1. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is
his mother's reaction? What does she do?
2. Why does he break down in tears after the fire?
3. Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school?
Which words show his fear and insecurity?
grd 9
Ch . 8. text book moment
Answers
Answer:
A1) While enjoying his Sunday he notices smoke billowing from the ceiling. His mother tries to recover important documents and his father’s photographs. Like all good homekeepers she knows the importance of documents. Moreover, she is also aware of the fact that how precious her late husband’s photographs are.
A2) After fire the harsh realisaton that his cat might have perished in the fire makes him cry. He gave it a new lease of life when it was a small kitten. Cat and the author are emotionally attached to each other. So it is a big emotional loss for the author.
A3) All his arsenal seems to be lost with his backpack. His books, homework are all lost. He is not even having decent clothing to wear. In a way he is feeling naked in front of the outside world.
These kind of situation can be very embarrassing and depressing for anyone. He is stripped of all mental protection.
His thought of unwillingness to grow up and willingness to die if life continued like that gives us a glimpse of the way he is feeling.
Answer:
1. One Sunday afternoon the author suddenly smelled something strange,then he noticed it..smoke pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. The whole roof was engulfed in flames.His mother run back into the house.
2.All at once it hit him-the new school,the fire,my cat -he broke down in tears and cried and cried. He was suffering loss,big time.
3.Due to fire.The clothes he was wearing looked weird,he had no books or homework and his backpack was gone.He had his life in that backpack!The more he tried to fit in,the worse he got.