What is Johnsy’s illness? What can cure her, the medicine or the willingness to live?
Johnsy was ill because she was suffering from pneumonia. Only her willingness to live can cure her. Prior to getting cured she started assuming that she was not going to get well. The doctor said that if she doesn’t want to live, then medicines would not help her that much.
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is he really happy? What does he see all around him?
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa?
What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What does she do?
Bill Bryson says, “I am, in short, easily confused.” What examples has he given to justify this?
Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
How does the guru manage to save his disciple’s life?
What are the things the child sees on his way to the fair? Why does he lag behind?
In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra?
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?
Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress? What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?
Sergei says, “I am happy that my words have taken effect.” 5Why does he say so? Is he right in saying this?
When does he realise that he has lost his way? How have his anxiety and insecurity been described?
What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?
In the fair he wants many things. What are they? Why does he move on without waiting for an answer?
Why does the author say that Iswaran seemed to more than make up for the absence of a TV in Mahendra’s living quarters?