Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (B) (i) The extract presents E.R. Braithwaite as a silent observer in ‘To Sir, with Love.’ Explain.

Answer: Braithwaite, the narrator, mostly watches and records what happens around him at Greenslade School and rarely interferes.

As a newcomer, Braithwaite quietly observes the school’s unusual free system, the attitude of the staff and the behaviour of the children before reacting. At the half-yearly Students’ Council meeting he does not speak; he simply watches how the children of each class present their reports, speak frankly and confidently, and how the Headmaster and teachers listen and reply. Through his calm observation he understands the children and the school, and the reader sees the events through his eyes.