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mT, s\, fa, WwW, sh, en, , 2. Di, , of, Da, sto}, star, fror., chi, relat, spite, than, 3. Why, , , , , , , , , , AShocking Accident (Graham Greene), , 1. When Je ears of his er’ S| W magine his, : rome he i i i ft i, his father’s accident from his house master, how does he imagine his, , The story has been titled ag,, , father has died?, He thought that his father i, would have died i i i i i, Gia Mindeahice ied in an encounter with the police. The police might, - How did Jerome’s father die?, , \ 5 ‘, ba a father walking to the Hydro graphic Museum, a pig fell on him from a balcony., hs shook a little with emotion” what emotion do you think, is Mr. Words Worth shaking with?, , He was shaking with laughter imagi in whic! ighter and he imagined the manner in which i i, cal im gi ich Jerome’s father died- dying, , . What do you think that the st, , story has been titled as “A Shocking Accident”?, A Shocking Accident because a hardty heard about accident in, , which a man’ dies just because a pig fell on him. It is shocking as it is wn“fatural and, unbelievable. ‘, , . What bothers Jerome about his aunt?, , He was wofried that his aunt would narrate#the story of his fathers death to his lover sally in a, detailed manner§ally would laugh on hearing that his father died by a pig falling on him., . Do you think Sally is an ideal companion for Jerome? Why?, , Sally is an ideal companion for Jerome. She is not insensitive and didn’t laugh at the accident., Like Jerome she also asked the question “What happened to the pig”?, Paragraph Question, , | What are the two versions of his father’s death that Jerome narrates? Why does he do so?, , Jerome thought of two version of his father’s death. One would lead the listeners, gently to the accident and by the time it was described the listener would be so well prepared, that the death came as an anticlimax. Then he describe the unity of Naples, compare it with, Newyork and London. He would tell now the poor people lived in Naples and how they kept, pigs in their balconies. The pigs get no exercise and so they grow very fat. The old buildings are, all badly in need of repair. A balcony on the fifth floor gave way under one of those pigs. It, struck the third floor balcony on its way down to the street. His father was on the way to Hydro, graphic museum when the pig hit on him. The pig break his neck and he did. The next version, would be short “my father was killed by a pig”, in Italy .This was so short that the listener would, not get time to think of so many things and laugh at the accident., , . Discuss the element of Black Humour in the story?, , Black humour is a form of humour that disregards human sufferings like pain and, death. In this story we have an element of black humour. The death is more painful, but the way, of death arouses laughing. The house master tells Jerome about the death of his father but he, finds difficult to control his laughter. In fact he goes to the window and looks outside to prevent, Jerome from seeing his laughter. Actually he felt sympathy towards the boy, who has lost his, father. The boy’s reaction after hearing the news of his father’s death was also strange. He asked, “what happened to the pig”?.The same question is repeated by sally when she heard the story of, the death of Jerome’s father. So we see the element of black humour from the beginning to the, end., , , , , JYOTHIS SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, , , , , , Scanned with CamSeanner

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Section Thiet 2h0ert—, , Appointment in Samara by (W Somerset Maugham), 1, Who is the narrator of the story?, The narrator of the story is death,, , 2. Why was death surprised at seeing the servant in Baghdad?, , The death was surprised in seeing the servant in Baghdad because he had an, him that night at Samarra, Samarra isZo miles from Baghdad,, , 3. Why did the servant flee to Samara? i, The servant fled to Samara to escape from death, who had shown him a threatening sign in the, market place., , 4. What do you think is the theme of the story?, , The theme of the story is that, nobody can escape from the hands of death., , 5. What does appointment mean in this late?”, , Appointment means the death of servant., , 6. To whom is this story being told?, , This story is being told to Sheppy, the protagonist of the play “Sheppey” by summerset, Maugham.” i, , 7. Usually the death approaches others. In the story the merchant approaches death. What does that, signify?, , It signifies that death will take away those whom she wants and not just anybody., , appointment with, , Paragraph Questions, 1. Comment on the language of the story?, , The language of the story is very simple. The style is conversational. Death is talking to, Sheppey, about what happened to a servant who fled to Samarra from Baghdad, to escape. The, story is a translation of an Arabic Sufi tale. Stories naturally use simple language. The message, conveyed through this story is profound. It tells that, however hard we try, we can’t rum away, from death. There is a personification in the story, death is personified as a person .Usually, feath is personified as a man, but here in this story, it is personified as women., 2,/Discuss how the story expounds fatalism?, , Fatalism is the belief that all vents are predetermined and therefore inevitable. In this story we, , find this belief proved to be right. The servant goes to the market place in Baghdad to buy things, , for his master. There he gets afraid seeing some sign that he thinks as the threatening sign of, death. He borrows his master’s horse and flees to Samarra in the hope of running away from, , death. But he meets his end. It is fatalism. There no running away from ones fate. Running away, , did not help him. On the contrary he reached the place where death had an appointment with, , him. Fatalism is a belief that strong among Indians. Whenever something bad happened we tend, , to say it is fate. There are many people who take shelter under this fatalism., , 3. Why do you think death is gendered in this tale?, , Death is gendered in this tale to make it more realistic. Death is presented as a person who seeks, out victim. It is interesting to note that death is presented here as a woman and the feminine, pronoun she is used for death .Normally in literature death is personified as a man. Who grabs, the person by neck. The normal rule for personification is that things that are gentle, beautiful, and generous are considered females. Where as things that is ugly, cruel, fierce and huge are, personified as males. The death jostle the servant in the crowd and showed a threatening gesture., She was astonished to see the servant in Baghdad because she had an appointment with him that, , night in Samarra., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Scanned with CamSeanner

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Lamb to the slaughter by (Roald Dahl), , What might be the probable reasons for Patrick to leave his wife? ., , He might have tallen in love with another woman and wants to live with her. So he decided to, leave his wife Mary Maloney, ., Pick out the evidences from the Story to show that Patrick is uncasy about revealing to his wife, that he is leaving her?, , He says that he had been thinking about it for a long time, fell it is better to tell her straight. It, Was bad time to tell her such thing now, But there was no other way., , It wasn’t till then that she began to get frightened. What finally frightened Mrs. Maloney?, When Mrs. Maloney offered to cook something and got up to go to the kitchen he asked her to, sit down: This finally frightened her., , How did Mary resillt to Patrick’s news?, , Her first instinct was not to believe any of it, reject it She thought she had imagined all things., If she went on her normal business she would wake up and she would find none of this had, ever happened., , Do you think that murder of Mr. Maloney is a planned murder? Why? Why not?, , I don’t think that murder of Mr. Maloney is a planned murder. She was shocked and she, thought sHe was dreaming. She was a pregnant woman. She may have never thought it would, kill him, when she hit him with the leg of the lamb. — : :, , How do you know that police have not ruled, Mrs, Maloney, out.as a probable suspect?, , The police have not ruled Mrs. Maloney out, as a probable suspect because one of the, policeman O Malley to Jack Noonan that the murder weapon is right there on the premises, right under their very noses., , “Tt would be a favour to me if you eat it up”. How would it be a favour to Mary?, , It would be favour to Mary in two ways if they eat it ,it means she has treated the friends of her, husband well. Secondly if they eat it murder weapon will not the found., , Who according to you is/are the lambs in the story?, , Lambs are the policeman who eats the leg of the lamb. What is being slaughtered is the truth,, evidence of the murder., , Paragraph Questions, , Do you think Mary really loved her husband support your answer quoting from the text?, , From the beginning of the story, we can understand that Mary Maloney loved, her- husband very much. After finishing all her works, she was waiting for her husband she, even arranged a strong drink for him. When she heard the tyres on the gravel outside, she laid, aside her sewing, stood up and went forward to kiss him, for her this was always a blissful time, of day. She knew-he didn’t want to speak much until the first drink was finished. But as a good, wife she adjusted all the behaviour of her husband and she sits quietly, enjoying his company, after sitting alone for long in the house. She was ready to prepare food for him very quickly., But the attitude of the husband made the readers filled with hatred to him. After revealing all to, her, we feel towards her, because she is sixth months pregnant and needs love and care of her, husband. All her love towards him becomes useless, when she knows her husband is going to, leave her. We can imagine the agony of pregnant woman in such a situation,, , The author does not level what Patrick’s reasons were, for leaving his wife. Why do think the, author does so?, , , , JYOTHIS SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Page 1, , , , es, , Scanned with CamSeanner

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she alg in the ”, , be lies i Is in the story."A shocking Accident”, The pig, ore are elevant symbols i . §, , teas eT : abol in the story. On the one hand, , Which kills Jerome's farther is probably the most important syn Death can from any place and, it sy i ess, Dea a é se, pig symbolises death. On the other hand it sy mbolises lazin ein tiene be, , i J a i 5 en, any manner. Jerome's father was walking to sce Hydro graphic museum wh it ao eter, balcony falls on his head and kills him. Words worth explains the death of his father, , as a shocking accident .In the poor quarters of Naples they keep pigs on their balcanies. The pig, from the 3" floor had grown (so fat broke the balcony and fell on Jerome s father. By, explaining the death of his father Words Worth tried very hard to hide his laughter importanLof, Jerome. This is the ridiculous aspect of the shocking accident. The pig growing in the balcony is, , symbolic of laziness., , Essay, Describe Jerome’s inner conflicts about his father’s death and his attempts to overcome them?, , The story “A shocking Accident” written by Graham Green is black, humour that disregards human sufferings like pain or death. The laughter arises from scepticism., Death of parents can be very painful to young children. The manner of death, in the story, has, been treafed as something that occurs in an undignified fashion. This makes it comic, yet, , painful to Jerome., Jerome worshipped his father. As man recreates God, Gerome recreated, , his father. His father was a widowed author. He was an adventurer travelled to many countries., He believed that his father was a gun-runner Gor a member of British secret service. But the time, he was 8, he knew that his father was neither gun runner nor a member of British secret service., , He knew that Was a travel writer., The circumstances of his father’s death were comic. They were still, , part of the mysteries of life. When he told the story to his best friend that he began to realize, how it affected others. After the discloser of the story he began to known as pig. He loved the, memory of his father, he still possessed an album fitted with the picture post cards and it pained, him when his aunt embarked with strangers on the story of his father’s death. He noticed the, reactions of the listeners, it was terrible for Jerome sometimes he rehearsed the method of, counting his fathers death, so as to reduce the comic element in it. It seemed to Jerome there, were two ways to narrate the incident. One way was to make the things teading to the accident, in a detailed manner, The second way was make it as short as possible. Jerome was a chartered., , Accountant, who lived far away from the literary world., When Jerome gets engaged to Sally, one thought worried him, He was, , worried if Sally would laugh when she hears about his father’s death. She is sure to het it when, he takes her to dinner with the aunt. Several times he tried to tell the incident himself. He, avoided taking her to his aunt until a week before the wedding. When she knew about the, accident from, she wondered how such a” thing could” happen, It was the miracle that Sally did, not laugh. She sat with open eyes of horror while the aunt told her the story. Her answer put an, end to all the fear of Jerome for ever. So Jerome’s heart sang with joy. This is the end of his, , inner conflicts about his father’s death. ;, Thus through out the story we can see, Jerome tries very hard to, , overcome the inner conflicts of his father’s death. ‘The death of parents can be very painful to, children. The story captures the agony of Jerome, when others consider the manner of death of, , his father as rather comic,, Page 2, , JYOTHIS SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, , Scanned with CamSeanner

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—- — EE CY A RR, CW, , , , The author Roald Dahl does not reveal what Patrick’s reasons were for leaving, his wife because he wants his readers to use their imagination. This detective story and in such, a story everything is not revealed. Something’s are left unsaid so that the readers too can in, their own way take part in the investigation. It is true that Mary loved Patrick. The author has, said that it was blissful time for Mary to sit quietly with her husband when he was having his, first drink; watching him and enjoying his company like a sunbather enjoy the warmth of the, sun. The oblivions reason for leaving Mary is he has fallen in love with another girl who might, be forcing him to leave his wife. Mary is pregnant and she needs care and leave from her, husband, She never expects such behaviour of Patrick, that made her frightened we can, imagine the mental agony of a pregnant woman in such situation., 3. Explain the significance of the title “Lamb to the slaughter”., , - Lamb to the slaughter is a phrase from the Bible which means “in an, unconcerned manner”, The allusion refers to the helplessness of the innocent lambs that are, being led for slaughter. Lambs are not obvious of the imminent danger that awaits them., Lambs are also supposed to be helpless. In the story lamb can be Patrick who fell victim to his, wife’s wrath (anger).It would be the people who ate at the lamb which was actually the murder, weapon. Lamb also can be the truth or evidence to the crime, which was ‘slaughtered’ by the, people enjoying the Lamb. Even Mary could be Lamb because she never suspected her, husband would leave her. The murder was by sheer accident as he never thought he would die., She hit him because of the frustration he caused her. So the title “Lamb to the slaughter” is, very appropriate for the story. &, , ESSAY, 1. Discuss the ‘irony present’ in the story “Lamb to the slaughter”, , The story ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ is full of instances of irony. Irony is the, contrast between what is said and meant, thought and known and what happens in contrast to, what is expected. Several utterances by the characters in this story have an underlying meaning, thus making them ironic. The actions of the characters also turn the situation to be ironic., , , We see irony in the behaviour of Patrick. Mary Joves him very much we can see, how she waits her husband to come home from work. Now and again she would look at the, clock. When he reached she greets him with a Hello and kissed him. She takes his coat and, hangs in the closet. She sits near him. She makes drinks for him. For her this was always, blissful time of day. She knew he didn’t want to talk until the first drink was finished. She was, happy to sit quietly enjoying his company after sitting alone for long in the house. And what, does she get in return from him. He is going to leave her, but she is six months pregnant., , There is irony in Mary telling the people in her house that they would be doing a, favour by eating the lamb in the oven. There is great irony in the detectives and policeman, eating the lamb. Actually the lamb is the murder weapon. They have to investigate the murder, and eating the murder weapon. Irony reaches its climax when O'Malley tells Jack Noonam that, “It is right here on the premises. Probably right under our nose”. Yes it was right under their, , very nose and they were finishing it fast. ., There is irony in the title itself. The phrase ‘Lamb to the slaughter’ is borrowed, , fmt the Bible. Mary was bringing the lamb to cook supper for Patrick. But the lamb ate him, , the sense that it became the instrument of his death. ; wer” It, Thus we see lot of instances of irony in the story “Lamb to the slaughter”., , also throws light on the gender relations and expectations which were in existence in the, land of the 1950’s. Woman subservient and economically dependent on men., , , , , , , , , , Page 2, , , , , , HIS SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, , Scanned with CamSeanner