How did his mother help him?
Richard Ebright’s mother helped him by giving him confidence in his interest in learning. She took him on trips, bought him telescopes, microscopes, cameras, mounting materials and some equipments, and helped him in various ways. He was her whole life after his father died. If Richard didn't have anything to do, she found things for him to do and learn. Even the book was given to him by his mother that became a turning point in his life. Hence, it can be said his mother played a crucial role in the making of the scientist.
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
What experiments and projects does he then undertake?
How can one become a scientist, an economist, a historian... ? Does it simply involve reading many books on the subject? Does it involve observing, thinking and doing experiments?
You must have read about cells and DNA in your science books. Discuss Richard Ebright’s work in the light of what you have studied. If you get an opportunity to work like Richard Ebright on projects and experiments, which field would you like to work on and why?
What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair?
What are the qualities that go into the making of a scientist?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
How did the invisible man first become visible?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
What kind of a person is her husband?
How has Max got in?
For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?
Why was he wandering the streets?
How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
Do you think books are being replaced by the electronic media? Can we do away with books altogether?
How do they replace the necklace?