DATE PAGE - 3. What was swami's reaction when his- Father asked to sleep alone in his office
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Question 14: Do you think Father was right to force Swami to sleep by himself? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: Father wanted Swami to grow up to be brave and not behave like a coward. So, he forced him to sleep all by himself in the office room. Swami was however terrified of the dark and he thought of all the stories about ghosts and devils that he had heard. Father could have first asked Swami to sleep by himself in a corner of the hall and not banished him to sleep in the dusty, dark room. Swami was racked by nightmares and was in a state of total shock and fear. I feel Father should have let Swami down easily and not been so harsh with him. He should have tried to understand Swami’s fear and be more supportive of him.
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Swami’s father challenged him to seep alone in the office room that night. Swami tried to change the subject matter by telling about the cricket club and made some desperate attempts to escape from his father.
Swami was filled with fear and tried desperately to make his father change his mind. He told his father that he would sleep alone from the first of the next month. But his father did not agree. Swami then went to sleep near his granny, pulled the blanket over his face, and pretended to be fast asleep. However, his father soon came there and pulled him out of bed. Swami tried to appeal to his granny and his mother to save him but his father would have none of it. So Swami’s desperate attempts failed.
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