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It pours in through every part of my body. It tingles in the skin, my cheekbones and even
in my hair.
a) Name the prose and the writer.
b) Who is the speaker of these words?
c) What does it stand for?
d) Why does she have to sense it through different parts of her body?
e) How did the different parts of her body sense "it"
f) What does this statement show about the speaker's character?
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Answer:
Now let us discuss the title. The title itself is very interesting. Here the author says Evelyn Glennie listens to sound without hearing it. Now we all wonder, we are confused. How can you listen to sound when you can’t hear? So, this is something we will discover – that how Evelyn Glennie was able to listen to sound although she could not hear.
Now before we proceed with the chapter, lets discuss
“God may have taken her hearing but he has given her back something extraordinary. What we hear, she feels — far more deeply than any of us. That is why she expresses music so beautifully.”
Someone has commented this about Evelyn. He says that although god took away her hearing power, she was impaired, but he gave her an extraordinary thing and that was the sense of feeling. She could feel very deeply. Far more deeply than the normal people. And that is why she was able to express music so beautifully, so well. She is a well-known multi- percussionist. She plays different percussion instrument like xylophone, drums.
Read the following account of a person who fought against aphysical disability and made her life a success story.
From here we come to know the theme of the story and the message we get from the story. The story of Evelyn Glennie is a motivational story, it inspires all of us to overcome our physical disabilities and achieve our dreams and goals just like Evelyn did.
Answer:
a) The prose is "The Sound of Music". The writer is Deborah Cowley .
b) The speaker of these words is Evelyn Glennie.
c) It stands for Music .
d) She has to do so as she is blind and deaf.
e) The Sound of music as vibrations poured into her body, tingled in her skin,cheekbones and in her hair.
f) She is courageous, and hopeful.