Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words :
(a) How did the granddaughter react to her grandmother's request to teach her to read ?
(b) Why does Juliette call her house 'a wretched place' ?
(c) Which suggestion of the maid surprised Juliette ?
(d) Why has the poet used the word 'bubble' for 'The Brook' ?
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(a) Value Points : At first made fun of her - age bar - seeing her grandmother’s determination to overcome all obstacles - started teaching her in earnest.
Detailed Answer :
When the grandmother requested the granddaughter to teach her to read at first, she made fun of her. She couldn’t understand why at the age of sixty-two, her grandmother had resolved to read and write. Then seeing her determination to overcome all obstacles she (granddaughter) started teaching her in earnest.
(b) Value Points :
(i) Juliette could not get any prospective buyers.
(ii) The sign ‘For Sale’ had been put up for one month.
Detailed Answer :
The sign ‘For Sale’ had been put up for one month by Juliette. She was expecting a healthy deal, but could not get any prospective buyers. This set her calling her house ‘a wretched place’.
(c) To make up for her financial constraint, the maid suggested her to act as a cook and earn money. She even volunteered to teach her peel potatoes and make omelette.
(d) As the brook moves, its swift current strikes against the pebbles and stones under it, producing a tremendous noise. Thus, the brook seems to be ‘talking’ as it moves. Also its rapid spiral movement creates spirals of bubbles and it sounds very cheerful.
Detailed Answer :
When the grandmother requested the granddaughter to teach her to read at first, she made fun of her. She couldn’t understand why at the age of sixty-two, her grandmother had resolved to read and write. Then seeing her determination to overcome all obstacles she (granddaughter) started teaching her in earnest.
(b) Value Points :
(i) Juliette could not get any prospective buyers.
(ii) The sign ‘For Sale’ had been put up for one month.
Detailed Answer :
The sign ‘For Sale’ had been put up for one month by Juliette. She was expecting a healthy deal, but could not get any prospective buyers. This set her calling her house ‘a wretched place’.
(c) To make up for her financial constraint, the maid suggested her to act as a cook and earn money. She even volunteered to teach her peel potatoes and make omelette.
(d) As the brook moves, its swift current strikes against the pebbles and stones under it, producing a tremendous noise. Thus, the brook seems to be ‘talking’ as it moves. Also its rapid spiral movement creates spirals of bubbles and it sounds very cheerful.
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