Satyajith Ray: Good morning sir,
Manager: Good morning, what help can I do for you?
Satyajith Ray: I am a film director and I need some help from this circus company
Manager: Oh! you are from cinema, aren„t you? What help can I do for you?
Satyajith Ray: we would like to know whether you can provide a tiger for our film shooting.
Manager: A tiger! My goodness! What are you going to do with a tiger in cinema?
Satyajith Ray: Nothing to worry, we need him for only couple of hours.
Manager: Till now I have never lent my circus animals for any other purpose.
Satyajith Ray: If you could spare one it would be a great help for us.
Manager: Being an ardent supporter of cinema, how can I reject your request?
Satyajith Ray: will it attack the strangers if it is taken out of the cage.
Manager: I doubt, I havn„t done it.
Satyajith Ray: Let„s hope for the best, we will come tomorrow to take it.
Manager: You may please meet the ring master and make all arrangements.
Satyajith Ray: Thank you very much.
Manager: Welcome.
2. Advertisement on news paper
Trained Birds Wanted
Trained birds are required for our new film titled Birds. What we required in large numbers of ravens. Those who have trained birds with them may contact us within two days. The owners must possess the permission from the Animal Welfare Board.
Type of birds needed : Ravens
Number : 100
Production Company : Alfred J. Hitchcock productions
3. Letter to Animal Welfare Board, for asking permission to use trained animals in film.
From Date:
Satyajith ray
…………….
To
The chairman
Animal Welfare Board
New Delhi
Sir;
Subject: Permission required for using animals in my new film.
We are planning to make a new film titled „Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne‟ under the banner of SR film company. It contains a scene which includes a tiger. The shooting of this film is scheduled to start by the last week of November in Birbhoom near Shiuri. We decided to hire a trained tiger from Bharath circus and it will be carried to the shooting location in a lorry. As the director of this film, I hereby ensure you that we will use the animal according to the norms suggested in the prevention of cruelty to animal act. I humbly request you to grant us permission to use the tiger in our film.
Yours faithfully
Satyajith Ray
S/d
4. News Report
Actor Tiger
Noutan Gram: A tiger presented its fabulous performance here in the shooting location of eminent film maker Satyajith Ray. Ray was on his new work an adventures movie Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne. When the tiger was brought to the set in truck along with it„s trainer Thorat. Trainer expected that the tiger will act in front of camera, but when turn came for tiger started prancing, jumping and leaping to the crowd. The trainer became mere spectator for the performance of the tiger. Tiger was from Bharat circus. The shooting had finished and the troop had return to Calcutta soon.
5. Notice of a film festival
FILM FESTIVAL
A.B.C school New Delhi
Dear students;
The film club of our school has decided to conduct a film festival on 15th of august to 18th august 2017. Screening will be start on sharp 10 AM in each day, in our school film theatre. Eminent film personality Adoor Gopalakrishnan will inaugurate the function.
The films are short listed for screening :-
“The children of heaven” (Iranian) – Directed by Majid Majidi “The birds” (English) – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock “Elippathayam” (Malayalam) – Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Venue: Film theatre Time: 10 AM
All are invited to be a part of the festival on time.
Co-ordinator / Secretary
Film club
6. Thorat's diary entry on the day in which the shooting was held in Notun Gram.
DIARY
10 PM Date:
Monday
Shocked! It was an unforgettable day in my life, because I was busy with my new film project „Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne‟. We have to take a scene with tiger, hired one tiger from Bharath circus along with its trainer named Thorat. But tiger unexpectedly behaved, it pranced, leaped and jumped towards audience and my co-workers. The trainer became mere spectator for the performance of the tiger. Finally it calm downs and we finished our shooting. Thank God.
4.
What is the figure of speech used in the line " life for me ain't been no
crystal stair? (Metaphor)
5.
What does crystal stair suggest? (Smooth and easy life)
6.
What do "tacks,splinters, and boards torn up" suggest? (Difficulties
in life)
7.
What does" places with no carpet" refer to?
Life
without luxuries.
8.
What does “bare” suggest? (Poverty in life)
9.
What does "reaching landing" suggest? (Achievements in life)
10.
What does "turning corners" suggest?
Unexpected
turning points in life.
11.
What does "going in the dark" suggest ?
Hopeless
and dark times in life.
13.
What is the message given to the son?
Don't
set down on the steps.
14.
What is the message of the poem? What does " Don't set down on the
step" imply?
Don't
give up climbing up the stair case of life.
15.
Phrase which means "has not" (Ain't)
16.
Why Afro American dialect is used in the poem ?
To
show the illiteracy of the mother
17.
What does the mother tell her son?
Don't
stop the journey of life though it is full of difficulties.
18.
What example does the mother give to her son to persuade him?
Mother
shows her own life as an example.
19.
Pick out the lines that show the mother could continue her journey overcoming
the hurdles in life?
For
I, still going
I still climbing.
2.ANALYSIS
OF THE POEM‘MOTHER TO SON’ BY LANGSTON HUGHES
Background:
Langston Hughes is an African American
poet who is also well known for his work in fiction, plays, essays and
biographies. This poem was written in the early 20th century when the African
Americans faced some serious oppression and racism issues. The poem is a
conversation between a mother and a son. It is a monologue by the mother where
she tells her son that life has never been easy for her. She says she has faced
a lot of troubles in the journey of her life but continues to move ahead.
Despite all the challenges that came her way, she never turned away and chose
not to give up. The mother tells her son that life will not always be a smooth
ride but in spite of all the hardships and miseries, one must learn to move
forward. She encourages her son to face life’s challenges head-on and tries to
inculcate strength and courage in him.
Structure:
The poem is a monologue by a mother. It
has been written in free verse and has no rhymes or rhythmic pattern. The poet
uses imagery as he refers to the journey of life as climbing a staircase and
says that it has never been a beautiful crystal stair. It is indicative of the
kind of poor and miserable lives the African Americans had in the early 20th
century.The poet has also used metaphor. He uses symbols like tacks, splinters,
no carpet on the floor and darkness to describe the difficulties that one faces
in life. The staircase is also a metaphor for the struggles people face in their
upward journey of life. The upward journey refers to the journey to heaven or
to a better place where one is free of all the pain and suffering.
Analysis:
“Well, son, I’ll tell
you:
Life for me ain’t been
no crystal stair.”
The poem opens with the mother speaking
to her son or like she is answering a question that he might have asked. She
explains to the son that life has never been easy for her. Here ‘crystal stair’
symbolizes smoothness or beauty. The mother says her life has not been a smooth
ride.
“It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no
carpet on the floor—
Bare.”
The words and phrases used in this
stanza, like ‘tacks’, ‘splinters’, ‘boards torn up’ and ‘no carpet on the
floor’ represent the difficulties and struggles that one has to face in life.
Tacks are nails and splinters are small, sharp pieces that have broken off from
wood or glass and can cause difficulty or hindrance for one’s movement. The
mother says she has faced a lot of troubles in her life as one may face these
troubles when climbing up a staircase. This stanza also indicates the kind of
poor houses and miserable lives the African American had in the early 20th
century. ‘Bare’ may also refer to the poor living conditions and lack of
necessities.
“But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’
on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in
the dark
Where there ain’t been
no light.”
In this stanza the mother tells her son that despite all the
difficulties, she has been climbing up the metaphorical staircase of life. Here
‘turnin’ corners’ and ‘going in the dark’ represents the fear and doubts that
one has during times of uncertainty. There will be moments of indecisiveness
and confusion but one must continue to move forward and not give up hope.
“So, boy, don’t you
turn back.
Don’t you set down on
the steps.
‘Cause you finds it’s
kinder hard.”
The mother urges her son not to turn back and continue facing the
challenges in life. She tells him not to be disappointed when he faces difficulties
and not to settle down with it. He must rather face them and keep pushing
forward. The mother tells him that the adversities that come his way should not
dampen his spirit and he must continue to strive for a better life.
“Don’t you fall now
For I’se still goin’,
honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t
been no crystal stair.”
The mother tells her son that despite all the difficulties he
faces in life he should not feel disappointed or lose hope. Falling off the
staircase may also indicate being misled. The mother advises her son to not be
misled and choose the wrong path during difficulties. The mother sets her own
example by saying that she is still walking on that path and climbing that
metaphorical staircase of life. She has not given up and continues to strive
for a better life, free of all suffering and miseries. Here, the second line of
the poem has been repeated where the mother says that life has not been a
smooth and easy journey for her.
Summary:
The poem is a monologue by a mother where she is speaking to her
son. The mother tells her son that life has never been easy or free of
difficulties. It has never been a smooth ride. She compares the journey of life
to the upward climb on a staircase and says it has not been smooth like
crystal. She talks about the various difficulties that one has to face in life
like the broken parts and uncarpeted floors that make climbing a staircase
difficult. Despite all the challenges the mother kept moving forward and also
faced times of confusion and uncertainty. She tells the boy to do the same and
have the courage to move forward without ever turning back. The mother also
tells her son to not be misled or lose hope. She inspires her son by saying
that she has always strived for a better life and even he must continue to do
so.
Theme:
The poem has been written in the early 20th century when the
African Americans were under oppression and racial injustice. In the poem, the
mother teaches her son about strength and courage. She tells him that one must
possess the courage to move forward in life in spite of all the difficulties
that might come his way. So, the main theme of the poem is that of
perseverance. The poet passes the message that one must persevere to make his
life better and not be discouraged by the adversities that one may have to
face.
A girl’s garden was written
by Robert frost, in 1916. He wrote it as part of his mountain interval series.
He was writing it to people who are eager to work, but when they have the
opportunity, they give up. The subject of the story is this girl‘s garden, and
how she fails to take care of it.
In this poem Robert lee
frost uses a lot of imagery. He shows us how we lack discipline to finish
project that we started out eager to finish. He uses example like these she
wheeled the dung in the wheelbarrow along a stretch of road; but she always ran
away and left her not nice load Also uses herbegging for seed showing how she
starts out dedicated, and she loses interest by not planting the seeds. To
shows us how we lack the discipline to finish. He also uses imagery to help
thus understandof walled of ground where a shop had stood he also uses imagery
to help us understand the characters. For instanceon your slim Jim helps us
understand she was weak andit’s as when I was a farmer help us see that she was
proud and boastful when she clearly was a sad excuse or being a farmer.
The poem has a mixed tone,
because she has the initiative, but then lacks the discipline to finish. So
it‘s positive negative, but coming away from this poem I feel sad. It could
have been a beautiful garden, but it became a weed patch. The poem is written
in a chronological order, which makes it nice, smooth and easy to understand.
It uses rhyming scheme of ABCB, which is a little unusual, but it was not a
distracting. The title doesn‘t symbolize anything, but it just states the plot
of the poem. The theme Robert frost was trying to show us was that, having good
ideas isn‘t enough. We need to go out and do them, and finish them. The diction
he uses really helps us get point of his poem, because it really supports it. It
is a good poem that teaches a valuable lesson.
2.Questions
& Answers
A neighbour of mine in
the village…………………………………………A childlike thing
1.Who is the speaker of the poem?
The
poet himself is the speaker of the poem.
2.Who is the poet’s neighbor?
A
young lady
3.What did the girl tell the poet?
She
tells the poet about a childlike thing.
4.What does she like to tell the poet?
She
tells the poet about a childlike thing.
5.Where did the girl live in her
childhood?
She
lived in a village.
6.When did the girl do the childlike
thing?
Once
in a spring season
7.What does the expression ‘A childlike
thing’ suggest?
It
suggests her innocent deed.
8.Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.
ABCB
9.Pick out a set of rhyming words from the
above given stanza.
Spring-
thing
One
day she asked her father………………………………………And he said, ‘Why not?’
10.What
did the girl ask her father?
The
girl asked her father to give her a garden plot.
11.How
did the father respond?
The
father readily agreed to give her a garden plot.
12.Why did she want to get the garden plot?
To
plant and tend and reap herself
13.What
did the girl ask the garden plot for?
Refer
question no.10
14.What
do the words ‘Why not’ imply?
It
implies father’s readiness to do it.
15.‘And
he said, ‘Why not?’. Who is ‘he’ referred to here?
Father
In
casting about for a corner………………………………………… And he said ‘Just it’.
16.What
do you mean by the expression ‘casting about’?
It
means ‘to look for’ or ‘search’ or ‘try to find out’.
17.Which
part of the plot was given to her?
A
corner of the plot
18.What
sort of plot was given to her?
An
idle bit of walled-off ground where a shop had stood
19.How
did the father respond when he found the apt place?
Just
it
20.What
does the expression ‘Just it’ suggest?
It
suggests her father’s confirmation regarding the plot that he thought.
21.Which
plot did he find for his daughter’s farming?
Refer
question no.16
22.What
was the father searching for?
The
father was searching for an ideal plot.
And
he said……………………………....on your slim-jim arm
23.Did
the father help the girl in making the farm? Why?
No.
He wanted to make the farm all by herself.
24.Pick
out a line from poem which indicates her father didn’t help her in making the
farm?
An
ideal one girl farm
25.‘That
ought to make you an ideal one girl farm’. What is ‘that’ referred to here?
The
garden plot given by her father / working on the farm.
26.Pick
out an example for alliteration.
Some
strength
27.Pick
out an example for assonance.
Slim
Jim
28.What
did her father tell after giving her the plot?
He
said that he wished to make her a good farmer.
29.What
is meant by ‘one girl farm’?
It
means that she has to work on her own.
30.What
do the words ‘slim Jim’ mean?
Very
lean
31.What
does the poet try to convey through the line ‘an ideal one girl farm’?
The
father leads his daughter into the path of self-discovery.
32.What
role does the father play in the poem?
The
father plays the role of a mentor.
33.‘…And
give you a chance to put some strength/ on your slim Jim arm. What does the
girl’s father mean by this?
The
father knew that working on the farm would make his daughter physically strong
It
was not enough of a garden…………………………………….But she don’t mind now
34.‘It
was not enough of a garden’. What is ‘it’ referred to here?
It
refers to the garden plot given to her.
35.Father
said ‘it was not enough of a garden to plow’. Why?
The
plot was not big enough to be ploughed with a tractor. So she had to plough it
with a spade, all by hand.
36.Why
did the father want his daughter’s garden to be plowed by hand?
The
plot was not big enough to work with machines. So the father told her to plough
it by hand to make body strong.
37.Did
the girl mind plowing with her hand?
No
She
wheeled …………………………………………………………………..Her not-nice load.
38.What
did the girl wheel in a Wheelbarrow?
The
dung
39.What
did the girl need the dung for?
To
make the land fertile
40.Pick
out an example for alliteration.
Wheeled
wheelbarrow
41.How
did the girl carry the dung to her plot?
In
a Wheelbarrow
42.Where
did the girl carry the dung through?
Along
a stretch of road
43.She
always ran away and left her not nice load. Why?
Either
because of the bad smell of the dung or felt ashamed when someone saw her
carrying the load.
44.What
does the expression ‘not nice load’ suggest?
It
suggests the dung in a Wheelbarrow
45.Why
did she always run and hide while she was carrying the load?
Refer
question no. 42
And
hid from anyone passing……………………………………….of all things but weed
46.What
did the girl do with the dung?
She
wheeled the dung in wheelbarrow along the road to her farm. Whenever she saw
anyone she left her not nice load and somewhere else.
47.What
did the girl do with the seed?
She
begged the seeds to grow.
48.What
did the girls think?
She
thought she planted one of all things but weed.
49.Pick
out examples that show her childish thing while farming.
Hid
from anyone passing, she begged the seed
A
hill each of potatoes…………………………………………………And even fruit trees
50.What
else did the girl plant?
She
planted potatoes, radishes, lettuce, peas, tomatoes, beets, beans, pumpkins,
corn and fruit trees.
51.Pick
out an example for assonance.
Beets
beans
52.Pick
out an example for hyperbole.
A
hill each of potatoes
And
yes, she has long mistrusted………………………………………a great deal of none.
53.What mistrust did she have about the cider
apple?
She
believed that the cider apple that grows there even today is the one she
planted
54.How
did the poet describe her plot?
Her
crop was a miscellany.
55.What
does the phrase ‘a little bit of everything’ mean?
Her
crop consisted of various fruits and vegetables in small quantities.
56.Her
garden was a hodge-podge; a mixture of many things. Do you agree? Pick out a
line which indicates this.
Yes.
Her crop was a miscellany.
57.In
what ways do you think the girl’s method of farming is different from that of
adults?
She
did a little bit of everything and didn’t mind to do a great deal of none.
Now
when sees in the village…………………………………………..To the same person twice.
58.Did
the girl like to repeat the story on farming? Pick out lines to suggest this.
No.
She never sins by telling the tale to the same person twice.
59.Does
the girl want to give advice on farming by telling her own experience? Quote
relevant lines to indicate this.
No.
Oh never by way of advice.
60.‘It’s
as when I was a farmer’. What is ‘it’ referred to here?
It
refers to the village life
61.Does
she like to tell about farming in her childhood? Pick out relevant lines from
the above given stanza.
Yes.
It is as when I was a farmer.
62.What
is the theme of the poem?
The
theme of the poem is the learning experience and the pleasure the woman feels
even as an adult.
63.What
did the girl feel when she visited the village later?
She
felt everything would go well.
64.What
message does the poem convey?
The
poem reminds us that initial enthusiasm rarely leads to success. The poem
stresses the need of constant hard work and lasting enthusiasm to achieve
success in life.
