MY GREATEST OLYMPIC PRIZE - JESSE OWENS - BASIC ENGLISH NOTES - SEMESTER II - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 

MY GREATEST OLYMPIC PRIZE

JESSE OWENS

Comprehension Questions

Answer the following.

1) What was the greatest Olympics prize for Owens?

Ans: Luz Long friendship was the greatest Olympics prize for Owens.

 

2) Who is the narrator of the story “My Greatest Olympic Prize”?

Ans: Jesse Owens is the narrator of story “My Greatest Olympic Prize”.

 

3) Who is Luz Long?

Ans:  Luz Long was a German athlete.

 

4) Where does Luz Long come from?

Ans:  Luz Long comes from Germany.

 

5) Where did 1936 Olympics held?

Ans: 1936 Olympics held in Berlin.

 

6) Who are called as “Master race”?

Ans:  Master race is a concept in Nazi ideology in which the Aryan races, superior among Germans.

 

7) Who had been schooled Nazi youth movement?

Ans: Adolf Hitler had setup organization in that Luz long had been schooled Nazi youth movement.

 

8) Who walked over to Luz Long’s room in the Olympic village to thank him?

Ans: Jesse Owens walked over to Luz long’s room in the Olympic village to thank him.

 

Answer the following questions.

1) Sketch the character of Jesse Owens and Luz Long.

Ans: Jesse Owens: Jesse Owens was an American Olympic athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games. He was always being cool and calm in the beginning before the competition. He figured he would bring home a couple of gold medals. He had focused on winning the gold in the long jump. He was sure of this is on the grounds that he had prepared, perspired and restrained himself for a very long time to take an interest in something similar, and additionally, everybody anticipated that he should win that Olympic event, as a sophomore at the Ohio State University, he had set a world record at 26 feet 8 1/4 inches. Jesse had short-tempered nature; it was highlighted when he expressed his anger when he witnessed Luz Long, Hitler's Aryan supremacy theory.

 

Luz Long had advised Jesse before his final trial which assisted him with qualifying the trials. He showed his appreciation towards Long by visiting his room that evening to say thanks to him. This shows that Owens had sportsman spirit and even he respected him. Jesse and Luz became best friends forever. Even though Jesse won four medals in Berlin Olympic but Jesse considered his friendship with Luz as his greatest Olympic prize.

 

 

Luz Long: A tall German athlete was Luz Long with blue colour eyes. He was an inch taller than Jesse. He had a slender strong body, light hair and was amazingly attractive. He was a true sports person. Jesse Owens won in long jump trials only by the advice of Luz Long and won gold medals in that event.  He offered him a confident handshake, quieted him down and encouraged him to define a boundary a couple of crawls behind the board and target making his take-off from that point. Luz Long respected Owens and thought about him as his equivalent.

 

When Owens went to Long's room the evening of the trails to express gratitude toward him, he invited him and took care of him for two hours. This shows that reasonable play and the affection for sport was undeniably more significant for Luz. The following day, when Owens won the gold, Long was quick to compliment him. He didn't see himself as better than Owens in any capacity and in spite of Hitler's glare, he generously complimented him. Luz consequently was not just a companion, guide and backing to Owens yet a commendable sportsperson.

 

 

2) Discuss the friendship of Owens and Luz Long.

Ans:  Jesse Owens has expounded on his involvement with the Olympic Games. He has exhibited the true and certifiable bond shaped between him and his competitor Luz Long. A true friendship between Owens and Luz expanded during the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. At the point when Owens nearly almost failed to qualify for the finals, Luz addressed him enthusiastically and gave him an advice that assisted him with qualifying. He didn't go about as an opponent yet understood Owens' condition and directed him. He supported reasonable play. Soon thereafter, when Owens expressed gratitude toward Luz, they bonded and spent a lot of time.

 

A small act of Luz had helped so much Jesse that he had won gold medal and set a record.  Additionally, Luz was truly glad when Owens' won the gold award and he was the first next to him to congratulate him. In spite of the way that Hitler glared at them from the stands, not so much as 100 yards away, Luz shook Owens' hand and it wasn't unified with a fake smile broken heart kind of grip. He was not baffled with himself yet glad for Owens. This mirrors that the two of them esteemed friendship more than the opposition understanding the true spirit of the games. A true sportsmanship was represented by Jesse and Luz.

3) How does this story display the spirit of true sportsmanship?
Ans. Sportsmanship is a yearning or ethos that a sports action will be appreciated for the well-being of its own, with legitimate thought for fairness, morals, respect and a feeling of association with one's competitor. My Greatest Olympic Prize portrays how German competitor Luz Long displayed the true spirit of sportsmanship by being friendly and motivating to his competitor Jesse Owens. Owens has depicted the incident of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. He exhibited the valid and fair fellowship shaped among him and German competitor Luz Long. At the point when Luz Long saw Owens making fouls, he went about as a true guide and companion. He didn't go about as a rival yet assisted him with qualifying the long jump finals in the 1936 Olympic Games. In the finals, Jesse Owens won and got gold medals, yet the friendship he formed with Luz Long was what he calls his most greatest Olympic Prize and thought of it as 24-carat.

 

4) What was the effect on Owens after he saw Long?
Ans. Adolf Hitler had kept his strong competitor covered up for seemingly long time. Jesse Owens was not anticipating any contest for his class. He was frightened to see this tall competitor. Jesse Owens was boiling with rage as he didn't support Hitler's Nazi way which bragged Aryan supremacy quality. He was furious in view of the racial biases dispensed to his local area. The speaker was resolved to go out on the field and he proposed to show his master race who was predominant and who wasn't. He needed to remove the individual isolation as indicated by Hitler's theory of a master race. Besides, being a Negro and the grandson of a slave, he needed to refute Hitler by winning a gold award in the Olympic Games. The sensation of scorn and outrage conquered the speaker in the first of his two passing jumps. Owens jumped from a few inches past the take-off board which was a foul. On the subsequent jump, he fouled much more dreadful.

 

5) Anger affects one’s performance. Justify this statement.
Ans. Jesse Owens had been planning and preparing himself for the Olympic Games. He made certain of winning a few medals. He fostered a sensation of outrage when he ran over Hitler's theory of Aryan supremacy. Hitler's convictions that Germans were the most perfect Aryans and his method of demotivating others consumed Jesse's brain. His inclination was additionally disturbed when he saw Luz Long, a German competitor, who was kept mystery by Hitler. Luz qualified in the preliminaries in his first attempt. Nonetheless, since this load of sentiments engrossed Owens' brain, his complete focus was not in dominating the match. His anger influenced his presentation, and therefore, he fouled in his first attempt. Outrage doesn't look good for a competitor as it occupies center. The equivalent occurred with Jesse in the second attempt as well. He fouled in his second attempt by hopping past the get going line. Be that as it may, he had the option to qualify after Luz offered him a piece of advice.