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Why Go To University? – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax Golden Tales

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Why Go To University? – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax-Golden Tales Why Go To University? (Moti Nissani, USA 1947) Literal Comprehension: This suggestive essay “Why Go To University?” has been written by versatile American writer, Moti Nissani. Though there are few disadvantages to it. There is a good chance to get a job for the educated one. University education becomes the backbone in job promotion and qualification. Second, we can solve various persona, social as well as national problems if we can be achieved by other by rubbery, the social evils and superstitions easily. The educated persons have good prestige and respect in the society since they are the pillars of national development. Mental horizon is widened so that thinking, attitudes, and characters have also become hospitable and cultured one. Social horizon is enlarged with the help of university education. Again, internal satisfaction and self-understanding are possible for this education. Getting an edu...

If Not Higher – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax Golden Tales

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Lesson-4  If Not Higher (I.L Peretz, Poland 1852-1915) Questions Answer Apply the four levels of reading a text to “If Not Higher”. Ans: i. Literal Comprehension: Every early morning on Friday praying, Rabi used to disappear from the group. He wouldn’t be found either in the house or in the praying room. Some of the Jews calculated he had gone to heaven at that time but, other thought that he had done much human service. Among them, a Jew Litvak wanted to know the reality. He entered into Rabbi’s room and observed secretly what he was doing. Next day, he woke up early in the morning at the time of prayer and he disguised into the simple farmer’s dress and went into the forest. He cut a bundle of wood and entered into the hut of a poor Jew woman and forced her to buy wood even on credit convincing her that God was there to pay the money. He did all parts of prayer one after another making fire. Looking at all these activities, Litvak was influenced a lot and planned to...

The Brave Little Parrot – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax Golden Tales

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The Brave Little Parrot – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax-Golden Tales Complete Solution of The Brave Little Parrot Questions Answer Apply the four levels of interacting with the text to “The Brave Little Parrot”. Ans:   i. Literal Comprehension: The tale “The Brave Little Parrot” has been adopted by Rafe Martin from the Buddhist Legend. Once, Lord Buddha was born as a little parrot. He lived in a beautiful forest. One day, a storm came in that forest. The thunder crashed and flashed so a dead tree struck (caught) a fire and suddenly broke out the fire in the entire forest. All the creatures were trapped. They cried and tried to escape from the trap. The Parrot saw the condition and planned to save them. He flew to a nearby river and dived into the water and flew back to the forest. Then he dropped tiny drops of water to control the fire. He did it several times. His wings were burnt and feet became black due to scorching fire. His eyes were red and lungs ac...

Yudhishthira’s Wisdom – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax Golden Tales

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Yudhishthira’s Wisdom – Four Levels of Interacting | Flax Golden Tales Yudhishthira’s Wisdom (The Mahabharata – Shanta Rao’s Adaptation) – Ancient Tales Questions Answer Apply the four levels of interacting with the text to “Yudhishthira’s Wisdom.” Ans: i. Literal Comprehension: This Tale “Yudhishthira’s Wisdom” has been taken from the Hindu epic “The Mahabharata”. It is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, recounting events that it might have been taken place 2300 years ago. Once, five Pandav brothers were running after a deer for the hunt in the dark and deep forest in hot weather, suddenly, they all grew very tired and thirsty. Yudhishthira’s, who was the eldest brother, sat under a tree and sent his younger brother, Sahadeva to search for water. He didn’t come back for a long time so he sent his next brother, Nakula to search him. He also failed to return. Accordingly, he sent his remaining brothers, Bhim and Arjun one by one to search th...

Invitation – Flax Golden Tales Four Levels of Interaction

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Invitation (Shel Silverstein, USA 1930-1999) c | Flax-Golden Tales This is the notes for BA, BBS faculty the subject of  Compulsory English .  Here we must try to answer all the chapters of  Compulsory English . Questions Answer Apply the four levels of interacting with the text to “Invitation”. Ans:   i. Literal Comprehension: American poot Shel Silverstein (the speaker in the poem) invites different persons with different natures to go with him and enjoy in the world of literature. He invites the readers who are imaginative as a dreamer or even a liar who always tells a lie, hoper who hopes for something or prayer of religious duties or person with magical power. He even invites to the pretenders who pretend to be superior or greater than others. What so ever the readers are there, all are invited by the speaker to sit by him to tell the flax-golden tales. The tales are more colorful, very much imaginative, adventurous and with many more qualities. ...