Showing posts with label The Eyes Have It. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Eyes Have It. Show all posts
Short questions and answers from The Eyes Have It.
- "Yes, October is the best time."-Who said this and where? ★The narrator said this in the short story "The Eyes Have It".
- "That always happens"-Who said this and to whom? ★The blind girl said this to the narrator in the short story "The Eyes Have It".
- "I can't bear to..."- What could not the speaker bear? ★The girl could not bear to sit in a train for more than two or three hours.
- "I wanted to raise my hand..." - Why did the speaker want to raise his hand? ★The narrator wnated to raise his hand to touch the hair of the girl.
- "You have an interesting face", I remarked- Why did the narrator make this remark? ★ The narrator made this remark to please the girl by way of flattery.
- "Once again, I had a game to play..."- With whom did the speaker have a game to play again? ★ The narrator had a game to play again with a new fellow-traveller in the train.
- "...it could be a fascinating game... "- What could be a fascinating game ? ★To guess what was going on outside the running train could be a fascinating game.
- "You must be disappointed,"- who said this and to whom? why must the narrator be disappointed? ★In the short story "The Eyes Have It", the new passenger who entered the narrator's compartment said this to the narrator. ★The narrator must be disappointed because the new passenger was not so attractive companion as the girl who had just got down.
- "She was an interesting girl,"- about whom did the speaker say this? ★The narrator said this about the girl who had got down at Saharanpur station after a pleasant encounter with him.
- "I don't remember,"- What cannot the speaker remember? ★The new traveller could not remember if the girl had long or short hair.
"Yes, October is the best time"- What is the occasion of the remark? Why did the narrator think so?
This line is taken from Ruskin Bond's short story The Eyes Have It.
When the narrator told that he was going to Dehra and then to Mussorie, the girl said that she too wished to visit Mussorie and added that she loved the hills are especially in October. That was the occasion for the narrator's remark.
The narrator of the story thinks that the October is the best time for visit Mussorie. Because this time the hills are covered with wild dahlias and the sun is delicious. One can spend a night by sit infront of a logfire and drink brandy. And also the roads are quite deserted because most of the tourists have gone. That's why to narrator October is the best time.
When the narrator told that he was going to Dehra and then to Mussorie, the girl said that she too wished to visit Mussorie and added that she loved the hills are especially in October. That was the occasion for the narrator's remark.
The narrator of the story thinks that the October is the best time for visit Mussorie. Because this time the hills are covered with wild dahlias and the sun is delicious. One can spend a night by sit infront of a logfire and drink brandy. And also the roads are quite deserted because most of the tourists have gone. That's why to narrator October is the best time.
"The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie"- Explain
This line is taken from Ruskin Bond's short story The Eyes Have It. The reverie of the narrator of the story is mentioned here.
Although the narrator himself was blind and did not know that the girl too was blind, he was very much impressed by her voice, her ringing laugh and the perfume of her hair. It was enough to transport him into a world of daydream.
The reverie came to an end when an elderly gentleman entered the compartment and told him that he was not so attractive travelling companion as the girl who had just left.
Although the narrator himself was blind and did not know that the girl too was blind, he was very much impressed by her voice, her ringing laugh and the perfume of her hair. It was enough to transport him into a world of daydream.
The reverie came to an end when an elderly gentleman entered the compartment and told him that he was not so attractive travelling companion as the girl who had just left.
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