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B.E.G.E-141
UNDERSTANDING PROSE
Assignment for July 2023 and January 2024 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1-4)
Maximum Marks 100
Answer All Questions
Section A
Q.I Write short notes on the following in about 200 words each:
(i) Image and symbol as figures of speech
(ii) Narrative Prose
(iii) Art and craft of diary writing
(iv) What is autobiography?
Section B
II Answer the following questions in about 350 words each:
- Justify the comment, “Be strong before people, only weep before God”, from the story ‘Mother’.
- What do you learn about the life of the English people in Burma from Orwell’s essay, ‘Shooting an Elephant’?
- What is the theme of the essay ‘On seeing England for the First Time’?
- Outline the portrait of Queen Victoria as seen in Strachey’s biography Queen Victoria.
Section C
III Answer the following questions in about 600 words each:
- What is the significance of the title ‘Misery’ in the story of the same name.
- Outline the horrors of the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jews as seen from Anne Frank’s diary.
- Laurence was committed to the cause of nuclear disarmament. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
- Comment on the distinctive style of Nehru’s letter-writing as seen in ‘The Quest of Man’.
- How does Aitken make fun of Indian politicians? Base your answer on your reading of the excerpt from his travelogue.
