English Confluence By CL Gautam

Ch-1 The Third Level   by Jack Finney                ANNOTATIONS/ Vocabulary 1-Swear- take oath शपथ 2-Stack- pile   3-Obvious- apparent   स्पष्ट 4-Psychiatrist- mental disease expert मनोचिकित्सक 5-Waking dream- day dream जागते हुए सपने लेना 6-Insecurity- lack of protection असुरक्षा 7-Wander- move here and there इधर-उधर घूमना 8-Refuge- shelter शरण लेना 9-Block- one solid piece ठोस टुकड़ा 10-Uptown- residential area दूर स्थित क्षेत्र 11-Subway- underground way भूमिगत रेल व्यवस्था 12-Tan- yellowish brown हल्का पीला ब्राउन 13-Gabardine- a kind of cloth एक प्रकार का कपड़ा 14-Ducked- dived नीचे जाना 15-Arched- curved ऊपर से ढका हुआ क्षेत्र 16-Bumping into- coming across unexpectedly  17-Lobby- waiting hall प्रतिक्षालय 18-Angling- turning   कोण बना कर घूमती हुई 19-Slanting- sloping ढलान 20-Booth- stall दुकान 21-Flickering - waving टिमटिमाना 22-Spittoon- a vessel to spit into पीकदान 23-Glint- flash चमक 24-Vest- ...

Eminent Novel          UNTOUCHABLE by              Mulk Raj Anand           Q1- Character sketch of Sohoni Ans.Sohini is the daughter of Rakha and the sister of Bakha, the protagonist of the novel Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand. She belongs to the scavenger community, an outcaste. She had played a crucial role in unmasking the hypocrisy and licentiousness of Pundit Kali Nath, a caste Bramhin,Although she is the daughter of a sweeper jamadar, she lives in filth and squalor but Sohini has got a ravishing charm. It is this extra ordinary charm.simple and modest. She is never proud of her ravishing charm. She seems to be quite unaware of her extraordinary beauty. She is humble, and shy. She does her work honestly and never betrays her physical fatigue. She prepares tea for breakfast and meals for morning and evening. She cleans the latrines of the caste...

ARMS AND THE  MAN.  BY G.B. SHAW      Character list 1- Raina petkoff- daughter.            2- Catherine- mother of Raina 3- Major Paul petkoff- Father of Raina.   4-Siergius- lover of Raina 5-Louka - Maid servant of family     6- Nicola- Servant of petkoff family 7-Captain Bluntschli-soldier- Derailed Summary - Story starts with Raina. Raina is in her balcony.She looks out at shining stars.The scenery is very beautiful outside.At the same time her mother Catherine enters and Suggest Raina to sleep.Raina describes about stars and moon.Catherine tells that our Army has won the battlefield.This is the incident of 1880 war between Serbia and Bulgaria.Sergius and major petkoff,both are fighting in this war.  Catherine further tells that Surgius is the hero of the battlefield.Both Raina and Catherine are very happy with this news.Meanwhile Louka the maid servant of the family comes.Louka is very good and beautifu...

The Proposal   by Anton Chekhov Main Ideas . It is a one-act play written by the Russian story writer and dramatist Chekhov in 1888–89. The play highlights the tendency of rich families to hunt ties with other wealthy families, to extend their estates by encouraging marriages that observe economic sense. Ivan Lomov, a wealthy neighbor of Stepan Chubukov, also wealthy, who seeks the hand of Chubukov's twenty-five-year-old daughter, Natalya. Message . The play 'The Proposal' explains how anger and arguments can easily ruin a relationship. Thus to maintain a good relationship, it is important to have control over your anger. Having arguments over silly or small issues is extremely harmful and a waste of time. All three are argumentative, and they argue over petty issues. The proposal is on the verge of losing in the middle of all this quarrelling. But economic common sense ensures that the proposal is formed, in any case — although the quarrelling perhaps continues. Natalya s...