NCERT SOLUTIONS FOR CLASS 10 - ENGLISH NOTES - AMANDA - ROBIN KLEIN - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - CBSE

 

AMANDA

ROBIN KLEIN

 

THINKING ABOUT THE POEM

1) How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this?
Ans: Amanda is around a nine - ten year old going young girl. She is being scolded for things typical for that specific age. Her parents are attempting to teach in her great habits and manners. Amanda is extremely immature and guiltless.

 

2) Who do you think is speaking to her?
Ans: One of her parents is speaking to her. Most likely it is her mother. In a traditional family mother is considered responsible for the conduct and behaviour of child. For this situation additionally, the scope of directions recommends that the speaker is Amanda's mother.

 

3) Why are stanzas 2, 4 and 6 given in parenthesis?
Ans: Stanzas 2, 4 and 6 are given in parenthesis because they reflect the inner thoughts of Amanda. They can be taken as the response of the child for the directions given in stanza 1, 3 and 5. Here, there is a substitute sequence of scolding of the mother, and relating response to it given by the child. Parenthesis is utilized here to make the reading of the poem friendly.

 

4) Who is the speaker in stanzas 2, 4 and 6? Do you think this speaker is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7?
Ans: Speaker of the stanzas 2, 4 and 6 is the child, Amanda. No, she is not listening to the speaker of stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7 as she is lost in a world of her own.

 

5) What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?

Ans:  Amanda wishes to be a mermaid so she could recklessly move along on a slow emerald sea. She simply wishes to be moved by the green sea waves gradually and steadily. Amanda longs for where she is without anyone else as her satisfaction isn't dependent on to some other person. Thus, she wants to be a mermaid on the grounds that for a child, mermaid is an image of wonder and freedom.

 

6) Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?

Ans: No, Amanda is not an orphan, though she wishes to be one. She is so much stressed with the nonstop irritating of her parents that she imagines herself to be better without them. The simple presence of her parents around her depresses down her. Amanda is a little girl who looks for 'golden' silence and 'sweet' freedom. She wishes to wander around streets and draw patterns with her uncovered feet. Without a doubt it is frightfully discouraging that Amanda expects being a orphan.

 

7) Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does she want to be Rapunzel?

Ans: Yes, I know the story of Rapunzel. Rapunzel's story revolves around her life on a tower Rapunzel was made to live on a high tower by a witch. She in the end became accustomed to living there. She was cheerful and happy with her life. Rapunzel had extremely long golden hair, utilizing which the witch used to visit her. The destiny of Rapunzel took a turn when one day a prince came to meet her using her hair. The witch had punished the two of them by isolating them. At last they met two or three years just to be united forever this time. Amanda Wishes to live like Rapunzel on a high tower away from everybody. She looks for harmony and peace. That is the explanation Amanda wishes to resemble Rapunzel. Nonetheless, she likewise makes a direct that all together toward try not to be upset she could never relax for anybody to move to her. She needs nobody to fulfill her life.

 

8) What does the girl yearn for? What does this poem tell you about Amanda?
Ans: A girl like Amanda yearns for freedom and space for herself. She is unfit to satisfy the expectations for her parents. Amanda is no not exactly an symbol for every one of the children who face comparative destiny regardless of class, nationality or colour. Traditional social orders request a specific sort of conduct from the people and the preparation to create such starts at an extremely youthful age. Parents ignore the innocence understanding level of their children and in this way the youthful winds up killing their creative mind and thoughts.

 

9) Read the last stanza. Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody?
Ans: No, Amanda is neither sulking nor moody. She is simply not interested enough in the nagging business of her parents.