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Satavahana University Karimnagar- Degree I Year - Semester 2-English- 2020-21 onwards-Unit 6.  englishlanguage-lit.blogspot.com SRR Govt.Arts& Science College Karimnagar Be The Best It you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley – but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; If you can’t be a muskie , then just be a bass - But the liveliest bass in the lake! We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew, There’s something for all of us here. There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do And the task we must do is the near. If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail, If you can’t be the sun, be a star; It isn’t by size that you win or you fail- Be the best of whatever you are! englishlanguage-lit.blogspot.com Questions 1) what is the central theme of the poem? 2) Comment on the imagery used in the poem? 3) Write a summary of the

  SRR Govt.Arts& Science College Karimnagar Satavahana University Karimnagar- Degree I Year English Sem-2 Unit 5.- 2020-21 onwards Bertrand Russell   was a British philosopher,   logician, writer   and a public speaker. He was the recipient of Nobel prize for literature in 1950. His noted works are Why I am not a Christian , the Principles of Mathematics , War crimes in Vietnam . The main theme of the essay is futility of war and its impact on all life on our planet.The war between nuclear weapon states leads to annihilation of human race.Russell urges the nations in this anti war essay that all should keep their issues and conflicts aside and understand the peril. Hydrogen bomb is more powerful than Atom bomb and it can destroy the entire human race in the world. Humans have not learnt lessons from their past experiences, for instance, the USA Atom bomb raid on Hiroshima and Nagasaki .   If the hydrogen bomb explodes, the radioactive particles scatter into the environment, c

Satavahana University Karimnagar.  Degree I Year English Sem-2 Unit 4- Academic yr. 2020-21 onwards   The short story ‘After the Sunset’( Poddumookinaka' ) is translated from Telugu into English by K.Damodar Rao. The story is originally written in Telugu by  Bhoopal . He is a stage artist and acted in movies like Komaram Bheem and Daasi. He has written short stories and children’s books in Telugu. Bhoopal received Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for children’s literature- Uggu Paalu(2001) The story highlights the issues of inequality and terrorism in the society. The writer weaves the story skillfully around a real incident occurred in Hyderabad. It illustrates that ordinary people are the victims and the worst sufferers. The writer brings out the theme of conflict between the rich and the poor and the treatment meted out to Pushpalatha, Pushpalatha is the protagonist of the story, represents the poor in the society. She is asked to wait at Andhra Bank in koti by her husband. Their