A Retrieved Reformation

Unit -02 (1) A Retrieved Reformation .

Question ; (Meena A Bhil ) 

1) Write detailed note on Retrieved Reformation 

2) Character Sketch of Jimmy Valentine .

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Introduction ....

"A good story is like a bitter pill with the sugar coating inside of it " 

                      O Henry was an American short story writer .He was born in Carolina .He was mostly famous for his short stories like " The Gift Of The Magi" In his short stories the plot twist at the end .

  His Works ....

       1) The last Leaf 

                 2) The Gift Of The Magi .

                        3) A Retrieved Reformation .

About the story "A Retrieved Reformation" ...

 This story was written by O Henry . This story focus on "How Jimmy Valentine was an expert in breaking the safe .No One was an able to catch him.

In the story we find Jimmy Valentine falls in love with Annabel .His love transform him .Ben Price also thought beyond his job as a human being. 

Summary of "A Retrieved Reformation " 

Governer : You relased soon .

Jimmy Valentine : ( Looking Tired ) .

               A Retrieved Reformation is a short story written by O Henry .This story focus on How Jimmy Valentine became a humble person .This stroy also Focus  on How a sharp detective became humble toward Jimmy. 

Discription of the prison .

                   In the beginning of the story , there was the description of the prison.Jimmy was doing his work at that time one governer came and said ...

Governer : Prisoner No 9762 ..

                     You released soon .

Jimmy.      : ( Looking tired ) Don't do anything. 

                   Finally , Jimmy released from the prison where the governer gave him some new clothes and money .Jimmy took the fresh air .so, First Jimmy look at the sky and enjoy the freedom .

Jimmy Valentine at Mike Dolan 's Cafe....

                  After going at Restaurant he reached at his friends cafe where he met Mike .He went his room and saw the things . Everything was well organised and clean .

               In the room he put his bed in the middle and open the secret wall where he took a suitcase which is full of safe cracking tools .

 Mike : I think , You are going to crack another safe locker .

Jimmy : Safe locker ...! No, I am working in famous bread company. 

Robberies at different cities ...

              The news spreads all over the world that there was a big robberies took place . While Jimmy released within sometime this event took place.

- 1 week - Robbery in Richmond .

- 2 week - Robbery in Logan Sport .

- 3 week - Robbery in Jefferson City .

           So , It is a clear that this all robberies were done by Jimmy but there was no any evidence .Ben price hired to slove this mystery .

Jimmy Valentine at Elmore ....

            Jimmy Valentine moved at Elmore where he decided to open a shop. He changes his identity as a " Ralph, D Spencer and stay there. 

Jimmy Valentine falls in love with Annabel ...

            While Jimmy Valentine moved at Elmore where he saw beautiful Annabel , The daughter of banker .After seeing her , He decided to forget his old life as a safe cracker .

            Within one year he makes many friends and engaged with Annabel .

Jimmy Valentine's life changed  ..

              Jimmy Valentine's life has changed by this accident .While Jimmy decided to give his tools to his friend .They  gathered at bank .Mr Adams show off the new safe , whose door operates on a clock relase with mechanism .

           Accidentally , Agatha shuts inside the safe .Annabel said Jimmy to do something. While all attampt failed at that time .Jimmy takes off his jacket and forgetting his new identity as Ralph D Spencer and restarting his old identity as Jimmy Valentine .

At the end of the story ....

         Now , At the end of the story Agatha is free . Jimmy walks out of the bank .He meets Ben Price at the door .Jimmy made his mind to go prison . But strangely , 

Ben Price : Sorry for disturbance ...

                     I search of Jimmy Valentine and You 

                      are Ralph D Spencer ...

          

 

How Much Land Does A Man Need

Compulsory English sem 01  (Meena A Bhil) 

Unit 02 How much Land Does A Man Need !

How Much Land Does A Man Need ! 

Question : 

૧) Describe the greed of the man in this short story .

૨) Character Sketch of Pakhom .

૩) Significant of the Dream .

૪) Describe the conversation between Pakhom and lady land owner . 

5) Write a detailed note on How Much Land Does a man need ! . 

This blog tries to justify the above mentioned question ......

How much land does a man need !

Introduction ;

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            " How much land does a 

              man needs !!

               Six feets from his head 

                to his heels was all he 

                 needed " 

          Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who wrote several novels and short Stories .He strongly believed in " Christian beliefs " He wrote famous short stories like ; 

           His Works

                - War and peace 

                    - How much land does a man need !

   About the story " How much land does a man need : 

       How much land does a man need is a short story which was written by Leo Tolstoy . This story focused on the greed of a man .In the story there was one character who's greed never satisfied in the story which lead him the reason of his death 

        This is a story of Pakhom . Pakhom doesn't having any control on his greed . He wants more and more land .This show his desire for land . 

               "If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself" 

        "So let's discuss how pakhom's greed 

                  Significant his decay " 

1) Physical Appearance of Pakhom :

         Pakhom was the protagonist character in the short story " How much land does a man need " . Pakhom was a peasant , a farmer . In the beginning of the story Pakhom described as a ; 

                     " Hard Working man " 

        But later he desires land of his own .In fact , He boasts that if he had enough land , he would not fear the devil's himself . Pakhom manages to borrow enough money to buy land of his own. We can say that. 

                       " Pakhom was a man 

                                    Who never satisfied"

2) The meeting between Pakhom and lady land owner ;

          There was the conversation about lady land owner and Pakhom . She is a lady who lived close to the village of the peasant .land owner also had an estate of lands of about three (3) hundred acres . So , there was the conversation between them and finally , Pakhom convinced the lady land owner and purchased the land . 

              " This conversations show the greed 

                    of never stopping man ( Pakhom) " 

3) The meeting between Bakshir Chief and Pakhom:

         One day , one dealer stops by his farm to get some feeds for his horse . He tells him about Bakshir's . Pakhom decided to meet the Bakshir's chief , he prepared some gifts for him . The chief accepted them and seated himself in the place of honour . The chief told Pakhom , he could choose whatever piece of land he liked ; 

              " The price was always the same ; 

                      One thousand rubles a day ......

4) Significant of the dream :

           After the deal Pakhom went to his tent to sleep . He lay on a feather bed but could not sleep .He kept thinking about the land .He awake all night and dozed off only just before down , When he had dream .In his dream he saw he was lying in that same tent and heard the daring sound outside the tent . 

          In his dream he saw Devil who was laughing in front of him and he was laying as death on the ground ...... 

          " His dream was a clear warning but 

            he could not understand it just because 

            of his greed" 

5) Moral of the story :

                 " Six feet from his head to his heels 

                                   was all he needed " 

              The moral of the story depicted the greed of the man . How a man became greedy just because of the land . The moral of the clearly mentioned in the title of the story.   

6) Character in the story 

In the story there are some major and some are minor characters.  Major characters are like , 

                          1) Pakhon 

                          2) Bakshir 

Minor characters like ,  The lady Land Owners ..

7) Theme 

In this story the theme is greed and power . 

During the story we find the greedy character like pakhom who need money and money.  He wants more and more land this greed lead him towards his death .  

6) To Sum up ; 

           At the end of the story , I mentioned How a wealth became the reason of someone's death .so I want to put one quotes that , 

           " Satisfied in each and every moment in. 

               your life otherwise having the same 

               Candition as Pakhom" 

            

         

           

    

     

            

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens As Novelist ....

    Brief Overview ....

 The most important thing in life is to stop saying " I wish "and start saying " I will". ( David Copperfield)

Dickens was an English writer and social critic He was born on 7 Feb in 1812 and died on 9 June 1870 at the age of 58. Dicken was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian Age .

 His Notable Works .....

1)  The Pickwick papers ( 1836) 

       2) Oliver Twist (1838) 

             3) Nicholas Nickleby ( 1839) 

                  4) A tale of two cities ( 1859) 

                         5) David Copperfied (1849-1850) 

 His achievement....

Audie Award for literary fiction & classics 

He won the Nobel Peace Prize from Jaclyn Gonzales . 

Dickens as a novelist .....

               He was the greatest novelist .He wrote great novel based on social issues like ...

         - Pickwick papers. 

           - Oliver Twist .

           - The  Great Expectations .

          - Bleak House .

            He was master in great story telling . 

His Greatest Novels .....

He wrote great novels which helped him a lot to achieve fame and name like ....

       - Pickwick papers 

       - A tale of two cities 

       - David Copperfield 

       - Bleak House 

       - The Great Expectations 

       - Oliver Twist 

His Great Short Stories .....

He wrote great short Stories like ...

       - The Lamplighter 

       - A child's Dream Of A Star .

      - Captain Murderer .

      - To be read at Dusk .

      - The Long Voyage .

His Masterpieces ....

1) Pickwick papers ...

This is the first novel written by Charles Dickens . The main idea of the novel is ..

        - Joys of travel 

         - Pleasures of eating ..

         - Pleasures of drinking well etc. 

2) Oliver Twist ....

Oliver Twist was written by him . The main idea is the battles between Good Vs Evil . Another theme is like 

          - Love 

          - Hate 

          - Greed 

          - Revenge ...

3) The Great Expectations ...

This novel was also written by him .The main theme of the novel is Loyalty .... Wealth ....and Class. 

4)  David Copperfield ....

The story is about the life of David Copperfied . David 's father died for six months before he was born; for this reason he lives with his mother and his nanny, Peggotty . Seven years later his mother re - married a man , Edward Murdstone . He sends him to a school in which they are very strict.

His Characters ....

         -  The Normal 

         - The Abnormal 

         - Satirical ..

         - The Villains 

 

George Barnard Shaw ( Playwright)

  Brief Overview :

         

         " Beware of false knowledge

 It is more dangerous than ignorance                                 

                                         - George Barnard Shaw 

              George Barnard Shaw was born on 26 July 1856 at Dublin , Ireland . He was an Irish comic Dramatist , Literary critic and Sociologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 . He died at the age of 94 in England .

                  His Notable Works : 

                 1)  Arms and the man

                          2) Saint Joan 

                                  3) Pygmalion

              His Achievements : 

               1)  Oscar Award - 1938 

                        2)  Academy Award - 1939

                                 3) Nobel Prize - 1925

             His Early Life …

Shaw was born in Dublin . He was the youngest child and only son of George Shaw . The Shaw family was well known in Ireland . This shows that his family background is quite wealthy. 

          His early career .. 

      " I never learned anything in a school " 

At the age of 16 he worked as a clerk in the office. In London , British museum -Where he spent most of his time in writing & reading . 

         His Plays …

 His Plays were divided into two parts: pleasant play and unpleasant play.   

Pleasant Plays ….

       1) Arms & The man 

            2) Candida 

                3) The man of Destiny 

Unpleasant plays …

        1) The philanderer 

             2) Mrs.Warren Profession .

His works ….

Arms & The man …

It was a humorous play . The main theme of the play is love and war . This play shows the futility of war . So , This is an important play by Shaw . 

Candida …..

It was a comedy about James and his wife Candida . This was great work by Shaw . 

The philanderer ..

This play was also written by Shaw . Shaw includes two endings in the play . 

Divorce and marriage are the main themes in the play . 

Mrs. Warren profession …

It was a great novel written by Shaw . The main character in the play is Mrs.Kitty Warren . 

Ideas of plays …

He said that ideas are the most important part of his plays . 

He said that drama used for the betterment of man 

His characters ..

After Shakespeare no English dramatist equaled him but Shaw also described his vivid and mysterious characters on the stage . 

 His memorable characters .

       Eliza Doolittle ( Pygmalion ) 

              Straker ( Man and superman ) 

                 Sir Ralph Bloomfiled ( Doctor's Dilemma ) 

His Dialogue …

He wrote dialogues with the highest order . He was a brilliant talker , So he used his god gift . His Dialogue is more memorable . It makes a good impression on the mind of the reader . 

His Dramatic Techniques 

He has a keen sense of stage and wrote into the subject matter of the play . He was a master of tricks and surprises . 

Summary of the play Pygmalion

                             

             Summary Of The Play Pygmalion  

          

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  Brief Overview 

Beware of false knowledge

 It is more dangerous than ignorance 

                                           - George Barnard Shaw

George Barnard Shaw was born on 26 July 1856 at Dublin , Ireland . He was an Irish comic Dramatist , Literary critic and Sociologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 . He died at the age of 94 in England . 

  His Notable Works : 

          1) Arms and the man

                2) Saint Joan 

                      3) Pygmalion

    His Achievements : 

           1) Oscar Award - 1938 

                  2) Academy Award - 1939

                       3) Nobel Prize - 1925 

      About the play " Pygmalion " 

             " I sold flowers I didn't sell myself . Now you have made a lady of me I am not fit to sell anything else " 

              Pygmalion was written by George Barnard Shaw . It was a Greek mythology . It was divided into 5 acts . " Pygmalion A Romance in 5 acts " .In Ancient Greek mythology , Pygmalion the king of Cyprus , also a sculptor, fell in love with the Ivory statue of a beautiful woman that he created . Eliza falls to convince people into believing that she is now Duchess by changing her appearance . 

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Act Wise Summary of The Play Pygmalion 



Act 01 ..

              " Higgins, a professor of Phonetics , is taking notes about the dialects spoken in that area " 

                     The starting act is set near a garden outside .All the scenes occur in the same setting .We are introduced to Clara and her mother .They are waiting for her brother Freddy to arrange transportation to return home . Freddy is frustrated .Eliza takes the opportunity and takes the cab and exits the space . 

Act 02.....

         She offers to pay for her lesson " 

                  In the second act the story continues with Higgins and Pickering having a conversation at the former's residence . Eliza claims to learn and improve her language skills . She offers to pay the tuition fees to Higgins . 

              " He will teach her to speak standard English so that no one will be able to tell her from a member of the Lower class " 

Act 03......

       " Mrs .Higgins worries about what will 
    happen to Eliza when the experiment 
              is over " 

           A few months pass after the event at the end of the second act and the story resumes at the Higgins residence.Mrs.Higgins the mother of Mr. Higgins is greeted by his experiment to his mother . 

Act 04 ......
   
             " He has taken Eliza to an Embassy Hall in London " .

             Several months later Higgins won his bet . He has taken Eliza to an Embassy bull in London where she mingled with the upper classes . She realises that Higgins is only interested in his own success and has no consideration as a human being when she leaves his house . 

Act 05.......
 
     " Eliza shows she has a will of her own " 

             Next day at Mrs.Higgins house , Mrs. Higgins scolds Higgins and Pickering for how they have treated Eliza and reveals that Eliza is there . She will become a teacher of phonetics , stealing everything . She has learned from him in order to take care of his clients .

 

To Sum Up ......

We can say that Pygmalion is the greatest play written by Shaw . 

" Pygmalion is the greatest mythological play by him " 

           

Henry Higgins

Character sketch Of Henry Higgins 

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Beware of false knowledge

                    It is more dangerous than ignorance.     

  

- George Barnard Shaw                         

  

              George Barnard Shaw was born on 26 July 1856 at Dublin , Ireland . He was an Irish comic Dramatist , Literary critic and Sociologist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 . He died at the age of 94 in England . 

                   His Notable Works : 

        1) Arms and the man

               2)  Saint Joan 

                       3) Pygmalion

                       His Achievements : 

           1) Oscar Award - 1938 

                 2) Academy Award - 1939

                       3) Nobel Prize - 1925 

                 About the play " Pygmalion " 

              " I sold flowers I didn't sell myself . Now you have made a lady of me I am not fit to sell anything else " 

              Pygmalion was written by George Barnard Shaw . It was a Greek mythology . It was divided into 5 acts . " Pygmalion A Romance in 5 acts " .In Ancient Greek mythology , Pygmalion the king of Cyprus , also a sculptor, fell in love with the Ivory statue of a beautiful woman that he created . Eliza falls to convince people into believing that she is now Duchess by changing her appearance . 

In the play Pygmalion there are some major and some minor characters .. Major characters like ... .Mr.Higgins...Eliza Doolittle etc some are minor characters like Pickering , Freddy , Clara etc …

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Mr.Higgins ….

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Mr.Higgins is the protagonist as well as professor of phonetics . He was the rude and arrogant character in the play . Let's discuss it in detail 

 Mr.Henry Higgins as a protagonist ..

Professor Higgins is the professor of phonetics .He was brilliant , educated and a talented intellectual .He has great achievements in his field Higgins is socially incompetent . He was bad at social work .He was bad in everyone, especially Eliza . He is like a bully .Mr.Higgins is bachelor .He was a woman hater who treated women as trash. 

" He treats Eliza as an inhuman object without feeling " 

Higgins as a professor of phonetics .

Mr. Higgins is a professor of phonetics . So , He spent all his time teaching and learning . He learnt how to speak as a Duchess .While he sees Eliza Doolittle ,He makes her laugh . He studies different dialects .He is an expert in studying dialects .He was an intelligent man . 

 Higgins as a rude & Arrogant ..

Professor Henry Higgins was rude and arrogant . He was rude towards Eliza .In the beginning of the play , We find the conversation between Higgins and Eliza . 

While Henry met a flower girl, he behaved very rudely with her . 

Eliza : I will pay you for the tuition . 

Henry : I don't want to teach you . 

This shows his rude and arrogant nature . 

Careless without feelings ….

Mr. Higgins is careless about others feelings .He was a professor of phonetics .so, he spent all his time teaching and learning . Eliza shows her affection towards him but in reality , Higgins wants to succeed to win the bat only . So , He was careless about others' feelings . 

His behaviour towards Eliza …

His behaviour towards Eliza was very rude .He didn't have any feelings for her .He just wanted to do the experiment on her. In the beginning of the play he was not behaving well with her but later at the end of the play he realised his mistake . 

In the beginning , He treats her as inhuman . This shows his behaviour towards Eliza . 

Pro .Higgins succeeded in transforming Eliza ...

Henry Higgins succeeded in his bat with Pickering He was doing very much effort to treat her well . He gives her well clothes. He taught her how to speak in parties .He took her to standard parties . Now , She was able to communicate with others . She treats like a Duchess .She also handles many customers of Higgins . This shows that Higgins won the bat 

To Sum Up ....

Thus, Henry Higgins is the protagonist character in the play Pygmalion . He was rude and arrogant character . Shaw described the different aspects of Higgins characters .