Class 11.Eng.Ch-1 The Summer Of The Beautiful White Horse Snapshots, Question answer Theme Message Characters explanation

Ch-1

The Summer Of The 

Beautiful White Horse by William Saroyan

       

Introduction

The title of the story is justified as white horse was stolen by aram and mourad from byro's home but in the end the horse was returned to byro by both the boys. As they felt guilty as they were from the family who were known for their honesty from centuries.

Message 

Aram and Mourad maintain the quality of honesty and integrity by putting the horse back to its place and not keeping it with them any more. Instead they were so willing to ride and keep it all along with them, they, being trained perfectly kept the horse back to its original place.

Theme

 "The Summer of a Beautiful White Horse" entails honesty, honour, and trust. Honesty: - The story revolves around a young Armenian girl named Voski, who is tasked with selling her family's white horse to pay off their debts

ARAM

Aram was a nine-year-old boy who belonged to the Garoghlanian tribes of Armenians. He was a carefree and joyful kid. He was also honest and timid. His life was surrounded by the freshness and openness of Nature

Mourad

He was considered to be crazy and a direct descendent of Uncle Khosrove. He had a special way with animals and even with people. He domesticated the wild horse of John Byro. He repaired the injured wing of a robin bird; he knew how to deal with a horse, and how to soothe a dog.

  Character sketch of Khosrove?

Uncle Khosrov is the uncle of the protagonist Aram. He is notorious for his bad temper. He is highly impatient and set aside any problem without even listening to the details. When his son reported that their house is on fire, he shouted the same 'It's no harm, pay no attention to it'.

Question answer 

Question 1:

What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in this story?

Answer: Garoghlanian tribe was famous for its honesty and trust.

 They were proud of their family first, honest next and after that they believed in right and wrong. None of them would take advantage of anybody in the world. They would like to go without food rather than stealing something of someone. No member of the Garoghlanian family could be a thief.They were men of simple faith.They were satisfied with their guests with coffee and tobacco.They knew the art of living.These poor people had no money. Nobody could understand where they ever got money enough to keep them with food in their bellies.

Bellies- पेट

Question 2:

Give examples to show why cousin Mourad was considered one of the craziest members of the narrator’s family?

Answer:

Cousin Mourad had a crazy streak. He was quite crazy about horses. He stole a farmer's horse.He kept the stolen white horse for about six weeks, rode it, loved it, fed it well and hid it in a deserted yard. When he sang in the open countryside, it seemed as if he were roaring.

crazy streak-सनकी स्वभाव

deserted yard- खाली आंगन

Question 3:

“I couldn’t believe what I saw,” says the narrator. What was so unbelievable? Why?

Answer:

The narrator saw his cousin Mourad sitting on a beautiful white horse. It was unbelievable, As they belonged to poor families and buying such a beautiful horse was beyond their reach.Because These poor people had no money. Nobody could understand where they ever got money enough to survive.

Survive- जीवित रहना

Question 4:

Give a brief account of Mourad’s joy ride.

Answer:

Mourad kicked his heels into the horse and shouted, “Vazire run!” The horse stood on its hind legs, snorted, and ran forward at full speed. Mourad raced the horse across a field of dry grass to an irrigation ditch. He crossed the ditch on the horse. When he returned five minutes later he was dripping wet.

snorted- हिनहिनाना

irrigation ditch- सिंचाई के गड्ढे

Question 5

“A suspicious man would believe his eyes instead of his heart.” In what context was this observation made and by whom?

Answer:

This observation was made by farmer John Byro after looking into the mouth of the horse. It matched his horse tooth for tooth. He would have claimed it as his own horse if he had not known their parents or the fame of their family for honesty. The resemblance was so striking that he called it the twin of his horse.

fame मसहूर

resemblance- मिलता जुलता

Question 6:

Why did farmer John Byro stalk out of the house, slamming the screen door?

Answer:

Farmer John Byro visited the narrator’s house. He was homesick, sad and lonely. His horse had been stolen for over a month. Instead of showing any sympathy or concern for his loss, uncle Khosrove repeated his catchword: “It’s no harm. Pay no attention to it”. When John Byro talked about the cost of horse, uncle Khosrove commented: “I spit on money.” This was too much for John Byro to bear and so he left the house in disgust.

sympathy- सहानुभूति

catchword-फ़ैशनवाला शब्द

disgust-घृणा

Stalk out - बाहर आना

Spit- थूकना

Question 7:

What impression do you form of cousin Mourad?

Ans.Mourad is a young boy of thirteen. He belongs to the Garoghlanian family of Armenia. Their whole tribe was poverty stricken. In spite of abject poverty, their family was famous for honesty. Mourad was quite adventurous and had a crazy streak in him. He enjoyed being alive more than anybody else. Mourad loved horse riding. He had a way with a horse. He had tamed the horse by his affectionate behaviour .

It obeyed Mourad faithfully. His love for the horse is evident in the last scene. While parting, he put his arms around the horse, pressed his nose into the horse’s nose and patted it. He also had a way with dogs. The dogs of John Byro followed them around without making a sound. He was kind. He treated a young robin which had hurt its wing. He was worldly-wise and knew how to talk to farmers. Though he loved horse-riding he was averse of keeping the horse for a long time. He is proud of his family which is well known for their honesty and trust. In short, he is a lovable chap.

Chap-लडका

affectionate- स्नेह पूर्ण

abject poverty- अत्यधिक गरीबी

adventurous साहसिक

patted थपथपाई

averse- anti खिलाफ

Question 8.

Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?

Answer:

The boys returned the horse as they were afraid. The narrator had come to know that the horse belong  to farmer John Byro whose surrey had become useless because of his lost horse for a month. He informed it to Mourad and asked him not to return the horse as he wanted to learn how to ride a horse properly first. But unluckily when they met John Byro on the way, they got afraid. 

In doing so,they had kept the honour of their tribe at risk.

This filled them with a feeling of regret.Therefore they decided to return the horse to John Byro.

They put it stealthily in Byro’s barn next morning.

.surrey-घोडा गाड़ी

Stealthily- चुपके से

Question 9-

To which tribe did Aram and Mourad belong? What was particular about their tribe?

Answer:

Aram and Mourad belonged to Garoghlanian tribe who were the native of Armenia.This tribe was once rich and prosperous and had their lands but due to war they become homeless and jobless. They were well known for its honesty and trust. The people belonging to the tribe to neither be liars nor thieves.In this tribe they would like to go to bed without food at night rather than stealing something of someone.

prosperous- समृद्धिशाली

Question 10.

Who was John Byro? Why had he come to the narrator’s house?

Answer:

John Byro was a farmer. He was an Assyrian by birth. He had learnt to speak Armenian. He came to tell the narrator's mother that his white horse had been stolen last month.He was a farmer.

 Perhaps he had settled down somewhere in Armenia ten miles away from narrator’s home. He had come to the narrator’s house to share his woes over the loss of his only horse. His horse was missing for a month.He is the real owner of the beautiful white horse.

woes

Question 11.

What impression do you form about Khosrove?

Answer:

Khosrove was an uncle to Mourad and Aram.  He was an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair. He had the largest moustache in entire San Joaquin Valley. He was quite furious in temper,very irritable and impatient fellow who lost his temper quite easily if somebody cried over his loss.He is notorious for his bad temper. He is highly impatient and set aside any problem without even listening to the details.

 His most repeated words  were. It is no harm; pay no attention to it.”

 Once uncle khosrove was getting his moustache trimmed in barber shop.  His own son Arak ran 8 block to the barber shop to inform him that their house is on fire.  Uncle got impatient and roared at his son when the barber reminded him that his house was on fire uncle roared at him and stop him from talking.

enormous विशालकाय

furious गुस्सा

impatient बेकाबू

trimmed छंटाई कराना

Q12- How did Mourad help wounded Robin to fly? What does this incident indicate?

Ans. Narrator noticed Mourad trying to cure the hunt wing of a young Robin which could not fly. He was talking to the bird. After sometime he threw the bird into the air. The bird tried hard and almost fell twice; however at last it flew away high and straight. This incident shows that in spite of having a crazy streak Murad was kind at heart and gentle toward god's creature.

Q13-Who was the true owner of the horse?

Ans.The real owner of the horse is John Byro. Aram came to know about it because John frequently visited his house and on one such visit he heard John telling his mother about his missing white horse.

frequently- लगभग हमेशा

Q 14-Who stole the white horse?

Ans.Mourad stole the horse of John Byro because he was poor but he wanted to ride a horse. He and Aram rode the house at dawn every day.

Q15-What were the narrator's views about stealing  Or

what distinction does the narrator make between a horse ride and stealing money

Ans. According to the narrator  stealing a horse for a ride  was  something different from stealing money. if you were crazy about horses. IT was not stealing at all it would amount to stealing only if you intended to sell the horse.

MCQ/ Short Questions/ Answers

Q1. Where did Aram live?

Ans.At the edge of town on Walnut Avenue

2-.What was uncle Khosrove’s customary line?

Ans.It is no harm; pay no attention to it.

Q3-Mourad had been hiding the horse _________.

Ans.in a barn of a vineyard

Q4-At what time did Aram and Mourad ride the horse?

Ans.Early morning

Q5-“I have a way with farmers.” Who says it to whom?

Ans.Mourad to Aram

Q6-Who was Zorab?

Ans. Father of Mourad

Q7-Who was Arak?

Ans. Son of Uncle Khosrove

Q8 What were the hallmarks of the Garoghlanian tribe

Ans.Trust, Honesty

Question 9.

Who was the true owner of the horse?

(a) John Byro

Question10

When did the boys return the horse?

Ans.After they ran into John Byro

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