Question

Theme of the essay my struggle for an education by Booker T. Washington in 150 words

Answer 1

Reference: - These lines have been taken from the lesson ‘My Struggle for an Education’ written by Booker T. Washington.

Context: - In these lines, author expresses his inner happiness when he was allowed to get admission to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Virginia, U.S.A.

Explanation: - The author says that he was very much pleased when the head teacher of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, permitted him to join the school. He considered himself to be the happiest person in the world. He swept the recitation room and dusted every article of the furniture and the homework around the walls of the room very carefully. No particle of dirt could be seen there. It was the real admission test given to the author. Had he failed in that test, the head teacher would not have allowed him admission to that institute.

                 The author  expresses his feelings that he had passed several examinations during his student  life bit none of them had been so important as the one of sweeping and dusting of the recitation room. The author  becomes emotional and recalls it as the best ever examination he had passed in his life.