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Ans. (a)
Explanation:
The poet did not help the boy because he wanted the boy to be responsible.
Ans. (c)
Explanation:
In the world of possessions’ means Materialistic things.
Explanation:
The ball signifies his childhood for the boy. It symbolises all his memories of playing with and its loss is making him sad. The ball signifies his young days and his innocence.
Explanation:
The poet does not offer the boy money to buy another ball because he wants the boy to understand that money cannot buy everything. He wants him to be responsible enough to let go of things which he lost and move on in life.
Explanation:
A ball is a precious and almost a divine possession for the little boy. Its loss for the boy is a rude awakening to the meaning of loss in all its form, scope and dimensions. This feeling of loss as experienced by the boy for the first time is explained by the poet as, ‘epistemology of loss.’
Chapter No. | Chapter Name |
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Prose | |
Chapter 1 | A Letter to God |
Chapter 2 | Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom |
Chapter 3 | Two Stories about Flying |
Chapter 4 | From The Diary of Anne Frank |
Chapter 5 | Glimpses of India |
Chapter 6 | Mijbil the Otter |
Chapter 7 | Madam Rides the Bus |
Chapter 8 | The Sermon at Benares |
Chapter 9 | The Proposal (Play) |
Poems | |
Chapter 1 | Dust of Snow |
Chapter 2 | Fire and Ice |
Chapter 3 | A Tiger in the Zoo |
Chapter 4 | How to Tell Wild Animals |
Chapter 5 | The Ball Poem |
Chapter 6 | Amanda |
Chapter 7 | The Tree |
Chapter 8 | Fog |
Chapter 9 | The Tale of Custard the Dragon |
Chapter 10 | For Anne Gregory |
Footprints without Feet | |
Chapter 1 | A Triumph of Surgery |
Chapter 2 | The Thief’s Story |
Chapter 3 | The Midnight Visitor |
Chapter 4 | A Question of Trust |
Chapter 5 | Footprints Without Feet |
Chapter 6 | The Making of a Scientist |
Chapter 7 | The Necklace |
Chapter 8 | Bholi |
Chapter 9 | The Book that Saved the Earth |
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