3. b) Answer the following questions briefly, in your own words- Qi) Why are the faculties of sight and hearing called 'blessed'? (2) Qii) How was the mystery of the language revealed to the narrator? (2) re Qiii) What is meant by the ‘panorama of colour and action'? (1) 66 Qiv) Why does the narrator say that the “ pagaent of season is a thrilling and unending drama”? (2) Qv) What, according to the narrator, should be done to add fullness to life? (2)
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Explanation:
qi)eyes are blessed because they see and blessed are the ears for they hear
qii) by association when her teacher placed her hand into the cool stream of water to a word
qiii) An unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer
qiv) The authoress says that the pageant of seasons is an unending drama. The change of seasons never ends
qv) The mystery of the language was revealed to Helen by Miss Sullivan. Miss Sullivan was an expert teacher who was trained to teach the blind children. However, she had to be very patient and innovative while teaching Helen as she had hearing disability too. Miss Sullivan would often write the spelling of the all the objects on Helen's hand after allowing her to touch them. For example after giving her doll for a while, she would spell the word "d-o-l-l" on her hand. Miss Sullivan had to face a great difficulty many times making things clear to Helen. Once Helen got stuck at knowing the difference between 'water' and 'mug'. Miss Sullivan took Helen out; she put her hand under the spout and let Helen feel the cool stream on one hand, and on her other hand Miss Sullivan spelled the word "w-a-t-e-r". That living word awakened her soul to the secret of learning words with their meaning.