The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
Both the accounts are shown by two women from socially marginalized sections in two distant cultures of the world. In first part author shows the racism faced by her as a Native American in her school. And in the other part it shows the untouchability faced by the author in India.
They both were following the different cultures. They both showed all the sufferings that they had faced due to their community. Zitkala’s hair was shingled at the behest of Europeans who consider themselves superior to the Native American. But in the other context Bama suffered from untouchability as she was belonged from lower caste. She had seen that lower caste people were not even allowed to touch people who belonged from upper castes.
Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?
It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
What does the third level refers to?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What kind of a person was Evans?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarcticenvironment?
Will the exam now go as scheduled?
There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.
Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarcticenvironment?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
Where did Evans go?
Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
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