2ND PUC ENGLISH NOTES - I BELIEVE THAT BOOKS WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR

 

I BELIEVE THAT BOOKS WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR

 Comprehension I

1) ‘I was educated more by my father’s library’ says Borges. He means: __

a) School or the university did not educate him.

b) He was educated in his father’s library too.

c) He learnt through private tuitions held in his father’s library.

Ans: b) he was educated in his father’s library too.

 

2) Why did Borges feel guilty about his mother?

Ans: Borges felt guilty about his mother because his mother’s dedication to nurturing him was immense. He had abused her love as he had underestimated her and never offered her his love and affection in return.

 

3) According to Borges, blindness is ______

a) Just a physical handicap   b) not a misfortune       c) actually a resource.

Ans: c) actually a resource.

 

4) Why does Borges prefer to believe that he is not blind?

Ans: Borges prefers to believe that he is not blind because he believes in positive thinking than cynicism. If he somehow happened to accept that he was visually impaired, it would influence his future however in the event that he takes it decidedly and utilizes it as raw material, it helps his future. Consequently he trusts in positivism.

 

5) Borges feels that when we read a book what matters is not the author’s intention, but what sense we get out of it. (True/False)

 Ans: True.

 

6) How, according to Borges, does the book go beyond the author’s intention?

Ans: As indicated by Borges, in each book, there is a requirement for something else, which is consistently secretive. A book can be brimming with errors; we can dismiss its writer's conclusions; can't help contradicting that person, however the book consistently holds something sacred, something mortal, and something supernatural which brings joy. Along these lines, the book goes past the writer's goal.

7) When does the poetic act happen, according to Borges?

Ans: The poetic act happens when the poet writes it and the reader reads it, according to Borges,

 

8) What cannot be defined without oversimplifying it?

Ans: Poetry is something so intimate and essential that it cannot be defined without oversimplifying it.

 

9) Which is the most astounding invention of man?

Ans: The most astounding invention of man is undoubtedly ‘Book’.

 

10) When, according to Borges, would history and man disappear?

Ans: Man and history would disappear if books disappear, according to Borges.

 

11) Which was the first book that Borges read?

Ans: The first book that Borges read was Grimm’s ‘Fairy Tales’ in an English version.

 

12) Who is the writer of the verse ‘AUes Nahe Werd Fern’?

Ans Goethe (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe).

 

 

13) Which famous library does Borges visualize in his dream?

 Ans:  The famous library does Borges visualize in his dream is “The Royal Library of Alexandria in Egypt”.

 

14) When a poet is considered a failure?

Ans: If one does not feel the poetic event upon reading it, a poet is considered a failure.

 

15) What elicits the emotion in a poem?

Ans: Precise words elicit the emotion in a poem.

 

16) What should a writer or an artist transmute in order to create eternal works?

Ans: A writer or an artist should transmute our humiliations, our misfortunes, and our embarrassments, to create eternal works.

 

17) Which library does Borges visualize in his dream?

Ans: Borges visualizes the library of Alexandria in his dream.

 

18) According to Borges, the telescope is the extension of our

a) Sight      b) voice       c) arms.

Ans: a) sight.

 

19) How does Borges look upon blindness?

 Ans: Borges looks upon blindness as a way of life.

 

20) Which is the most outstanding invention of man, according to Borges?

Ans: ‘Book’ is the most outstanding invention of man, according to Borges.

 

21) Where was Luis Borges educated?

Ans: Luis Borges was educated in his father’s library.

 

22) According to Borges, in which language did, he read ‘Grimm’s Fairy Tales’?

Ans: He read Grimm’s Fairy tales in an English version, according to Borges.

 

23) Where, according to Borges, was he educated more than by high school or the university?

 Ans: He was educated by his father’s library more than by high school or the university, according to Borges.

 

24) Who, according to Borges, was an extraordinary person?

 Ans: According to Borges, his mother was an extraordinary person.

 

25) What did Borges fill his house with when the visible world moved away from his eyes?

Ans: Borges filled his house with books when the visible world moved away from his eyes.

Comprehension II

1) Why does Borges feel remorseful after his mother’s death regarding his relationship with her? Can this experience be generalized?

Ans: Over the span of his meeting with Alifano, Borges discloses to him that his mom was an unprecedented individual who gave him a lot of grace in his life. At that point he admits in a contrite tone that he was unable to satisfy his mom since he, at the end of the day, was not a cheerful man. He additionally admits that he ought to have shown a superior comprehension of his mom. This experience can be summed up on the grounds that what Borges says is valid for all kids. It isn't unexpected to know, when their moms bite the dust, most youngsters express that they had underestimated their mom while they were alive as they do with the moon or the sun or the seasons and are liable that they had mishandled their moms.

 

2) How does Borges elaborate on Goethe’s words, ‘ail that is near becomes far’?

Ans: While giving his perceptions about 'blindness', Borges reviews a thought he had communicated in one of his sonnets. He had said that embarrassment, setback, and disunity were given to us so we may change them, and make from the hopeless condition of our life 'eternal works'. At this point, Borges reviews to mind an assertion made by Goethe. It says, "All that is near becomes far". In this proclamation, Goethe alludes not exclusively to the dusk yet additionally to life. Borges says that for his situation, the noticeable world has moved away from his eyes for eternity. He feels that it is his obligation to acknowledge his setback and beyond what many would consider possible appreciate those things.

 

3) What, according to Borges, should one think of humiliations and misfortunes?

 Ans: Borges says that all people should imagine that whatever happens to the person in question is an asset. He adds that all things have been given to us for a reason, and in this manner we should think about our embarrassments, adversities and shames as crude material like dirt so we may shape our craft. He says that embarrassment, hardship and conflict were given to us so we may change them, so we may make from the hopeless situation of our life endless works or works that try to be so.

 

4) What are Borges ‘views on poetry and poem?

Ans: Borges accepts that verse is something so personal thus fundamental that it can't be characterized without misrepresenting it. At that point he says that verse isn't the sonnet and thinks that a sonnet might be just a progression of images. Borges thinks that verse is the tasteful demonstration that happens when the writer composes it and when the reader reads it. He accepts that verse is a mystical, strange and unexplainable albeit not a limitless occasion. He accepts that one should feel the poetic event after perusing it in any case the artist ought to be considered to have fizzled.

 

5) Why is it important for poetry to use language precisely? With what example does Borges demonstrate this aspect of poetic language?

Ans: Borges feels that verse needs to utilize language decisively. He thinks that solitary exact words evoke the feeling. To make his statement, he cites a line from Emily Dickinson, 'This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladies'. He contends that however the thought is trite the writer is alluding to a spot which had been visited by people in 'summer'. These individuals are presently dead and the residue she alludes to is the residue of death. Rather than saying ‘This quiet dust was gentlemen and ladies’ if the poet had used ‘men and women’, the poem would have failed as poetry. It would have sounded paltry.

 

Comprehension III

1) ‘Poetry is magical, mysterious, and unexplainable’. How does Borges explain the strange aspect of poetry?

 Ans: As indicated by Borges, verse is an aesthetic act; and poetry is not the poem. The graceful demonstration happens when the writer composes it and the reader reads it and it generally occurs in a marginally extraordinary way. At the point when the wonderful demonstration happens, Borges accepts that we become mindful of it. That is the reason he calls verse as a supernatural, puzzling, and unexplainable occasion. If one does not feel the poetic event upon reading it, Borges thinks that we need to infer that the poet has fizzled.

 

2) How does Borges value literature? Why is it important for the future of mankind?

Ans: As indicated by Borges, a book is just an augmentation of our creative mind and memory. We gain admittance to writing through books. Literature is a fantasy, a controlled dream. Borges accepts that we owe writing nearly all that we are, what we have been, and what we will be. Our past is only a succession of dreams. He accepts that there is no contrast among dreaming and recollecting the past. It is books that fill in as the archives of extraordinary recollections, all things considered, and nothing else can supplant books. Hence, if books vanish, without a doubt history would vanish and alongside history man would likewise disappear. Therefore, writing is vital for saving the eventual fate of humanity.