Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (B) (i) Write a character-sketch of the narrator E.R. Braithwaite in ‘To Sir With Love’. (2)

Answer: Braithwaite is an educated, self-controlled and dignified teacher who wins his pupils’ respect through patience and understanding.

E. R. Braithwaite, the narrator, is a black, well-educated engineer from British Guiana who served in the RAF. Denied engineering jobs because of racial prejudice, he becomes a teacher at Greenslade School in London’s East End. He is patient, self-controlled and dignified. He treats his rough pupils as young adults, teaches them courtesy and self-respect, and finally wins their love and respect.