Unit – 04
THE BLIND DOG
R. K. Narayan
C. Speaking and Writing:
Take turns with your partner
to ask or answer these questions. Tell him/her why you think your answer is
correct Quote from the text where necessary. Write down your answers.
1) The dog had scars and a mutilated tail
because it was timid
Ans: Not True
2) The last two sentences in paragraph one
say that the dog led a carefree life.
Ans: True.
3) The dog was a beautiful creature.
Ans: True.
4) The blind beggar’s alms increased because
all the passersby……………….. (complete this sentence)
Ans: The blind beggar’s alms increased
because all the passersby gave coins and helped him.
5) The village Urchin came to the market
place to just do his business.
Ans: Not True.
6) Why did the dog chase the
boy out of the market?
Ans: The dog chased the boy
out of the market because the boy came to get the coins in the blind man's
bowl. At the point when the old person yelled, the dog came running sprang on
him and snapped his jaws on the wrist, the boy removed his hand and ran for his
life. The dog limited up behind him and drove him out of the market.
7) How did the dog become the blind man’s
“prisoner”?
Ans: The dog become the blind man’s
“prisoner” in such way that on a day the dog moved toward the blind man, he
gave it food and in this way the fellowship between them began. He was
safeguarded by the dog from a youngster who mishandled him. The old woman who
was helping him died and the old man lost the series he had. The ribbon vendor
proposed him to attach the dog with the tape so he can move around as the dog
aides him. Presently the dog replaced the her and lost his opportunity totally
and his reality came to be delineated by the constraints of the white rope and
he needs to overlook discount for his entire life all his old frequents.
8) How did the dog’s life change?
Ans: The dog’s life changed as it presently
replaced old woman. He needed to overlook discount for his entire life, all his
old frequents. He basically needed to remain on always toward the finish of the
string when he saw different dogs, companions or adversaries; he jumped up and
earned a kick from his lord. In a couple of days, the dog figured out how to
train his nature and motivation. He stopped to consider different dogs
regardless of whether they came up and snarled. He lost his own circle of
development and contact with other dogs.
9) “The beggar’s alms
increased threefold”.(Scan paragraph ten and find the answer)
Ans: True.
10) Why did the vendors hold a conference
among themselves? How did it end?
Ans: The vendors held a conference among themselves because they watched
the income of blind man, they held gatherings among themselves. The ribbon
seller said that his heart severs with torment seeing the slaving dog and chose
to accomplish something. Now perfumer's eyes discovered the scissors hanging
from the strip's rack. He took the scissors and chose to remove the string and
delivery the dog from servitude.
11) The beggar named his dog “tiger”. What is
ironic about this?
Ans: The ironic about the beggar named his
dog as "tiger" was the contaminate tigers move about in opportunity
and individuals are scared about the tiger. Be that as it may, here interestingly
tiger is tied up and heavily influenced by blind man.
12) How did the dog return to his doom?
Ans: The dog returned to his doom at the point when
the perfume seller cut off the rope, the dog went off at a fast. He snooped
around the trench cheerfully, heaved himself on different dogs, and ran all
around the wellspring, in the market square, yelping, his eyes shining with
bliss. He got back to his preferred frequents and hung about butcher's shop,
tea slow down, and bread kitchen. Finally, returned again to his lord who took
care of him.
13) Why is this story titled “The Blind Dog”?
Ans: The dog which came to encompass by the constraints of the white
string and it needs to overlook all his free-form life and lost his own circle
of development and contact with his individual animals. Actually the dog was a
detainee under a blind man. Yet, the dog was enamored with his lord strolling
aimlessly, so he complied with his blind man’s requests indiscriminately. The
story is named on the grounds that however the dog was not visually impaired it
followed the poor person's requests aimlessly. A visually impaired individual
must be guided by another person, yet here the canine was guided by the
visually impaired man.
Use of words
Work with your partner and supply the missing words:
A type of l o y a l working
dogs called Huskey are u s e d by E s k
i m o s to draw sledges. Sl e d g e s do not have w h e e l s. They sledge
along ice or snow on metal blades. E s k i m o s use these c a r t s for
transportation in the snowy region where they l i v e. A train of
dogs will be harnessed to a sledge, some five to six p a i r s of dogs in a line.
Exercise:
We use modals to express our feelings and
thoughts. Look at the expressions of feelings and thoughts given below. Chose
the appropriate expression and write it in each blank.
(preference, impossibility, self-compulsion, request, possibility, assumption,
likelihood, prohibition, no other explanation possible, ability, challenge,
estimation, necessity)
i) It will fall down if you keep it there. (possibility)
ii) Could I use your pen for a moment? (request)
iii) It is going to rain this evening. (likelihood)
iv) I would rather take a rickshaw to the station. It is late. (preference)
v) She must be still in her office, working late this evening. (no other explanation possible)
vi) This temple must be at least 500 years old. (estimation)
vii) Don’t worry he can very well look after himself. (ability)
viii) You shall not speak to me like this again. (prohibition)
ix) How dare you say a thing like this? (challenge)
x) I must finish this work today. (self-compulsion)
xi) Look at that old man toiling in the sun. Looks very old. Must be at
least eighty. (necessity)
xii) In our hostel, we must switch off the lights at 10 p.m. (compulsion)
xiii) She can’t be as ill as all that. She is pretending. (impossibility)
Glossary:
dog: kennel ::
pig: sty
physics: physicist :: physiology: physiologist
music: musician :: flute: flutist
smithy: gold :: tannery: leather
college: principal :: school: headmaster
State: citizen :: democracy: people
