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What are some of the signs of approaching winter referred to in the text?
The narrator says that when birds begin to fly south, when people want new warm coats and when dead leaves fall, one can be sure that winter is near.
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Suppose no cop came at the end. What would Soapy’s life be like through the winter?
Suppose no cop had come at the end of the story, Soapy would have perhaps given up on his bad ways, in accordance with the promise he had made upon seeing his old home and remembering his childhood days. He would have looked for the man who had offered him a job, and then upon getting the job, would have started leading an honest man’s life.
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following.
A.
(i) Soapy did not want to go to prison.
B.
(ii) Soapy had been to prison several times.
C.
(iii) It was not possible for Soapy to survive in the city through the winter.
D.
(iv) Soapy hated to answer questions of a personal nature.
A. False
B. True
C. False
D. True
(i) Soapy wanted to go to prison.
(iii) There were places in the city where he could go and ask for food and a bed. These would be given to him.
Retell an episode in the story which is a good example of irony in a situation.
One of the ironic episodes in the story was when Soapy decided to turn a new leaf on seeing his old home and remembering his childhood days. He decided to fight to change his life. He would pull himself up and make a man of himself again. Right at that moment a cop asked him what he was doing there. He answered that he was not doing anything. The cop did not believe him and Soapy began to argue in his defiance. The cop arrested him and he was sentenced to three months of prison on Blackwell’s Island.
When Soapy actually broke rules and took the law in his hands, no one arrested him; but when he had done nothing and had decided to change for the good, he was arrested and sent to the prison. This is the irony of the situation.
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