Question

The lesson, ‘The Portrait of a Lady’, expresses some positive traits of a joint family or extended family. Enumerate them.

Answer 1

The Portrait of a Lady

Explanation:

• In The Portrait of a Lady by Khushwant Singh we have the theme of innocence, friendship, love, connection, kindness, selflessness, respect and acceptance.

• It is also noticeable that the narrator loves his grandmother very much and if anything both have a close and loving friendship.
• The basic theme is the unconditional love of grandmother and their attitude.
• They are mostly attached to the history or cultural arts.
• And it shows how the life of one ends.
• The moral of the story "The Portrait of a Lady"  is first and foremost the sweet companionship of the grandmother and the author.
• The grandparents old age is well spent ,the children learn care for them.
• The  author learns the basic education of life in his childhood from his grandmother like being attended by her, going to school and attending the village dogs and feeding them as he also feeds on the same stale chapattis.
• This teaches the compassion for animals.
• Later on in his later years also the grandmother teaches him by the example of her character.
• She is consistent in her work of spinning the wheel counting the beads and praying in herself.
• This type of character brings peace in the home.
• The author is very successful in his life learning the basic ethics from his grandmother.

Answer 2

Sorry I have not read the chapter the portrait of a Lady
So, prefer the above answer.