Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:
(1) No event or parts of the story are mentioned in this book review.
(2) Mischievousness was the most striking quality of 10-year-old Swami.
A little bit about the book...
Anything I mention about the book can be mistakenly understood as 'spoilers', so I would rather give a glance into the book without mentioning any events or plots of the story.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British rule... Like most kids of that age, Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hates school, even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s his way of facing life, talking himself out of everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh way. As many teens back then, all he wants to do is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree, break something and harass somebody (unlike kids today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of India, still is) the life of a typical boy growing up. Technology isn’t big in a kid's life. All they want is to play havoc!!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his growing years ?
In this regard, Narayan gets deeply into the workings of Swami’s ten year old mind, explaining exquisitely how he thinks and what his perspective of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and gets very attached with the character as the story progresses. That's the magic of Narayan.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following sentences that tell you about author Narayan's magic:
(1) Narayan gets deeply into the working of _______________.
(2) Explains in pleasing manner how _______________.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Find the following from the passage:
(i) Noun forms of : happen, true
(ii) Verb forms of : hatred, thought
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Find the error and rewrite the corrected sentences:
(1) Swami thinks that's his way of living life.
(2) Swami is an mischievous little kid.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Yes, I definitely think so. It is the natural instinct of most of the kids to play, to make fun, to play mischiefs and enjoy the life like Swami. They try to avoid going to school under some pretext and dislike to learn some particular subjects. They often get beaten for their naughtiness, mistakes and their mischievous deeds. They do anything that comes to their mind, unintentionally.
State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:
(1) No event or parts of the story are mentioned in this book review.
(2) Mischievousness was the most striking quality of 10-year-old Swami.
A little bit about the book...
Anything I mention about the book can be mistakenly understood as 'spoilers', so I would rather give a glance into the book without mentioning any events or plots of the story.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British rule... Like most kids of that age, Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hates school, even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s his way of facing life, talking himself out of everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh way. As many teens back then, all he wants to do is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree, break something and harass somebody (unlike kids today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of India, still is) the life of a typical boy growing up. Technology isn’t big in a kid's life. All they want is to play havoc!!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his growing years ?
In this regard, Narayan gets deeply into the workings of Swami’s ten year old mind, explaining exquisitely how he thinks and what his perspective of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and gets very attached with the character as the story progresses. That's the magic of Narayan.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Complete the following sentences that tell you about author Narayan's magic:
(1) Narayan gets deeply into the working of _______________.
(2) Explains in pleasing manner how _______________.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Find the following from the passage:
(i) Noun forms of : happen, true
(ii) Verb forms of : hatred, thought
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Find the error and rewrite the corrected sentences:
(1) Swami thinks that's his way of living life.
(2) Swami is an mischievous little kid.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Yes, I definitely think so. It is the natural instinct of most of the kids to play, to make fun, to play mischiefs and enjoy the life like Swami. They try to avoid going to school under some pretext and dislike to learn some particular subjects. They often get beaten for their naughtiness, mistakes and their mischievous deeds. They do anything that comes to their mind, unintentionally.
