Father’s Help : R K Narayan
TEXT : Unit 1
Read the text carefully and answer the following questions :
Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school.
At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.”
Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room.
Father asked him, “Have you no school today?”
“Headache,” Swami replied.
“Nonsense! Dress up and go.”
“Headache!”
“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.”
Swami knew how strict his father could be. So he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”
“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.”
“What will the teacher think if I go so late?”
“Tell him you had a headache and so are late.”
“He will scold me if I say so.”
“Will he? Let us see. What is his name?”
“Samuel.”
“Does he always scold the students?”
“He is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late. I wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.”
“If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?”
a) time when Swami complained of a headache ——————-> 9 a.m.
b) person who ordered Swami to dress up and go to school —–> Swami’s father
Swami would not go to school that day.
Reason
At nine o’clock Swaminathan wailed.
Reason
Mother suggested Swami to stay at home.
Reason
He had a headache on Monday.
Reason
Swami changed his tactics
Reason
6️⃣ Statement
Reason
Father insisted Swami on going to school.
Reason
Swami would not like to go late to Samuel’s class.
Reason
Swami did not want to tell about his teacher Samuel to the headmaster.
Reason
Swami did not tell the headmaster about his teacher, Samuel.
Reason
Swami
Said What or Did What
When
Mother
Said What or Did What
When
Father
Said What or Did What
When
Swami
Said What or Did What
When
Swami
Said What or Did What
When
At nine o’clock Swami said that he had a headache.
Effect
2️⃣ Cause
Effect
If he loafed about less on Sundays.
Effect
According to Swami, Samuel was a very angry man, and he was especially angry with those boys who came in late in class.
Effect
Swami knew that his father was strict.
Effect
Character Nature / Habit
Swami —-> Truant
Mother —-> Lenient / Generous
Father —-> Strict / Stern
Samuel —-> angry (according to Swami)
