English Confluence By CL Gautam

The Enemy   -Class Test  Weekly Test               Class XII  Subject - English  MM:25  Q1.Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow : 1x5=5 “You are well", Sadao agreed. He lowered his voice. "You are so well that I think if I put my boat on the shore tonight, with food and extra clothing in it, you might be able to row to that little island not far from the coast. It is so near the coast that it has not been worth fortifying. Nobody lives on it because in a storm it is submerged. But this is not the season of storm. You could live there until you saw a Korean fishing boat pass by. They pass quite near the island because the water is many fathoms deep there. The young man stared at him, slowly comprehending. 'Do I have to ? he asked. "I think so", "Sadao said gently. "you understand it is not hidden that you are here." Answer the following questions: 1. (i) The arrangements of food and clothing by Dr. Sadao ...

Ch-4 The Enemy : Pearl S.Buck The Enemy is a war-fiction story by American writer Pearl S. Buck. It is set in the times of World War II. A young American soldier has managed to escape from the clutches of Japanese soldiers and has swum across the ocean to find himself washed ashore near Dr Sadao Hoki’s house. He is wounded by a bullet and lies unconscious while Sadao and his wife Hana contemplate helping him since he is a white American soldier. Given the war, he is an enemy of the state. The couple decides to help the young soldier at last. The Enemy Summary Dr Sadao Hoki is portrayed in the story as a very virtuous physician. He had lived life according to the dire necessities and demands of traditional Japanese society. Because his father wanted Sadao to have excellent formal education, he went to America as a student of surgery and medicine at the age of twenty-two. He met his wife Hana there at a professor’s house. Although he liked her, he waited to confirm her pure Japanese root...

THE THIRD LEVEL BY JACK FINNEY INTRODUCTION- The third level is a medium of escape through which man desires to be away from life's harsh realities. Modern life is without peace and tranquility so man in his quest to seek solace escapes to a place where his aim is to seek the realization of his dreams The third level refers to the subway of the Grand Central Station that takes passengers to Galesburg, Illinois. The third level on the station was a medium of escape for Charley, It provided him a base where he could interweave fantasy and reality.There does not exist any third level.  Annotations Tranquility- calm शांति वातावरण Solace- सांत्वना Quest- खोज fantasy- कपोल कल्पित interweave- एक दूसरे से लिपटना Question 1. What does the third level refer to? What is the significance of the third level? Ans.The third level refers to the Grand Central Station subway which will carry passengers to Galesburg, Illinois. The third level signifies an escape from the modern world that is “full o...