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A Truly Beautiful Mind

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Why does the world remember Einstein as a “world citizen”?

Solution

Einstein is remembered as a “world citizen” as much as a genius scientist because of his efforts towards world peace and democracy, and for his crusade against the use of arms.

Some More Questions From A Truly Beautiful Mind Chapter

Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with suitable participial clauses. The information that has to be used in the phrases is provided as a sentence in brackets.
1. , the firefighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, (She noticed the colours blending softly into one another.)
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, (While it neighed continually.)
4. , I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
5. , I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
6. The stone steps, needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, __ (They asked him to send them his photograph.)

What kind of place is Innisfree? Think about:
(i) the three things the poet wants to do when he goes back there (stanza I);
(ii) what he hears and sees there and its effect on him (stanza II);
(iii) what he hears in his “heart’s core” even when he is far away from Innisfree (stanza III).

By now you may have concluded that Innisfree is a simple, natural place, full of beauty and peace. How does the poet contrast it with where he now stands? (Read stanza III).

Do you think Innisfree is only a place, or a state of mind? Does the poet actually miss the place of his boyhood days?

Look at the words the poet uses to describe what he sees and hears at
Innisfree
(i) bee-loud glade
(ii) evenings full of the linnet’s wings
(iii) lake water lapping with low sounds
What pictures do these words create in your mind?

Look at these words;
... peace comes dropping slow
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
What do these words mean to you? What do you think “comes dropping
slow...from the veils of the morning”? What does “to where the cricket sings”
mean?

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