Class 12. Eng.Core Vistas Ch-5 Should Wizard Hit Mommy? Annotations/Vocabulary Message Characters explanation Questions and answers

Ch-5 Vistas

Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

           John Updike

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Annotations

1-Nap -short sleep (अल्प निद्रा)

2-Custom- habit/ practice (रीत रिवाज)

3-Slight -a little (मामूली)

3-Variations- change (परिवर्तन)

4-Wizard- magician (जादूगर)

5-Magic spells- magic effect (जादुई प्रभाव)

6-Fatiguing- tiring (बहुत थका देने वाला)

7-Futile- useless (निरर्थक)

8-Bump- swelling (उभार)

9-Sifting- scattering (छन कर आना)

10-Shades- curtain (पर्दे)

11-Fantastic- fanciful (काल्पनिक)

12-Squeezed- pressed hard (दबाना)

13-Skunk- a kind of animal (अमेरिका का एक छोटा मांस भक्षी जीव)

14-Stirred- inspired (प्रेरित किया)

15-Solemnly- seriously (गंभीरता पूर्वक)

16-Stinky- smelling bad (बदबूदार)

17-Drooped- hang down (लटकना)

18-Trace- draw a picture (पिक्चर बनाया)

19-Tug- pull hard (खींचना)

29-Tensely- with tension (चिंतित)

21-Scrape -screeching sounds (घसीट ने की आवाज)

22-Enormous-huge (विशालकाय)

23-Relapsed- slid back (पहले वाली स्थिति में)

24-Insisted- stressed (दबाव)

25-Swamp- marsh (दलदली एरिया)

26-Rapped- knocked (थपथपाया)

27-Clenched-tightened (कस कर पकड़ा)

28-Thrill- excitement (उत्साहित)

29-Scrunching- twisted (मुड़ा हुआ)

30-Whining-wailing (रोती हुई आवाज में)

31-Rummage- searched (तलाशी करना)

32-Smugly- in self satisfied way (आत्म संतुष्टि)

33-Trance like- mystical absorption (सम्मोहन की स्थिति में)

34-Rapt- lost in thoughts (गहरी दिलचस्पी)

35-Crancy- irritable (विचित्र)

36-Trace- sign (चिन्हित )

37-Rumble-rolling sound (ऊंची ऊंची आवाजें)

38-Apprehensive- fearful/worried (चिंतित)

39- Worldviews- views of the world (संसार की एक झलक)

40-Directing- guiding (मार्गदर्शक)

41-Dabbling- waving (लहराते हुए)

41- Astounded-shocked (आश्चर्यचकित)

42- Crouching- stooping (घुटने मोड़कर बैठते हुए)

43- Dessert- Sweet dish (एक प्रकार की मिठाई)

44-spank- hit someone on bottom (धीरे से मारना)

45- Smock- a chemise (शर्ट या कमीज)

46-Can- tin (बर्तन)

47-Tiptop-pointed end of the top (चोटी पर नुकीला सिरा)

48-Rheumy - watery full of tears (आंसू)

49- Gingerly- cautiously (सावधानी पूर्वक)

50-Tan- brown (भूरे कलर)

51-Emphasis- stress (दबाव के साथ)

52- Eventually- finally (अंत में)

53- Skittered off -Moved very quickly (तेजी से दौड़ना)

54-Feigning- pretending (बहाना बनाया)

55- Foreseen- predicted (पहले से जान लिया)

56- Heave- rising and falling movement (उठने गिरने की गति)

57-Wand- magic stick (जादू की छड़ी)

58-Pork chops-(सूअर का मांस)

59-Lima beans- pale green beans (एक प्रकार की फलियां)

60-Molding- decorative strips (सजावटी पट्टी)

61-Rails-(सहारा देने के लिए लगाई गई लकड़ी की छड़ी)

62-Crack of the day- light coming out of crack (दिन के प्रकाश का दरारों में से निकलना)

63-Tag-(पकड़म पकड़ाई)

64-Lacrosse- (गेम जो  दो टीमों के द्वारा खेला जाता है)

65-Grin- laugh (हंसना)

Message -

Throughout this story Jack wanted to teach his daughter Jo about moral values, but his daughter Jo, who was just a child, reacted differently to the story's ending. She wanted the wizard to hit Roger's mother and let Roger smell of roses and not change him. This was a child's perspective of things.

Theme -the theme is Father narrates a story to his daughter to make her realise the importance of originality and individuality. It also suggests that no one should be ashamed of his natural attributes.

Jack-Jack. The protagonist of the story, Jack is a married man living with his pregnant wife Clare, their four-year-old daughter Jo, and their two-year-old son, Bobby. …

Roger Skunk

Roger Skunk's was a delightful child. His only problem was that he smelled awful. As a result nobody liked to befriend him and play with him. He got rid of his bad smell with the help of wizard who cast a magic spell to change the smell into that of roses.

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