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Poets And Pancakes

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This piece is an example of a chatty, rambling style. One thought leads to another which is then dwelt upon at length.

Read the text again and mark the transitions from one idea to another. The first one is indicated below:

Make-up department Office-boy Subbu

Solution

From the text transitions from one idea to another are given below:

In this lesson one can find many examples of ‘Chatty style or rambling.’ Some of them can be cited for ready reference :

1. Make-up department – office boy – Subbu

2. Make-up department – Head – His assistant—local Tamils.

3. Hierarchy in the make-up department – office boy – the narrator – Subbu.

4. The Gemini Studios – the office boy – the narrator – Subbu.

5. The Gemini Studios – Moral Re-Armament Army – Communism.

6. The Boss – Stephen Spender – audience.

7. The narrator – God that Failed – Communism – Stephen Spender.

Some More Questions From Poets And Pancakes Chapter

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to ‘make up’?

What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?

What work did the ‘office boy’ do in the Gemini Studios? Why did he join the studios? Why was he disappointed?

Or

What made the author pray for crowd shooting all the time in Poets and Pancakes?

Or

Why did the ‘boy’ in the make-up department come to the author? Why was the author praying for crowd shooting all the time?

Why did the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?

Why was the office boy frustrated? Who did he show his anger on?

Or

Why was the office boy frustrated? Who, according to Asoka mitran, did he show his anger on?

Who was Subbu’s principal?

Subbu is described as a many sided genius. List four of his special abilities.

Why was the legal adviser referred to as the opposite by others?

Or

Why did the legal adviser in the Gemini India lose job?

What made the lawyer stand out from the others at Gemini Studios?

Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?

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