Question

summary of conceptional fruit

Answer 1

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE – Fruit refers to the multimedia  – Concept of virtual world

CHARACTERS IN THE STORY Four characters – Greta (Daughter) – Father – Mother – Joel (Son)

GRETA’S CHARACTER – Girl of 16 – Couldn’t perform activities as normally as others – Often repeated whatever she heard – Went to special school

THE STORY – Father wanted to share about a new site – Only Greta showed interest – Took her to show where she could make up streets and bowls of fruit – Asked what she wanted – Created a street called “Greta’s Street”, a house called “Greta’s House” Placed bowls in every room – Peaches everywhere – Eleven windows covered with white curtains – Clicked bowls – word peaches appeared – Greta expected real peaches to appear – Father said – the words remind what they stand for – Didn’t cry but closed her eyes – Created a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – But no bathroom – not a real house – Smiled the next time when the word peaches appeared – The house could have anything – But Greta will never have a house of her own – Would live in a group house with people like her – Father hopes the house to be large and as Greta wanted.

CONCLUSION – Multimedia and internet helps to create a virtual world – Helps people to get satisfaction to some extent

Answer 2

Analysis of the story: ‘Conceptual Fruit’ may very well be termed as a ‘technology story’. But it is also human and full of tender moments. When Greta says “I thought you could make real peaches,” the readers cannot but sympathise with her and the father. The sad plight of Greta, the cold insensitivity of the mother and the brother, and the desperate hopes of the father lend a deeply humane touch to the story.

On the other hand, Greta seems to be more sensible than the so called intelligent ones who live in the make-believe world of technology. She expects real peaches and she cannot understand why people love peaches in the computer which are not real. She also says she doesn’t need a bathroom in her house because nobody is going to use the house. The question is whether technology can offer a helping hand to those who are denied the daily charms of regular life. At least for Greta, it is not technology, but the care and concern of the father that illuminates her world