Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.He goes into the toilet to contemplateMan’s estrangement from a man-made world.Coming out he trembles…

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Q.3 (A) Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks) Home again, I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati, reading a book. He goes into the toilet to contemplate Man’s estrangement from a man-made world. Coming out he trembles at the sink, The cold water running over his brown hands, A few droplets cling to the greying hair on his wrists. His sullen children have often refused to share Jokes and secrets with him. He will now go to sleep Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming Of his ancestors and grandchildren, thinking Of nomads entering a subcontinent through a narrow pass. A1. Select and write the two statements from the given list which justify the theme of the poem : (2) (a) The father has problems in performing daily activities. (b) The routine of the father is explained in detail. (c) Isolation from the society makes the father introvert. (d) The father is lost in his own thoughts. A2. Complete the given points about the problems and difficulties faced by the father. (2) (a) Food : ............ ............ (b) Response of the children : ............ ............ A3. Write about the way you respond to your father when he comes home from his work. (2) A4. Identify and explain the figure of speech in the following line : (2) ‘Man’s estrangement from a man-made world’ A5. Compose a poem of your own in about 2 to 4 lines on the topic ‘Family.’ (2)

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Answer: A1 — (c) and (d); A4 — Alliteration (with a touch of paradox/irony). Full answers below. A1. (c) Isolation from the society makes the father introvert. (d) The father is lost in his own thoughts. (The theme of the poem is the loneliness and alienation of the father, who is cut off from society and even from his own children and lives in his own thoughts.) A2. (a) Food : He drinks weak tea and eats a stale chapati. (b) Response of the children : His children are sullen and often refuse to share jokes and secrets with him. A3. When my father comes home from work, I greet him at the door with a smile and take his bag. I offer him a glass of water or a cup of tea and let him rest for a while. Later, at dinner, I ask him about his day and share what happened at college, including a joke or two. I try to make him feel that his family values him and his hard work. A4. Alliteration. The consonant sound ‘m’ is repeated in quick succession in ‘Man’s’, ‘man-made’, which gives the line a musical, thoughtful tone. The line also contains a paradox/irony : man feels estranged (a stranger) in a world which he himself has made. This shows the father’s alienation from modern society. A5. A family is a tree with roots that hold, Its branches shelter the young and the old; In storms it bends but never breaks, For love is the strength that each one makes.

Read the extract and complete the activities given below : (10 marks)Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.He goes into the toilet to contemplateMan’s estrangement from a man-made world.Coming out he trembles…

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