Mohammed Suleman

   Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers The poet addresses the difficulties of a married woman. She spends good amount of time in embroidering panel of tiger s prancing across the screen. The tigers are fearless creatures pacing elegantly and majestically. They symbolize the spirit of freedom. Aunt is a victim of male chauvinism (male domination). Aunt Jennifer is so oppressed and terrified that she finds i t hard to pull the needle. The “weight of Uncle’s wedding band “expresses how victimized and oppressed she is. It implies that aunt Jennifer has to work hard to meet his expectation. She spends her life in fear but she embroiders on the panel the fearl ess tigers to express her secret longing for a life of freedom and confidence. Even her death does not end the problem and torture which a married woman experiences. NCERT Book Solution Think it Out  (Page No: 104) 1. How do 'denizens' and 'chivalric' add to our understanding of the tiger's attitudes? Answer:  Like all beasts ...

                                                                                                                                     Deep Water William O. Douglas had a desire to learn swimming since childhood. At the age of three or four, he was knocked down and buried by a wave at a beach in California. He developed a great aversion to water. At the age of ten or eleven he decided to learn to swim with water wings at the Y.M.C.A pool since it was safe at the shallow end. One day while sitting alone and waiting for others to come, a big boy came and threw Douglas into deep end of the pool. Douglas swallowed water and went straight down to the bottom of th...