Question

1. Comment on the dominant variety of prose(narrative, expository, descriptive) present in each of the following passage. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about 250 words each: a) a)We set out for the gallows. The warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope; two others marched close against him, gripping him by arm and shoulder, as though at once pushing and supporting him. The rest of us, magistrates and the like, followed behind. Suddenly, when we had gone ten yards, the procession stopped short without any order or warning. A dreadful thing had happened – a dog, come goodness knows whence, had appeared in the yard. It came bounding among us with a loud volley of barks, and leapt round us wagging its whole body, wild with glee at finding so many human beings together. It was a large woolly dog, half Airedale, half pariah. For a moment it pranced round us, and then, before anyone could stop it, it had made a dash for the prisoner, and jumping up tried to lick his face. Everyone stood aghast, too taken aback even to grab at the dog.

b)Symptoms of autism-related disorders are well-known: undeveloped social behavior and difficulties with social adaptation (upto complete isolation from the society); delayed or in some other way impaired cognition; severely limited interests − an autist shows interest only towards a small part of the world around him or her, sometimes completely ignoring the rest of it; repetitive or ritual behavior; language abnormalities. At the same time, many autistic persons possess talents not commonly found in regular people: for example, they can be brilliant mathematicians, or have photographic memory. According to the statistics, one of 68 children has autism related symptoms, so the amount of autistic people around us is much higher than it could be possibly expected. However, even though some symptoms such as language difficulties, or social dysadaptation can intervene in normal social interactions, they do not necessarily prevent an autistic person from living a normal life, especially with the help of other people.

c)Today, the most technologically advanced skyscraper is the famous Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is also the highest skyscraper in the world. Its exact height is 2,722 feet, or 829,8 meters, and it obviously can be seen from any point in Dubai. Burj Khalifa looks like a stalagmite, which usually has a shape of a cone. If you look at it from a distance, it will remind you of a gigantic sharp cone make of glass and steel. The most impressive aspect about Burj Khalifa is that it had been planned to be a “city within the city”; this means that inside the tower you can find parks, alleys, districts, fountains, and so on. The glass of the tower’s surface always shines, because it is washed every single day, and the concrete with which the tower is built, was invented specifically for Burj Khalifa. There are three entrances to the tower. At the foot of the skyscraper, there is a big artificial lake that measures up to 12 hectares. Inside, the building is as magnificent as it is from the outside. The interiors were projected by famous designers. The air inside Burj Khalifa is conditioned and flavored-it is said that the flavor was also designed exclusively for the tower. 57 elevators work 24/7 to transport visitors between floors.

Answer 1

a)This passage is the example of narrative prose. The author is degraded by what he has witnessed and experienced, and decides to share his feelings with the rest of the establishment through his writings.    We understand that the author’s purpose is to show how degraded he feels by the events that took place that morning in Burma.      Throughout his essay the author shows, that the prisoners are treated like animals. We see this when the author is describing the cells, he states, “We were waiting outside the condemned cells, a row of sheds fronted with double bars, like small animal cages.” We also see this evident when he is describing the way it took six guards to escort a “puny wisp of a man.” He says, “It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water.”     The author’s purpose is to also allow the audience to understand the way the guards and superintendent felt towards the prisoners. We see this when the superintendent is upset because the execution is running late, and says, “For God’s sake hurry up, Francis.” And “The man ought to have been dead by this time.” This allows the reader to see the disrespect the authority has towards the prisoners. We see that the author’s purpose is to allow the readers to understand that the prisoners were not treated humanly, and allows us to see the negative attitudes the authority had towards the prisoners. the author is someone that does not agree with the activities that occur in the native prison. It makes the author feel uncomfortable with the establishment and its procedures.