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?
Zitkala-sa was the victim of racial prejudice. Zitkala-sa was the student of European boarding school where all the staff was unfriendly and bitter towards her. She was a local tribe. She had long hair on which she had proud but her was shingled. She struggled to resist this but she failed and forcefully they cut her hairs. On the contrary, Bama faced discrimination with caste and also untochability so she decided to kill germs of this discrimination with the light of education. She thought lower caste can come up from this thinking and discrimination only by study and progress. Therefore both of them tried in their ways to protest against the injustice.
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
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?
What do you think was Jo’s problem?
Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
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?
How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?
What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
Do you agree that between crime and punishment it is mainly a battle of wits?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?