The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
The course of the loisel’s life changed due to the necklace. After replacing the missing necklace with a new one, they had to return all the money which they had borrowed from all the lenders to buy the new necklace. He had borrowed eighteen thousand francs. They had sent away the maid and changed their lodge and rented some rooms in an attic. Matilda learnt the extremely unpleasent work of a kitchen. She washed the dishes soiled linen, their clothes and dishcloths. She took down the refuse to the street each morning and brought up the water, stopping at each landing to catch her breath. Dressed like women of people she went to the grocer’s, the butcher’s and the fruiter’s with her basked on her arm, shopping, bargaining to save the money. Loisel worked in the evenings by putting the books of some merchants in order and at night he did copying at five sous a page.
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?
How do they replace the necklace?
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
What do M. and Mme Loisel do next?
What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
What kind of a person is her husband?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
How is the problem solved?
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?
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
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?
“Griffin was rather a lawless person.” Comment.
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?
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
What does he say about Lutkins?
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?
What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair?
What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?
Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?