Question

author had used subtle and gentle humour to point out human foibles and indosyncraises in the lesson 'poets and pancakes' elucidate

Answer 1

In the chapter Poets and Pancakes, the author Asokamitram recounts his experiences while working as a story writer in Gemini Studios in Chennai.

Explanation:

• The author has used satire, irony and humour on several occasions to highlight the foibles of human nature.
• First, he begins the chapter in typical rambling style in which he seems to be complaining about everything happening in the studio.
• Then he makes fun of make up artists by saying that they make any normal person to look like a monster.
• Then he says that for doing the make up loads of locally made lotions are used, he also makes fun of the process by saying that it is like painting one's face with paint.
• He uses irony when he says that pretty young girls were applied make up which instead of making them prettier makes them ugly.
• He also assumes that people makes fun of him for not doing any work because all they see was a man tearing up some newspapers.
• He thinks that people with literary gifts is a waste in the studio which only cares about barbers and so called actors.