Write an essay on the following.
a) Bring out the humour in James Thurber’s “The Topaz Cufflinks Mystery”.
b) Justify the title, “Blood, Toil, Sweat and Tears”.
c) Summerize the prose “A chat with Mrs. Smiles”.
Answers
"Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" Speech
On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration. It was the evident will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties.
I have already completed the most important part of this task.
A war cabinet has been formed of five members, representing, with the Labour, Opposition, and Liberals, the unity of the nation. It was necessary that this should be done in one single day on account of the extreme urgency and rigor of events. Other key positions were filled yesterday. I am submitting a further list to the king tonight. I hope to complete the appointment of principal ministers during tomorrow.
The appointment of other ministers usually takes a little longer. I trust when Parliament meets again this part of my task will be completed and that the administration will be complete in all respects. I considered it in the public interest to suggest to the Speaker that the House should be summoned today. At the end of today's proceedings, the adjournment of the House will be proposed until May 21 with provision for earlier meeting if need be. Business for that will be notified to MPs at the earliest opportunity.
After only a few days on the job, newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave this riveting, yet short, speech in the House of Commons on May 13, 1940.
In this speech, Churchill offers up his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" so that there will be "victory at all costs." This speech has become well known as the first of many morale-boosting speeches made by Churchill to inspire the British to keep fighting against a seemingly invincible enemy — Nazi Germany