Short story

“They are like tram-cars travelling for ever on the selfsame rails. They go backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards..” Explain the line

A short summary of the story “Leela’s Friend” by R.K.Narayan

Explain the title of the story The Ox by H.E.Bates

Money is money; death is death; the living are the living; the living were the future. Explain the line

Estimate Somerset Maugham’s ‘The Lotus Eater’ as a good short story

Explain the line  “Might and authority are given to rulers, but to all men is given love and strength and courage.”

Bring out the instances of irony in R.K.Narayan’s Father’s Help

Discuss the character of Swaminathan in Father’s Help by R.K.Narayan

Bring out clearly the significance of the title of the story The Fly by Katherine Mansfield

Significance of the title of the story ‘The Lagoon’ by Joseph Conrad