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A Talk On Advertising by Herman Wouk A Brief Introduction to the Author Herman Wouk, an American novelist, was born in New York in 1915. Of his novels, The Caine Muting and Aurora Dawn have been acclaimed the world over. Point Summary In ‘A Talk on Advertising’, Wouk suggests that the business of advertising is … Read more
The End of Imagination By Arundhati Roy A Brief Introduction to the Author Arundhati Roy’s first – and so far only novel – The God of Small Things, made her famous overnight. She was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for it. Besides being a writer she is also well known for championing social causes. The … Read more
Seven Types of Gender Inequality By Prof. Amartya Sen About the Author: A versatile genius, Prof Amartya Sen is a well-known economist who was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. He belongs to Kolkata in India. Prof. Sen is a staunch rationalist who has made a keen study of poverty and famines, … Read more
My Lost Dollar By Stephen Leacock About the Author: Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian humorist, educator and political economist. He may well be described as a bridge between two centuries. He graduated from Upper Canada College and joined the University of Toronto in 1887. In 1889, he took to teaching. The success of his … Read more
Long Questions and Answers Q. 1) What is the main theme of this play? Answer. In the screenplay Harvest, by Manjula Padmanabhan, many global borders arise in which organ selling occurs in India in the near future, 2010. This screenplay deals with the first and third world countries. In India, there are more developed places … Read more
Harvest Summary, Themes, Characters Introduction Harvest is a play by Manjula Padmanabhan set in the near future that deals with organ selling in India. Aurora Metro Books published the play in 2003. It’s a critique on the commodification of the body in third-world countries. Manjula Padmanabhan, a 21st-century woman, being a technocrat herself, uses the … Read more
The Vicar of Wakefield Summary The virtuous, prudent, and intelligent vicar of Wakefield lives happily his family, which consists of his wife Deborah, his sons George, Moses, Bill, and Dick, and his two daughters Olivia and Sophia. They live a cloistered and genteel life and are preparing for the eldest son George to marry a … Read more
Summary The poet sees the old moon in the lap of the new and this, according to an old belief, foretells the coming, of rain and a furious storm. In a few moments, the wind actually develops into a storm and rain starts falling with a loud sound, The sounds of rain and storm have … Read more
The present essay on Selected Snobberies is a fine example of what an essay should be. The writer has taken up an interesting topic and suggested some snobberies with which most people in the world are affected. The essay does not teach any moral principle but familiarises with a new subject that is applicable to most people of the world. It says whether we like it or not but most of us do have some kind of snobbery though we may not be conscious that it is only a snobbery.
In this essay, Goldsmith talks about prejudices which people have about other people from other countries. They consider their nation good in every respect and think that other nations are not as great as theirs. People no longer consider themselves general inhabitants of the globe, or members of that grand society which comprehends the whole humankind.
“The price of Flowers” is an emotionally touching story about a young but poor British teenage girl, Maggie, who sacrifices her hard-earned shilling for offering a floral tribute to her dead brother, Frank. Her sacrifice and the contentment derived out of it are invaluable and priceless.
In this play, unusual hero, the new hangman, refuses to carry out his share of work at the execution of a criminal. His revolt is against the inhumanity of taking a man‘s life in cold blood and the injustice of foisting such a terrible duty on a fellow man. Though shocked and embarrassed by the unexpected behaviour of the new hangman, everyone in the prison is secretly relieved.
