English Confluence By CL Gautam

Ch-3 Iswaran the Storyteller -R. K. Laxman      Textual Questions Q1. In what way is Iswaran an asset to Mahendra? Ans. Iswaran works as a cook for Mahendra. He not only cooks for him but also washes his clothes and chats with him at night. The main quality of Iswaran is that he is a master storyteller. He has amazing imagination to weave as many stories as he can In cooking, he can produce delicious dishes quickly in remote area with minimum ingredients. So he is an asset to Mahendra. Q2. How does Iswaran describe the uprooted tree on the highway? What effect does he want to create on his listeners? Ans. Iswaran describes the uprooted tree with theatrical effects. He gives the description while acting it out. His description is lively and imaginative. He makes the tree a bushy beast and says that it was so big that it lay across the road. He gathered courage and reached near it, only to find that it was an uprooted tree.The narration is so interesting that audience ...