Fiction : Chapter 4 Keeping It From Harold ENGLISH [Communicative] - Fiction : Chapter 4 Keeping It From Harold

‘Bill’, said Mr Fisher, ‘you and me had better be getting back to the White Hart.’
(a) What is meant by ‘White Hart’?
(b) Why should they be getting back to the White Hart?
(c) Give another word for ‘hart’.

He’s a fighting man, doing his eight stone-four-ringside, and known to all the heads as ‘Young Porky’.
(a) Who is saying these lines and to whom?
(b) Whom does the above description fit and why?
(c) What is meant by ‘fighting man’ in this context?

I just wanted to break his neck for him, but I suppose it’s not to be. I know it’s him that’s at the bottom of it.’
(a)What does this remark suggest about commitment in the case of the speaker?
(b) Why does he want to break his neck?
(c) What is meant by being ‘at the bottom of it’?

Goodness knows I’ve never liked your profession, Bill, but there is this to be said for it, that it’s earned you good money and made it possible for us to give Harold as good an education as any duke ever had, I’m sure.’
(a) What is the profession being referred to?
(b) What does the speaker find to commend it?
(c) What is a synonym for ‘education’ in this context?

‘What scales?’ demanded Mrs Bramble, a literal-minded woman. ‘And what are you doing here, Bill, when you ought to be at the White Hart, training’?
(a) What does the term ‘scales’ signify?
(b) What is the training being referred to?
(c) What kind of a woman is a literal-minded one?

Why did Bramble sacrifice the truth for Harold?

What reaction would his school mates have on learning their friend’s true identity?

Why did Harold feel badly treated?

Why did Fischer consider himself badly treated?

What was significant about the fight with the American?

When we attach high class to certain sports, there is trouble for its players. Justify this statement with reference to the story ‘Keeping It from Harold’.

Harold proved to be an ideal child for his parents. Do you agree?

Parents should share their family problems frankly with their children. Justify this statement with reference to the case of Harold and his parents.

Do you think Bill Bramble was cut out to be a professional boxer on all counts?