If I Were You Summary

If I Were You Summary 

Gerrard is a cultured playwright. He lives in a small cottage. He does meet many people. He is to go out soon, but before he does so, an intruder enters his cottage.

The intruder is a criminal and has a gun in his hand. He bumps accidentally against the table. Gerrard welcomes him with confidence. The intruder asks many questions to Gerrard. He answers his questions with wit, irony, and humor.

The intruder wanted to murder him and live as Gerrard because he looked like him. Gerrard at once understood everything. He told the intruder that he was also a murderer. Therefore, the police were after him.

Gerrard explained that unfortunately one of his men had been caught. He was expecting trouble that night. He then made the intruder understand that it was good for him if he went with him.

He also told him that if it was a frame, he could shoot him in the car.

The intruder agreed. But when he was about to cross the door, Gerrard pushed him into the nearby cupboard. He then slammed it.

Thereafter, he telephoned the police for his arrest...

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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary

A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal Summary

This poem is about the death of a loved one and the poet’s feeling about his beloved when he thinks about her death.  The poem also describes his imagination about his beloved after death.  This poem is a kind of elegy.  In this poem, the poet seems to be immortalizing her death by saying that she had no human fears.  Now earthly years were no longer a matter of concern for her because they cannot make her older now.
In the second stanza, he Is describing her dead body.  She is not able to perform any of the physical movement or activity now.  In the last two lines the, poet describes that she is now under the surface of the earth revolving along with it on its path.  He tells us that like other stones, rocks and, trees, she also revolves with the earth now.

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Kathmandu Summary

Kathmandu Summary 

Kathmandu is a travelogue written by Vikram Seth. It is the description of the two famous temples of Kathmandu. One is the Pashupatinath and the other is the Baudhnath Shrine.
The author first visited Pashupatinath Temple where he finds the atmosphere of feverish confusion. Only Hindus are allowed to enter inside the temple. He finds people performing different rituals performing on the bank of the holy river Bagmati.H e also knew about the belief related to the end of the Kaliyug.N ext he visited Baudhnath Shrine, there is the sense of stillness in contrast to the Pashupatinath temple. Tibetan immigrants selling different things on the side of the road. After this, he roams on the streets of Kathmandu and finds it the busiest and more religious city. These streets are crowded with fruit sellers, hawkers of postcards etc. The shops sell western cosmetics, film rolls chocolates. It is the noisiest city because of the honking sound of the cars, bells of bicycle and the low of the cows and filmy songs of the radios. He becomes tired and homesick and decided to return back to his home. He buys an airline ticket and returns back to his hotel.N ear his hotel he hears the melodious sound of the flute seller which enchanted him. His care free style of selling flutes pleases him. It reminds him of the commonality of all mankind as the music of the flutes unites all mankind in one single thread of universality. He was fascinated by the truth of the flutes.  He returns back to his home after a long time.

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The Snake Trying Summary

The Snake Trying Summary 

In the poem, the poet tries to say that all snakes are not poisonous. Some them are quite harmless.
It is foolish to kill a snake as soon as we see it. Even if a snake is poisonous, it will do us no harm if it doesn't see any danger from us. A snake always bites in self-protection only.
Otherwise, it is harmless as any other creature. But sadly human beings always try to kill a snake as soon as they see it.

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The Bond Of Love Summary

The Bond Of Love Summary

Summary:

The Bond of Love is a story by Kenneth Anderson which shows the love of a human with a sloth bear whom she called ‘Bruno’. Bruno was a sloth bear rescued by the author. Bruno was shot by the author’s companions. Bruno gets attached to the author’s wife. Soon in the story, there are accounts of Bruno’s life which show how he spends the time with the author, with frequent accidents. As he grew in size he was sent to a zoo. The story then comes to effect when the author’s wife wants to meet Bruno, the author thinking that he must have forgotten her takes her to the zoo, but after reaching there she came to know that it was true love. They with the permission of the superintendent of the zoo bring him back home. At home, a separate island is made for the animal where the author’s wife and the bear spend hours together.

Theme:

The theme of the story/incident is the bond we have with the wild and the bond that the wild keeps with us. Animals have always been our friends. Because we kill animals for food they do not put an eternal bar on us because the jungly law permits killing and eating each other. What is more important is the bond.

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On Killing A Tree Summary

On Killing A Tree Summary

Killing one Tree is equal to killing a life,trees are the main source for the human human get most benefits from the trees as making of table furniture, doors, windows, and many more things it is used trees also helps by medicines, papers even when they die its bark and leaves are burnt so that we can feel warm and also can make food on to it but the human doesn't think that it is important to save them as it gives us oxygen by forgetting it's damage to our life's he is going on cutting the trees he is just thinking of himself but not about his own upcoming future if there will be no trees no oxygen no rainfall no crops no food no water then lastly human will only suffer for it

So Go Green Be Green.

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Reach For The Top Summary

Reach For The Top Summary 

Part I:

Santosh Yadav was born in a traditional family. She had five brothers. She was born in the small village of Joniyawas in Haryana. The girl was given the name Santosh, which means contentment. But Santosh was not always content with her place in a traditional way of life. She began living life on her own terms from the start. Where other girls wore traditional Indian dresses, Santosh preferred shorts.  Santosh’s parents were affluent landowners who could afford to send their children to the best schools, even to the country’s capital Delhi, which was quite close by. But, in line with the prevailing custom in the family, Santosh had to make do with the local village school. At the age of sixteen years, her parents wanted to marry her. She threatened her parents that she would never many if she did not get a proper education. She left home and got herself enrolled in a school in Delhi. When her parents refused to pay for her education. she politely informed them of her plans to earn money by working part-time to pay her school fees. Her Parents then agreed to pay for her education.  Santosh passed the high school examinations and went to Jaipur. She joined Maharani College widget a room in Kasturba Hostel. She developed a love for mountaineering while watching the Aravalli Hills’ She saved money and enrolled in a course at Uttarkashi’s Nehru Institute of Mountaineering.  Thereafter, Santosh went on an expedition every year. Her climbing skills matured rapidly’. Also, she developed a remarkable resistance to cold and the altitude. Equipped with an iron will, Physical endurance and an amazing mental toughness, she proved herself repeatedly. The culmination of her hard work and sincerity came in 1992, just four years after she had shyly asked the Aravalli mountaineers if she could join them. At barely twenty years of age, Santosh Yadav conquered Mt. Everest, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat. If her climbing skills, physical fitness, and mental strength impressed her seniors, her concern for others and desire to work together with them found her a special place in the hearts of fellow climbers.    During the 1992 Everest mission, Santosh Yadav provided special care to a climber who ‘lay dying at the South Col. She was unfortunately unsuccessful in saving him. However, she managed to save another climber, Mohan Singh, who would have met with the same fate had she not shared her oxygen with him. Within twelve months, Santosh found herself a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s Expedition that invited her to join them. She then conquered the Everest a second time. –  She was given a Padmashri Award. She is also a fervent environmentalist, Santosh collected and brought down 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas. 

Part II:

Reach for the Top (Part II) briefly narrates the life and career of Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s best-known tennis stars.

Maria’s father brought her to the U.S. to be trained in tennis when she was barely nine. Her mother Yelena could not accompany her due to Visa restrictions. In the U.S. she missed her mother badly but she knew that the sacrifice was an inevitable part of her big aspirations.

 Apart from the pangs of separation from the mother, the child also suffered harassment from her inconsiderate fellow trainees, who were older in age. At the training academy, Maria would go to bed at 8 p.m as she was very young. Her fellow trainees would return at 11 p.m. and to bully her, would wake her up and make her tidy the room. Instead of getting frustrated at this treatment, Maria saw its positive side and drew mental strength from this humiliation. This mental toughness gradually became a trait of her personality that helped her both as a person and as a sportswoman. It proved to be instrumental in helping her to reach the zenith of glory in the world of tennis. She bagged the women’s singles crown at Wimbledon in 2004 and became the number one tennis player in the world.

Hard work, dedication, and mental courage paved the way to success for Sharapova. Imbued with patriotic sentiments, she feels proud to be a Russian. Though grateful to the U.S. for bringing out the best in her, she would like to represent her own country Russia at the Olympics.

Although Maria is fond of fashion, singing, and dancing, she focuses all her attention on tennis. She considers tennis as both a business and a sport, which has poured riches in her life. However, her main aim is to shine as a tennis player. It is this aspiration that constantly governs her mind and motivates her for ceaseless efforts.

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The Duck And The Kangaroo Summary

The Duck And The Kangaroo Summary 

Theme:- This poem is about dunk and kangaroo. duck thinks that kangaroo is very lucky .he got opportunities to move all around the world but duck cannot go anywhere.

Summary:- The Duck and the Kangaroo, both were very good friends. As the duck lived in a pond and does not get a variegated life of visiting world, he wanted to have a pleasure tour all around the world. So he requested the kangaroo to allow him to sit on the top of his tail and have a pleasure tour. The kangaroo accepted the wish, but at the same time put some conditions too. According to him the duck’s feet were unpleasantly wet and cold. This may cause with rheumatism. At this the Duck assured him with the remedies he thought about. According to him he has already bought four pairs of woolen socks to put on. Besides he has bought a cloak to cover himself and he will smoke cigar too. In this way both the duck and the kangaroo started their tour and continued their happy journey.

Message:- The main message in this poem is the bond of friendship. The Duck wants to travel the world, but cannot do so without legs. The Kangaroo has legs but fears bad luck. The poem clearly brings out the message of compassion, adjustment, and sacrifice for a friend's happiness. Duck offers to sit on Kangaroo's back and travel around. It buys a cloak, four pairs of worsted socks and cigar to keep the Kangaroo warm.

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