Stories
How I taught my Grandmother to Read
- Triveni – Kannada writer
- Writing style
- Simple
- Dealing with the ordinary people’s complicated life
- Kaashi Yatre – Triveni’s best seller
- An orphan girl
- An old lady
- Writing style
- Grandmother
- An ardent reader
- She started liking Kaashi Yatre
- She got each episode read out by Triveni
- Craving for literacy
- An ardent reader
- Sudha Murthy – Narrator
A Dog Named Duke
- Duke – Doberman Pincher
- Chuck Hooper
- Marcy Hooper
The Man who knew too Much
- Private Quelch – “Professor”
- Sergeant
- Instruction on rifle
- Muscle velocity – “around 2000 meter/second.”
- Corporal Turnbull
Keeping it from Harold
- Harold Bramble
- Ideal student
- Best at poetry
- Bill Bramble – ‘Young Porky.’
- He was going to play his final tournament.
- Mrs. Bramble
- Major Percy Stokes – Mrs. Bramble’s brother.
- Jerry Fischer – Bill’s trainer
- He trained Bill at White Hart
Best Seller – O. Henry
- John A Pescud – An employee of Cambria Steel Works, Pittsburgh.
- Jessy Allyns – Daugter of Colonel Allyn
- Jessie was returning from Illinois and going to her Virginia house, USA.
- John A Pescud met Jessie at Cincinatti Station. He fell in love with her so he wished to talk to her.
- The train reaches Louisville Station. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Then at Shelbyville Station. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Then Frankfurt Station. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Next Lexington Station. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Then Powhatan Jn. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Later Pulaski City. Jessy changes train. John follows her..
- And finally Elm-croft, Virginia. Jessy changes train. John follows her.
- Colonel Allyns.
- O Henry – the narrator.
- Rose Lady and Travelyan
Poems
Brook
- The Brook Begins its Journey
- The Brook flows down to its destination
- The Brook is tired but it cannot stop.
- The Brook joins the Brimming River – its destination.
Seven Ages
- Age One – Infant
- Cry and vomit
- No proper sight,
- No hearing,
- No smell;
- totally dependent on mother or nurse
- Age Two – School Boy
- Unwilling to school;
- lazy;
- slow
- Age Three – Lover
- Falling in love with someone;
- Growing sad at the loss of the lover
- Age Four – Soldier
- In conflict with everything –
- family,
- society,
- people,
- system;
- Not aware of the consequences;
- Style;
- Adventurous;
- Risky
- In conflict with everything –
- Age Five – Wise man
- No more romantic;
- Sharp eyes
- Advising his children;
- Speaks of morals;
- Fond of eating;
- Glutton
- Age Six – Comedian
- Memory loss;
- Laughing stock
- Age Seven – Dying Man
- Once again dependent;
- No sight,
- No memory;
- Not able to hear
- Once again dependent;
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me Teeth
Plays
Villa For Sale
- Juliette
- Maid
- Jeanne
- Gaston
- Mrs. Al Smith
Bishop’s Candlesticks
- The Bishop
- Persome – Bishop’s sister
- The Convict – Jean val Jean
- Marie – Maid
- Mere Gringoire – an old, ‘lazy’ lady
- Baliff – An officer
- Gendarmes – Police officers
Grammar
- Editing / Omission
- Unjumble
- Gap Filling
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