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?
4. The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has
this been shown in the story? Where was the cat after the
fire? Who brings it back and how?
5. What actions of the schoolmates change the author's
understanding of life and people, and comfort him
Answers
Answer:
Answer:1. On one Sunday afternoon the author notices that smoke was spreading all around in his room and his house had caught fire.
2. He broke down into tears beacuse he felt that now his life was full of misery beacuse he had lost his old school, old friends, old teachers and his cat, now his home.
3. The author is deeply embarrassed the next day because he had no proper uniform to wear at school still he had to come to school.
4. When the author lost the cat, he broke down into tears, this incident shows that they were very fond of each other. The cat went missing after the fire.
4. When the author lost the cat, he broke down into tears, this incident shows that they were very fond of each other. The cat went missing after the fire. A neighbor brought the cat back to the Author.
5. When the author went to school the next day after fire he was embarrassed beacuse he had no proper uniform to wear. But his school mates arranged all the facilities for him and tried to comfort him. This changed the author's view towards the new beginning.
Answer:
Answer 1.
What is his mother's reaction? What does she do? Answer: While enjoying his Sunday he notices smoke billowing from the ceiling. His mother tries to recover important documents and his father's photographs.
Answer 2.
After the fire, he broke down into tears because it suddenly struck him that he was suffering a big loss. He realized that his cat could not be seen anywhere. Then, everything hit him at once − the new school, the fire, and his cat. That was when he broke down and cried.
Answer 3.
He was deeply embarrassed the next day at school because of the state in which he was. ... Some of the words that show his fear and insecurity are 'outcast', 'geek', 'wanted to curl up and die', 'zombie', and 'surreal'.
Answer 4.
The cat and the author were very fond of each other. The author said that the cat was never far from him. He had rescued it when it was a kitten and he felt that it knew that he was the one responsible for giving it 'the good life'.
Answer 5.
When the schoolmates of author (Zan) gave him gifts as his home was burnt, then it changed author's understanding of life and people. They brought all necessary school stationary and some clothes for him which comforted him a lot. They started introducing themselves to author which made him to participate in his life.