What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?
It is quite obvious that whatever small children see or listen, they start thinking in that manner. So in the first ending of story when Skunk’s mother hit the wizard was wrong according to me as by this instance Jo could learn that hitting others is right doesn’t matter they didn’t had their fault.
But In the other ending that the wizard also hit back to mommy was also not right because Jo could learn that hitting elders or disrespecting elders is right.
But the story could be end like that mommy realized her mistake and get back the rose smell for her child.
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?
How does Jo want the story to end and why?
What do you think was Jo’s problem?
Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?
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?
How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
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?
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?
The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
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.
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?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
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?
How will the Maharaja prepare himself for the hundredth tiger which was supposed to decide his fate?