a.) How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's field?
b.) What" twin obligations does Mandela mentions?
c.)"The sight of food maddened him" .what does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?
d.) Why did Anne think she could be more comfortable in her diary than in people?
e.) In what way was Wanda different from the other children?.
f.)Is bread an important part of Goan life.How do you know this ?
g.) What happened when Maxwell took Mijbul to the bathroom.?What did it do two days after that?.
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2..Answer the following in 50-60 words .
a.) Describe the narrator's experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm?
b.) Why do
Answers
Explanation:
(a) after a sudden gust of wind had begun to blow, and huge hailstones began to fall along with rain. thus, the rain changed. the hailstones destroyed the lenchos field. the flowers were gone from the plants, and the corn was destroyed.
(b) mandela mentioned that every man has twin obligation. the first he toward his family, parents, wife and children; the second obligation is his contribution towards fellow people, his community and his country.
(c) the young seagull was very hungry. it was this hunger that ultimately compelled it to fly. it's hunger intensified when it saw its mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet.
(d) Anne's friend accompanied her at the times of fun and good times but they could never be the ones on whom she could confide...... she believed that paper has more patience than people, so she decided to write and confide in a diary.
(e) wanda was different from other children. she did not have any friends. she came to school alone and went home alone. .... unlike other children, she did not talk to anybody or had different dresses to wear.
(f) yes, bread is an important part of goan life. we know this because goanese importantfestivals can never be celebrated without bol and sweet bread. bolinhas have to be prepared during Christmas and other festivals. the mother's used to prepare sandwiches on the occasion of their daughters engagement.
(g) when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom, it went wild with joy in the water forhalf an hour. it was plunging and rolling in it, shooting up and down the length of the bathtub underwater, and making enough slosh and splash for a hippo. two days after that it escaped from his bedroom to the bathroom.
(2)(a) as the narrator flew into the storm, everything went black. He couldn't she anything outside the plane windows. ..... his plane didn't have much fuel but he followed the pilot and came out of the clouds and saw the runway.