Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
Jo was the four year old girl whose full name was Joanne who was a daughter of Jack and Clare. When she was two years old she was used hear a story before going to sleep. Every time Jack was used to tell new story with a slight variations to the old one. Since she was grown up now and was intelligent and inquisitive child, her mind was bubbling with queries regarding whatever she heard or saw. She responded to her father’s tale according to her own perspective. The eagerness to understand and her restlessness made her ask a lot of questions, which sometimes lest her father in a dilemma. But when Jack was telling a tale about the isolation of Roger Skunk, here she promptly questioned about whether he would see the wise owl again. She wanted her father Jack to end the story according to her perspective. These facts tell that she was living in her own imaginary world.
What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymiddle position?
Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?
What is the moral issue that the story raises?
What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
What do you think was Jo’s problem?
What possible plot line could the story continue with?
Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?
Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dereliction of duty or simply self-absorption?
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.
While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develop a soft corner for those in custody?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
Reflecting on the story, what did you feel about Evans’ having the last laugh?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
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?
Will the clues left behind on the question paper put Evans back in prison again?
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
Who is jo ? How does she respond to her father story tilling?