HOTs QUESTIONS:
1. Why do you think the grandmother wore flat shoes?
Most probably because she is aging and cannot wear heeled-shoes.
2. Why do you think the grandmother became small?
She became small because she had aged and her back had hunched.
3. Why did the grandmother’s back become round and hunched?
This is because she is aging and her bones are weaker.
4. According to the persona, where has the grandmother gone and why ‘there she is still’?
Her grandmother had passed away and gone to the awful place.
5. Why is the smile described as still living and breathing?
Most probably the photograph is very well taken.
6. Why did the grandmother go to that awful place?
She became old and passed away.
7. Why was the place described as awful?
No one has been there and persona can no longer see or talk to her grandmother.
8. How do we know that the grandmother looked prim and proper?
She was properly dressed in white broderie anglaise shirt with pleated skirt and flat shoes.
9. ‘white hand in black hand’
What other feature mentioned in the stanza tell us the grandmother’s race? Provide reason to support your answer.
Feature: Blue eyes
Reason: The persona is black and the grandmother is white
10. ‘Her soup forgot to boil’
What other thing do you think the grandmother was likely to forget to do? Give a reason to support your
answer.
Thing: Where she placed her spectacles or forgot to turn on the kettle
Reason: As one gets older, its normal to be forgetful.
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1.
Why do you think
her soup forgot to boil?
She was old and forgetful/absent-minded
2. Quality Evidence
Kind " a kind old smile"
Protective/caring " her big hands holds mine"
fearless/ courageous " look her own death in the eye"
friendly " the crinkled smile is still living"
3. 'she
went to the awful place grandmothers go...'
Do you think the persona understands about death? Provide a reason for answer,
Do you think the persona understands about death? Provide a reason for answer,
Understanding:
No, I don't think she understands death.
Reason: She mentions the place as awful, unknown and unthinkable when normally heaven is described as beautiful.
Reason: She mentions the place as awful, unknown and unthinkable when normally heaven is described as beautiful.
4. 'But
there she is still'
How do you think the persona feels when she looks at the photograph? Provide a reason for your answer.
How do you think the persona feels when she looks at the photograph? Provide a reason for your answer.
Feeling : She
feels happy and loved.
Reason : She mentions that the grandmother's crinkled smile is still living and breathing as though her grandmother is still standing beside her
Reason : She mentions that the grandmother's crinkled smile is still living and breathing as though her grandmother is still standing beside her
5.
Give one moral
value one can learn from the poem.
The
poem teaches us that we must spend time with our loved ones because when they
pass away,
