of assurance that they will meet again soon. She tries to hide her ache and fear by smiling continuously.

late winter‟s moon Her pale, bloodless and wrinkled face resembles that of a corpse  She has no vigor and energy left in her. She looks wan and pale  The sprinting trees and merry children are happy and young   They present a contrast to the mother‟s pain and old age and the poet‟s worry and fear. They symbolise youth, vigor and spring whereas the mother is old, decaying and frail

The poet, here, successfully attempts to put on a brave face in front of her mother by smiling and waving her goodbye, and in turn overcome her childhood fear of losing her mother. She also promises her to meet her soon. She tries to hide the ache in her heart behind the smiles. The repeated mention of smiling emphasizes the need to hide the agony, behind a reassuring smile, that the poet is experiencing at that moment of separation.

In this simile, the poet compares the mother's pale and withered face with the winter's moon. The moon seems to lose its brightness in the winter season as it is veiled behind fog and mist. The mother's face also seemed to have lost its radiance which was now misted by age. Winter symbolizes death and the waning moon symbolizes decay

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He was not totally sure that his fears are all aot from a little corner of his mind

It happens in pool that he remembers his fear

So he went to dive off from port in lake Wentworth and swam two mile to trigss island... And tried all his strokes back forward right left... Once fear striked her but he laughed to get it removed

Hana is an epitome of a loving, dedicated and caring wife. She always has love and affection in her heart for Sadao. In spite of being married for so many years, she is still the same loving wife. She often assists Sadao in her medical operations as she helped him with anesthetics while operating Tom. She loves her family. She gets scared when a man in uniform appears at the gate. She is also a good-hearted woman as she also wished Tom to be saved. She is quite hardworking. When Yumi, the nurse refuses to wash Tom, she does it herself. When the servants leave Sadao’s home in protest, she does all the chores herself. However, she is not as courageous as Sadao.

Dr. Sadoa:

• A dedicated surgeon and a doctor.
• A good human being
• Full of compassion and kindness for fellow beings
• Undergoes conflict when he realises that Tom is an American
• He fears that he might be called a traitor
• He operates upon the man
• Risks his life to help the man
• He also informs the General
• Again faces conflicts when he tells the General about the man.
• The General agrees to have the prisoner killed by private assassins
• Decides to help the soldier escape
• However, doesn’t understand why he saved the prisoner.