What were the chain of thoughts that ran through the narrator’s mind when the train approached the station? How was it affected by the man’s conversation? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: Throughout the train journey the narrator had painted a picture of the girl in his mind, and visualised every … Read more
Is the narrator somewhat cautious about not revealing too much about himself? Support your point with instances from the text. Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The narrator in Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It’ tried his best not to let out the fact that he was blind. He … Read more
What attempts did the narrator make to prevent the girl from discovering that he was blind?Or, How did the narrator try to prevent the girl from discovering that he was blind? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The narrator in Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It’ made various attempts … Read more
Give a brief sketch of the conversation between the narrator and the girl. Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: In Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It’, the narrator had been travelling in a vacant train compartment. At Rohana a girl got in. Bored of solitude, the narrator was thrilled … Read more
“She was an interesting girl,” -Who said this to whom and when ? What else did the person say? What reply did he get ? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The narrator of Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It said this to the man, his second co-passenger who … Read more
“She was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?” – Who said this to whom? When was this said? Explain the irony in the line. Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The male passenger who boarded the train at Saharanpur said the line mentioned above to the narrator. The second fellow passenger boarded … Read more
“I’m not nearly as attractive a travelling companion as the one who just left.”—Who is the speaker? Who left it? What did the speaker mean by this statement? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The speaker of the above line is the second co-passenger of the blind narrator, who boarded the … Read more
“The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie.” – Whose reverie is referred to here? What was the reverie about? How was the reverie broken? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: The reverie of the narrator is referred to here. The reverie was about the brief meeting with … Read more
“So many things were happening outside the window, it could be a fascinating game.” What could be a fascinating game? When did the narrator think so? What things did the narrator perceive as the train reached and left Saharanpur? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: Since the narrator was blind, guessing … Read more
“She was standing very close to me,”- Whom does ‘she’ refer to? When and why was ‘she’ standing very close to the narrator? What was the effect of her proximity to the narrator? Class 12 | English (The Eyes Have It) 6 Marks Ans: In the line mentioned above ‘she’ refers to the girl who accompanied … Read more