Question

Comment on the dominant variety of prose (narrative, expository or descriptive) present in each of the following passages. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about

Answer 1

We took him home that night. We got him to go by telling him that his father had bought a silver rifle and special Indian clothes for him, and we were going to hunt bears the next day. It was just twelve o clock when we knocked at Ebenezer's front door. Just at the moment I should have been taking the fifteen hundred dollars from the box under the tree, according to the original plan, Bill was counting out two hundred and fifty dollars into Dorset's hand.' When the kid found out we were going to leave him at home he started a scream like a terrible wind and clung to Bill's leg. His father dragged him off gradually, like a plaster. Around me on the grass are lumps of dry yak dung and clusters of yellow flowers. In the late afternoon hail falls out of a sunny sky. We are now near Naqu, and the view is another one of those red and green contrasts that are so brilliant as to seem unnatural. Rainwater gathers in red puddles, the red drainage gullies parallel to the road are full; the road itself, a strip of red, lies on abaize of completely flat greenery. On the horizon stands a complex yet symmetrical peak, covered with snow. A few horses are being driven towards Naqu, probably for the annual fair and horse-races held there at this time of the year. William Golding, the British Nobel winner, is reported to have stated that it was time that Asian writers were given their share of recognition by the Nobel Committee, as if one were talking of an equitable distribution of cabbage soup in a relief camp. Geographical, topographical, hemispherical or ethnic considerations are irrelevant in literature. One cannot, for instance, compel a selection committee to turn its attention to Antarctica since the claims of that part of the world have been overlooked. On the other hand it must also be said that if the soil (or rather the snow) of Antarctica produces a literary masterpiece, it is bound to emerge like a shining star in the firmament even if the Nobel, Committee remains ignorant of its existence. A classic does not have to wait for the Nobel stamp of approval.