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Analysis of the poem Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU The main theme of the poem 'Still I Rise ' is racism. She is up against the major problem that is racial difference,.Negritude writers aim was the celebration of 'blackness' . They attempted to rescue blackness from its definition in negative terms. Maya addressed the issue of 'colour discrimination' "I "in the poem is undoubtedly the poet 'Maya'. Addressee in the poem 'you" is white skinned person. In the first stanza itself the poet attacks the historians who have recorded their history, culture as primitive abd as inferior human race. this reminds us of Edward Said' lines in his book ' Orientalism' that Occidents or the west recorded their observations based on commonly held assumptions about the 'orient' as exotic and immoral. The speaker asks his addressee to see whether she has broken ,bowed head and lowered eyes. the poet arrogant nature may embarrass hi...

SUMMARY OF HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD:KIRAN DESAI Dr.D.Ramakrishna                 Mr.Chawla lived in Shahkot with his family. He was a head clerk at the Reserve Bank of Shahkot. In one year, there were no rains and heat wrapped Shahkot and its surrounding area. It was a terrible drought to Shahkotians. They were struggling to survive.         In these circumstances, his wife, Kulfi, was pregnant. She was in great hunger for food. She used to eat almost everything. She purchased many eatables from the market.  Later, as she had no money to purchase, she sold the valuable articles for food. Shahkotians were amazed to see Kulfi’s fast growing stomach.         As she was obsessed with food and she was unable to get sufficient amount of food, she became half-insane. She drew the pictures of fruits, vegetables and delicious non-vegetarian dishes on the walls. It dreaded her husband, M...

Unit-5- Arjun (Old syllabus)                                                       Mahasweta Devi         “Arjun” is a thought-provoking short story written by Mahaswetha Devi, a human rights activist and a fiction writer. She worked for the upliftment of the tribes in Bengal and Bihar. Her famous works are “Mother of 1084”, “Aranyer Adhikar”, “Rudali “, etc. Her first book was “Jhansir Rani.” She got the Sahitya Academy Award in 1979 for her “Aranyer Adhikar”. She got the Padma Shiri and Padma Vibhushan award from the Govt. of India and the Ramon Magasaysay  Award from the govt. of Philippines.                “Arjun” is a short story in which Shabars, the tribes of Purulia, saved the arjun tree which they considered a manifestation of the divine. Ketu Shabar was a tribal youth from ...

GENERAL ENGLISH FACULTIES OF ARTS/SCIENCE/COMMERCE/SOCIAL SCIENCES B.A/B.Sc/B.Com/B.B.A (I year )Examination Semester 2      Paper I  ( Old syllabus) Time: 3 Hours Max.Marks :80 SECTION A    (4x5=20) I. Annotate any four of the following.    a) When the person at the far end turned up to take his share, Rakesh’s eyes fell o his      trembling  hands.  b)To read a novel is a difficult and complex art c)”My father lived at Blenheim then,    Yon little stream hard by; d)”Now tell us all about the war,      And what they fought each other for.” e) Do not dictate your author; try to become him. Be his fellow worker  and  accomplice.. f) A handful of NRIs were flying back with a motto: “Do something for your country”.     SECTION – B      ...