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Summary- On the face of it

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      ON THE FACE OF IT                  Summary                     class-12 CBSE  Characters Derry : a boy of 14 with a burnt face, looks ugly, loner, pessimistic(  state of mind of someone who always expects the worst or that the things will always go wrong )  suffered from severe negative complexes, anger and frustration, withdrawn and introverted( shy ) , low confidence, indulged in self pity, suspicious of the intent of others.  Mr. Lamb: an Old man with a tin leg, lonely, craved for company and acceptance, jovial(cheerful and friendly), optimistic, lover of nature, social, outgoing, tolerant, helpful, sensitive, independent, didn’t mind children calling him Lamely Lamb or picking the Crab apples. Derry’s mother                                         ...
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My mother at sixty six- line by line explanation

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                           MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX  BY- kamala Das (line-by-line explanation) Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realized with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, an looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes, but after the airport’s security check, standing a few yards away, I looked again at her, wan, pale as a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood’s fear, but all I said was, see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and sm i le and smile..... ( There is 1 paragraph only and no particular stanza, As poem is written in Free Verse)  . (Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday morning) - Here, My refers to poet. Poet is driving from her parent's home to Cochin air port, ...
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