English Confluence By CL Gautam

Ch-8 A House Is Not a Home   -Zan Gaudioso    Questions And answers  Q1. What does the narrator notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother's reaction? What does she do? Ans. One Sunday afternoon while sitting in the dining room doing his homework, the narrator notices smoke coming in through the ceiling. The room soon gets filled with smoke, making it impossible to see anything. The narrator and his mother run out into the front yard. Then his mother goes into the house and bring outside a small metal box containing important documents. Then she again runs into the house to bring her deceased husband's pictures and letters. Q2. Why does he break down in tears after the fire? Ans. After the narrator's house is completely burnt in fire, he loses his pet cat whom he dearly loves. The memory of his cat fills his mind with pain. He misses her bitterly Therefore, he breaks down in tears. Q3. Why is the narrator deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words sh...

Ch-8 A House Is Not a Home   -Zan Gaudioso         Introduction of the Author Zan Gaudioso is an editor of several volumes of a series entitled Chicken Soup for the Soul. The series remained in the best-selling list for a long time. Her most notable contribution is in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, Part III, a remarkable book for teenagers. She is also the co-author of the award winning book, The Buddha Next Door. Zan was the approved writer for the Touchstone/Hollywood Pictures A Brief Note of the Chapter The Narrator in the New School This story reflects the challenges of being a teenager, and the problems of growing up. The narrator was a teenager who had joined a new high school. He did not like this change because he was a fresher there whereas in his earlier school, he was a head of the class at senior upper grade level. He also missed his friends and old teachers. Fire at the Narrator's House On one cold Sunday, the narrator was sitting at h...