LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ENGLISH LITERATURE
SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
LO 15
EL 6601 - READING FICTION
(Also equivalent to ENG 601)
Date & Time : 21-04-2006/9.00-12.00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
I Annotate any FIVE of the following in about 50 words each. ( 5 x 4 = 20)
Part A
1. “ I’d hated him for days and now suddenly I loved him again but don’t know why?
a.Whose words are they
b.Why is there a change of feeling in the speaker?
2. “ I don’t really think meander that was a dead end”
a.Comment on the word ‘meander’.
b.What is that known for?
3. “Peace is costly, but it’s worth the expense”
Explain the passage quoting a maxim you know, similar in meaning.
Part B (Critical Analysis)
4. Ralph hauled himself on to this platform,noted the coolness and shade, shut one
eye, and decided that the shadows on his body were really green. He picked his
way to the seaward edge of the platform and stood looking down into the water.
5. This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll
have fun. Jack held out his hand for the conch.
6. “Meetings.Don’t we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk” He got on
the elbow. “ I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they’d come running. The
we’d be, you know, very solemn, and someone would say we ought to build a jet,
or a submarine, or a TV set.
II Answer any FOUR in about 150 words each.
( 4 x 10 = 40)
7. Bring out the simplicity in prayer as a way of life of Icelandic people.
8. Establish the moral in Ahamed Essop’s “The Betrayal”
9. Narrate the perceptions of Patricia Grace in Between Earth and Sky.
10. Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is a fiction depicting the glory of the past
Indian society. Discuss.
11. Is Salman Rushdie rash and outrageous in his pungeant attack on Indian tradition?
12. Discuss the world war influence in the novel Lord of the Flies.
Illustrate.
III. Write essays in about 300 words each.
( 2 x 20 = 40)
13. ‘The gentlemen of the Jungle” is a caricature of the democratic system as the
political scenario existing in India today. Discuss.
(or)
‘Snapshots of a wedding’ by Bessie Head is a portrayal of the ethical and cultural
standards of the African community. –Evaluate.
14. William Golding brings out the battle between the good and the evil in Lord of the
Flies. –Elucidate.
(or)
Analyse the symbols and images employed in the novel, Lord of the Flies.