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The Little Girl
Question
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father
was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
Solution
Kezia compared her father with Mr. Macdonald, who lived next to her house. He was always smiling and playing with his children. He was just opposite to the Kezia's father. Unlike Kezia's father he never punished his children. He played with them whenever he was free. Whereas Kezia's father was very harsh and a strict disciplinarian. Seeing him, Kezia could understand that there were different sorts of father.
Some More Questions From The Little Girl Chapter
Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her
father better?
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
How did this happen?
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father
was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
What do the following phrases mean to you? Discuss in class.
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
(i) humid shadows
(ii) starry spheres
(iii) what a bliss
(iv) a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start
(v) a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof
What does the poet like to do when it rains?
What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are the “darling dreamers” he refers to?
Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?
When you were a young child, did your mother tuck you in, as the poet’s did?
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