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THIRD THOUGHT
THIE STORY THIRD THOUGHT IS A SHORT STORY WRITTEN BY E.V. LUCAS. IT MAINLY DESCRIBES THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF A HUMAN MIND. THE THOUGHTS OF IT UNGUARDED AND MORE HARMFUL TO THE SOULS THEN ENEMIES ITSELF.HENCE IT IS A COMICAL BUT SYMPATHETIC DESCRIBTION ON HOW A HUMAN MIND FORCES A PERSON TO BARGAIN WITH HIS/HER OWN SOUL.HENCE THE VERY GOOD INTENTIONS OF HUMAN HEART ARE DIVERTED BY HUMAN MIND.OUR MIND OFTEN WALKS ON THE PATH OF GREED, AVARICE, AND SELFISHNESS.E.V. LUCAS WROTE THIS STORY ON HOW IN A FLIP OF SECOND OUR DECISIONS OUR CHANGED DUE TO THE THIRD THOUGHT. THE STORY IS ON A DAY OF OUR NARRATORS FRIENDS WHO ONCE CHANCED BY PROFIT. IT IS NARRATOR OR THE WRITER WHO TELLS US THE STORY. HIS FRIENDS WAS NOT A GOOD BUSINESS MAN AND RATHER EARLIER ENDED HIS TRANSACTIONS IN LOSS.IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FORE HIM TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL DEALER. ONE DAY HE FOUND A WATER COLOUR DRAWING, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN OF A FAMOUS PAINTER TURNER DURING HIS DRIFTING IN OLD CURIOSITY SHOPS. THE OWNER OF THE PAINTING DID NOT GUARANTEE HIM WHETHER IT WAS A TRUE TURNER PAINTING OR NOT. HENCE, HE BOUGHT IT FOR 10 SHILLINGS ONLY, AND ASTONISHLY IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REAL TURNER AND SOLD IT FOR 50 POUNDS. THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF PROFIT MADE NARRATORS FRIEND WAS THINKING IN WEIRD DIRECTIONS. THE FIRST THOUGHT CAME TO HIS MIND WAS DIRECTLY FROM HIS HEART.IT WAS TO GIVE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HALF THE PROFIT MADE BY HIM. AS THE FAMOUS QOTE SAYS THAT MIND IS THE SETTLEMENT OF DEVIL, GREED ENTERED HIS THOUGHTS AND HIS DECISION CHANGED.HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS HIS EYE, WHICH SAW THE PROPABILITY OF THE PAINTING TO BE OF TURNER AND NOT THE ORIGINAL SELLER. HENCE, THE AMOUNT OF 10 POUNDS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO GIVE HIM AS A TOKEN OF THANKS. THE FIGHT OF SOUL AND MIND GOT RIGOUROUS. THE LATER WAS GOING TO WIN, SEEN WHEN THE FRIEND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD ONLY GIVE 5 POUNDS TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER.AND THIS WAS A SIGN GIVEN BY THE WRITER, WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS WITH ALL THE HUMANS. HOWEVER, THE VICTORY BEFALLS ON THE GREED WHEN HE DECIDED TO GIVE ONLY ONE POUND AND A PRESENT WITH IT. AS HE WAS CARRYING THE ENVELOPE WITH THE CHECK, TO POST IT, HIS GOOD INTENTIONS AND THOUGHT GAVE UP WHEN HE PLAYED THE GAME OF BRIDGE DISASTOROUSLY AND WAS THANKFUL THAT HE DIDNT POSTED THE CHECK.HIS HE GAVE NOTHING TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THEIR NO CONNECTION IN BETWEEN A SELLER AND A BUYER AFTER THE TRANSACTION. IT WAS AN EXCUSE FOR HIS OWN SOUL AND HEART. THESE EXCUSES WERE POWERFUL POINTS FOR THE READERS TO KNOW THE STRENGHT OF AN AVARICE MIND. BY THIS, STORY THE AUTHOR SHOWNED A LOT OF CONCERN AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY. HENCE, IT IS APLTLY TITLED BECAUSE MORE THOUGHTS LEADS A GREATER COMPROMISE ON GOODNESS.

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THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI

THE STORY NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI IS A STORY OF ADOLESCENT INFATUATION. IT IS A STORY WRITTEN BY RUSKIN BOND. HIS THEMES INCLUDES THEMES OF JOY, LOVE, CHILDHOOD PAINS, NATURE AND DIFFICULTIES DURING GROWTH YEARS, EXPRESSED THROUGH DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCES AND ORDINARY MOMENTS. INDIAN COUNCIL GAVE HIM PADMASHREE. HE EARNED THE SOUBRIQUENT INDIAN WORDSWORTH. IT IS HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SHORT STORY. THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE STORY. HE INCLUDES THEMES OF ROMANTICISM AND MYSTERY. THE STORY LEAVES THE READER WITH A SENSE OF QUESTIONING AND WITH AN INNOCENT SMILE ON THEIR FACE AT THE END. READERS ARE AROUSED WITH MANY QUESTIONS, AND LEFT UNANSWERED. THIS SUGGESTS THAT IT ISAN OPEN-ENDE STORY AND A MYSTERY ALSO. THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY FEELS SOME SPECIAL FEELINGS FOR THE BASKET SELLER, WHICH HE WAS NEITHER ABLE TO JUSTIFY TO HIMSELF NOR TO THE GIRL. IN ADDITION, THIS GIVES US THE HINT OF THE STORY THAT IS ROMANTISM. THE STORYS ABRUPT END HAUNTS OUR MIND AFTER A LONG TIME OF READING TOO. IN THE STORY, THE TRAIN STOPPED AT DEOLI ONLY FOR 10 MINS, AT 5 A.M., IT HAD AN OFFICE, A WAITING ROOM, SINGLE PLATFORM BOASTED OF A TEA STALL, A FRUIT VENDOR, AND A FEW STRAY DOGS. ORIGINALLY THE NARRATOR THOUGHT THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD BREAK HIS JOURNEY TO PAY A ONE DAY VISIT TO DEOLI AS HE USED TO BE SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS THAT SMALL PLACE AND USED TO WONDER WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN DEOLI BEHIND THE STATION WALLS. THE NARRATOR WSA JUST OF 18 TYEARS WHEN HE MET THE BASKET-SELLER HE DESCRIBED HER AS PALE SKIN, SET OF BY SHINY BLACK HAIR AND DARK TROUBLED EYES AND ELOQUENT. THE GIRL WAS GRACEFUL AND WALKED WITH DIGNITY. THE NARRATOR INTENTLY LOOKED AT HER AND COULD NOT TAKE HIS EYES OFF HER. THEY HAD A VERY SHORT CONVERSATION AT THEIR FIRST MEETING. HE FELT PITY FOR DUE TO HER ATTIRE. THE NARRATOR BOUGHT A BASKET EVEN THOUGHT HE DID NOT REALLY NEED IT. AS THE TRAIN WHISTLED, THE NARRATOR HAD TO LEAVE AND SIMULTANEAOSLY THE GIRL SPOKE SOMETHING, WHICH HE COULD NOT LISTEN. HE SAW THE GIRL SMILING AT HIM WHEN THE TRAIN RAN AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM. TWO MONTHS LATER WHEN THE NARRATOR LEFT HIS GRANDMOTHERS HOME, HE AGAIN MET THE BASKET-SELLER. WHEN THE NARRATOR SAW THE BASKET-SELLER HE WAVED AT HER AND THOUGHT THEIR MEETING AS MEETING OF TWO OLD FRIENDS AFTER ALONG TIME. THE NARRATOR TRIED TO EXPRESS HER HIS IMPULSIVE NEW FEELINGS BUT TIME RAN OUT. HE AT THAT MOMENT HELD OUT HIS HAND. HE WANTED HER TO BE ON TRAIN WITH HER, BUT SHE HAD TO STAY THERE. IN ADDITION, HE ASKED HER WHETHER SHE WOULD BE NEXT TIME WHEN HE WOULD COME AGAIN. IN ADDITION, THE GIRL IN CONFUSION JUST

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NODDED. GIRL ONLY HAD FEELING OF GRATITUDE. HENCE, IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE SIDE FEELING. BUT HE BOY WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE GIRL ON PLATFORM NEXT TIME ONE TALKING WITH THE PERSON ON THE TEA-STALL HE CAME TO KNOW THAT THE GIRL HAS JUST STOPPED COMING TO THE PLATFORM. HE AGAIN THOUGHT OF BREAKING HIS JOURNEY AT DEOLI TO SEARCH BUT LATER HE WAS AFRAID TO CONFRONT THE TRUTH THAT WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO HER. HENCE HE DECICDED THAT HE WOULD NEVER BREAK HIS JOURNEY AT DEOLI AND PREFER TO REMAIN IN HIS DREAM WORLD AND KEEPING HOPE THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD AGAIN SEE THAT GIRL SELLING BASKETS WITH THOSE DARK SMOLDERING EYES. HE ENJOYED THIS GAME AND DID NOT WANT TO SPOIL IT. AT LAST, THE NARRATOR CONFESSED THAT I WOULD NEVER BREAK MY JOURNEY AT DEOLI BUT I PASS THROUGH IT AS OFTEN AS I CAN.

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
THE POEM IS ABOUT AN AFRICAN MAN, SEARCHING FOR HOUSE TO LEAVE ON RENT. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION IS A POEM WRITTEN BY WOLE SOYINKA, WHO HIMSELF IS AN AFRICAN. HE WRITES THIS POEM IN AN SUBTLE SARCASTIC TONE. THERE ARE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE STORY. THESE COLOURS ARE BLACK AND WHITE WITH THEIR MEANINGS AND SYMBOLISATION PLAYS OVER THE MIND OF THE READER TO MAKE THE POEM MORE UNDERSTANDABLE. THESE COLOURS HAVE THEIR OWN IMPORTANCE.THE COLOUR BLACK RACIALLY SYMBOLISIS AS AFRICAN COLOUR. IT ALSO SYMBOLISIS CERTAIN MOODS LIKE DOOM, NEGATIVE, FORCED SILENCE. THE COLOUR WHITE ALSO, SYMBOLISIS MOODS LIKE HOPE, PEACE, POWER AND CALMNESS. HENCE, THE POET KEEPING IN HIS MIND THE MEANINGS AND ADDRESSES THE AUDIENCE THE VIEWS OF GENERAL PEOPLE ABOUT THE AFRICAN. IN THE POEM, THE POET SAYS THAT THE NARRATOR WANTED TO STAY AT A HOUSE OF RENT. HE CALLED THE LADY FOR FURTHER AGREEMENTS. THE WHITE LAND LADY HEAR IS SHOWN VERY IMPERSONAL AND IN DIFFERENT. THE IS SHOWN AS A SYMBOL OF HIGH STATUS AND POWER AND DOES NOT WANT TO RENT A HOUSE TO A BLACK. AT FIRST, THE NARRATOR THOUGHT THAT THE WHITE LAND LADY IS VERY WELL-MANNERED AND WELLCULTURED. HENCE, HE AUTOMATICALLY CONFESSED THAT HE IS AN AFRICAN. HOWEVER, HIS IMAGE OF WHITE LADY CAME SHATTERING DOWN WHEN HE HEARD HER ASK ABOUT HIS COLOUR. THE NARRATOR FELT ANGER FLOWING THROUGH HIS NERVES, WHICH IS SYMBOLISED BY THE COLOUR RED IN THE SURROUNDINGS. HE WAS AGAINST RACISM AGAIN THE LAND LADY PLAYING WITH WORDS; THINKING SHE TO BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND POWERFUL ASKED WHETHER HE WAS DARK OR LIGHT.

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THE NARRATOR WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THE INSULT THIS TIME. HE KEPT HIS SELFRESPECT. HE PLAYED THE SAME GAME OF WORDS. HE HAD MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLOURS AND HE INDIRECTLY WITH HIS PLAY INSULTED WHITE LADY. SHE COULD NOT SPEAK ANYTHING IN RETURN, AS SHE COYLD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT SORT OF COLOUR HE WAS DESCRIBING. NARRATORS PERFECLY ARTISTIC DESCRIPTION DAZZLED HER. HERE THE POET CRASHED THE IMAGE OF WHITE PEOPLE TO BE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE, EDUCATED AND MODERN. THROUGH THE HAZY CLOUDS OF SARCASTIC COMEDY, THE POET ANSWERED HIS COLOUR OF BODY PARTS.HE ALSO ASKED THE LAND LADY TO CONFIRM THEM BY SEEING HERSELF. HEREBY HE OPPOSED THE RACIAL TENSION BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES. AS THER CAME NO ANSWER FROM THE LAND LADY, THE POET WON THE PLAY OF WORDS. THIS SUGGESTED THAT HE NOT ONLY REJECTED THE INSULT BUT ALSO IN RETURN INSULTED THE WHITE LADY IN RETURN. HE TOOK REVENGE OF HIS COMMUNITY. THIS WAY OF ANSWERING TH EWHITE LAND LADYS QUESTION BY QUESTIONING THEM IN RETURN, AND ACCEPTANCE OF HIS COLOUR CRUSHED HER ARRONGANT IMPERSONAL ATTITUDE. IN THIS POEM, THE POET HIMSELF AS A SHARP CRITIC TO RACISM CONVEYED THE THEME APLTY THROUGH A FORMAL TELPHONE COVERSATION.

THE FLY
FLY IS A STORY WRITTEN BY KATHERINE BEAUCHAMP OR KATHERINE MANSFIELD, A CRITICALLY APPRECIATED SHORT STORY. THE AUTHOR WAS KNOWN FOR HER SHORT STORIES, BECAUSE OF HER SENSITIVE SPIRIT AND EXQUISITE MIND, WHICH HELPED HER TO BRING MATURITY IN THE ART OF STORY WRITING. THE STORY DEALS EFFECIENTLY WITH A HUMAN MIND.OF A MIND WITH WEAK AND BROKEN HEART. IT REFLECTS PSYCHOLOGICAL CRISIS THAT AFFLICTS A MAN ALMOST COMPLETELY LACKING IN SELF-AWARENESS. THE INTERNAL CRISIS TAKES THE READERS TO THINK AND DECIDE THEIR POINT OF VIEW AT THE END OF STORY WHETHER THEY LOOK AT THE STORY WITH A SYMPATHETIC VIEW OR WITH A FEELING OF HELPLESSNESS OR CRUEL GODS WILL TO MAKE HUMAN STRUGGLE. THE READER WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A SMILE ON THEIR FACE AT THE END OF THE STORY BECAUSE THEY TOO KNOW THAT DEATH AND STRUGGLE ARE INNEVITABLE AND STILL HARDEST TO FACE BY HUMANS. EVEN THE MAIN CHARACTER HIMSELF IS UNAWARE OF HIS MOTIVES AND RESULTS OF HIS ACTIONS AND IS EXPERIMENTING STRUGGLES ON A FLY TO SEE HOW IT OVERCOMES WITH THEM. ANOTHER THING SHOWN IS POST WORLD WAR 1 EXISTENTIAL AND DESPAIRS. THERE ARE THREE MAIN CHARACTERSIN THE STORY, THE OLD WOODIFIELD, THE BOSS, AND THE FLY. THE START OF THE STORY TELLS US THE OUTER EXPRESSIONS AND THE NATURE OF THE BOSS AND THE HELPLESSNESS OF OLD WOODIFIELD USED TO WORK IN SAME OFFICE, ARE ABOUT SAME AGE, AND HAVE LOST THEIR SON AS THEY SENT THEM TO

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WAR. HOWEVER, THE STORY ALSO SHOWS THEIR DIFFERENCES. THE OLD WOODIFIELD LIKES TO VENTILATE ITS FEELINGS AND SHARES SADNESS WITH OTHERS. HE IS WEAK AND RULED OVER BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS. UNWILLINGLY, FORCEFULLY HE HAS RETIRED FROM HIS JOB DUE TO HIS ILLNESS AND NOT FINANCIALLY STABLE AS THE BOSS. NEVERTHELESS, HE HAS ABLE TO ACCEPT THE BITTER TRUTH THAT HE HAS LOST HIS SON. THE BOSS IS UNABLE TO BEAR THE THOUGHT OF HIS SONS DEATH. HE IS RESPONSING TO THE THOUGHTS AND TALKS ABOUT HIS SON AND TALKS ABOUT HIS SON AND TAKES OUT ANGER ON A LITTLE HOUSEFLY TO TRY OUT THE FLY STRUGGLES WITH LIFE-DEATH SITUATIONS. BOSS ACCIDENTLY KILLS FLY, SHOWS THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW WHOM TO BLAME AT HIS SONS DEATH. IN THAT SITUATION THE FLY PLAYS AS BOSS AND BOSS AS GOD WHO GIVES TRAILS TO HOUSEFLY IN FORM OF DIFFERENT STRUGGLES TO FIND OUT WHETHER FLY IS ABLE TO SURVIVE OR NOT. FLY TO TRIES TO SAVE ITS LIFE THROUGH ARDOUS STRUGGLE AND HARD WORK 3-TIMES BUT THE FOURTH TIME THE FLY DIED. LIKE THAT EVEN BOSS SHOULD TRY TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS AND LIVE A NEW LIFE. BOSS IS BULLYING AND FORMENTS A FLY FOR BOYISH PLEASURE AND HIS SENSE OFG LOSS IS NO MORE THAN SELF PITY. INFACT HE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH HIS OWN QUESTIONS ON OTHER THING TO FIND AN ANSWER FOR HIMSELF.

I SIT AND LOOK OUT

I SIT AND LOOK OUT IS A POEM WRITTEN BY WALT WHITMAN. EVEN THOUGH THE POEM IS VERY SHORT, IT DEALS WITH MANY PROBLEMS AND HAS MUCH TO THINK ABOUT IN IT. IT AFFECTS BOTH THE READERS MIND AND HEART. HE IS A POET OF START OF CAPITALISATION AND COMMENT ON THE CHANGE IN NATION, SOCIETY AND PEOPLE. HE WRITES HIS POEMS MOSTLY ON DEMOCRACY. HIS POEM REFLECTS THE VALUES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE NEW NATION. THIS POEM SHOWS AND DEPICTS DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUFFERINGS THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD. THUS, POEM IS A CRITICISM OF THE OPPRESSION OF HUMAN BEINGS BY THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. THE POET SAYS THAT HE WILL SIT AND LOOK OUT. HIS SILENCE WILL TELL US MUCH MORE THAN HIS WORDS. THAT IS HIS ELOQUENCE EXPLAINS THE MAIN THEME OF THE POEM. HE EVEN TELLS THE READERS TO SIT, LOOK AND THINK. HE SHOWS WHAT HE BELIVES TO THE READERS BUT DOES NOT WANT IT TO BE IMPOSING HIS THOUGHTS ON OTHER PEOPLE. HENCE, HE PREACHES THEM BUT DOES NOT MAKE IT COMPULSORY. HE TELLS THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE TO VIEW THE SOCIETY. ACCORDING TO HIM SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR OWN INSTINCTS TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. HE TELLS US THAT THEY SHOULD SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. HE TELLS THAT THIS WORLD IS A FELLOWSHIP, AND EACH HUMAN SHOULD TREAT OTHER AS A HUMAN ONLY AND THINK TWICE BEFORE TALKING A STEP.

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THE POEM GETS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER POEMS IN A WAY BECAUSE THE POET NEITHER COMMENTS, IMPOSES, TEACHES NOR GIVES ANY MORAL IMPOSITION. HE HIMSELF IS NOT INVOLVED ANYWHERE IN THE POEM. STILL FEELS SHAMEFUL ON THE STATE OF THE NATION AND DEEDS OF HUMAN BEINGS. THE SORROWS AROUND MAKE HIM SAD. THIS ALL FORCES HIM VENTILATE ABOUT HIS WAY OF THINKING. THE POEM IS LIKE AN OPEN WINDOW THROUGH WHICH ANY PERSON CAN LOOK OUT TO SEE THE POETS VIEW OF THE SOCIETY. THIS WILL ENABLE THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN INTERPRETATIONS AND JUDGEMENTS. IT MAKES US LEARN ABOUT THE CHANGING WORLD. IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN CHANGE IN THIS WORLD TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, TO LESSEN THE MISERY. THE POET DOES NOT ALSO CALL FOR ANY ACTION. IT IS JUST A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE REPRT OF THINGS OCCURING AROUND THE WORLD. WE REFER SILENCE AS SILENCE OF JUDGEMENT OR ANALYSIS OF EVENTS. IN THE POEM, THE POET HEARS SILENT SECRET SOBS FROM YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CORNER WHO FEEL GUILTY OF THEIR DEEDS AND REMORSE THAT THEY CANNOT CHANGE THEM NOR VENTILATE THEIR SORROWS IN CROWD. MEN ARE DECEITFUL, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR WIVES.THEY HAVE DIRTY SIGHT FOR OTHER WOMEN. THEY ARE FULL OF EMOTIONS OF JEALOUSY. WOMEN ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR LOW STATUS, TREACHERY, MISUSED BY THEIR OWN, NOT CARED BY THEIR OWN CHILDREN. THEY ARE NEGLECTED, DESPEARTE FOR THE LOVE CARE AND WELL BEING FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN. THEY ARE DYING IN ONE CORNER. THE BLOODY WAR SIGHTS AND PLLUTION DUE TO IT, NATURAL CALAMITIES, AND THE POOR, HELPLESS PEOPLE WHOM CASTED BY THE SIGHT OF ARROGANCE BY THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES OF HIGH STATUS. THE POET IN THE POEM EXPRESSES THE MEAN INDIFFERENT ATTITUDE OF THESE RICH PEOPLE TOWARDS THE NEEDY. THE POET SEES, THIS ALL, HEARS THIS ALL BUT REMAINS SILENT AS A NORAML CITIZEN, BECAUSE HE FEELS HELPLESS N GUILTY AS HE IS NOT ABLE TO HELP. HENCE THE SUGGESTS THE FORMATION OF UTOPIA. THE TITLE APTLY CHOOSES THE THEMES OF THE POEM. IT IS AN OPEN WINDOW TO EVERYONE AND ENFORCES THE READERS TO THINK.

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