Question

It is good to be ambitious and have dreams in life. But sometimes the means adopted to fulfil these aspiration go wrong. Discuss with reference to Private Quelch

Answer 1

It is good to be ambitious and have dreams in life. But sometimes the means adopted to fulfill these aspirations go wrong. Private Quelch’s example is quite synonymous with the point being discussed here. He was quite promising but he adopted wrong means for success. He posed himself as superior to others by showing off his smattering about certain things that were being taught to him during the military training. He would collect a lot of details by reading brochures, pamphlets, and related mateiral about almost everything in his training. For example, he knew the exact speed of the bullet when it left the muzzle of the rifle; he knew all the parts of rifle by heart and could explain them well. He could recognize the type of the plane by hearing the boom of its engines. However, he lacked etiquette, ethics, decency, and respect for seniors. He would interrupt his instructors and correct them. One day he met his match in Corporal Turnbull. He was giving a lecture on grenades. Private Quelch had the audacity to interrupt and correct him. Corporal Turnbull taught him a befitting lesson. He assigned him the permanent cook-house duty of the mess. At the end he had to pay a heavy price for being a show off!