English Notes

Click for Questions & Answers   Introduction William Blake was a poet and painter. He had little formal education. “Inventions to the Book of Job” is his finest work as an artist. ‘The School Boy’ is a lyric from his work ‘Songs of Experience’. Synopsis ‘The School Boy’ is a beautiful poem written by William Blake, a poet and painter. This poem evokes feelings of early childhood in every reader. One who reads the poem cannot help reflecting on one’s past and remain regretful. The loss of freedom and absence of nature’s company during the formative years continue to haunt the deprived souls even now. Like the speaker of the poem, children in general love to play and learn outdoors; the joy of sunshine and beauty of nature give them unlimited joy and happiness. The poet here apparently raises serious questions against formal education. However, his argument is not against education. Theme The school boy, the speaker o

                                                                                          Click for Questions &Answers                                                                                                          “The Gentlemen of the Jungle” is a fable written by Jomo Kenyatta who was an African political leader and the first president of Kenya. This story reflects the attitude of Kikuyu people of Kenya toward European laws and commissions. It was in the late nineteenth century the European powers divided Africa among themselves. This story begins in a context where an ‘act of kindness misunderstood as weakness’. Once, an elephant made a friendship with a man. One day, due to a heavy thunderstorm, the elephant went to his friend for shelter. The kind man offered to let the elephant put his trunk inside his hut as he had room only for him and the trunk of the elephant. But the cunning elephant pushed his head inside and flung the man out. The man started to g