Grade XI Unit -1 Lesson - 4 "The Wish" Vocabularies, Metaphors and Understanding the Text

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Grade XI

Unit - 1

Lesson - 4

The Wish

Roald Dahl


Vocabularies


  • scab - n. a piece of hard skin which covers a wound/cut.
  • gingerly - adv. in a careful way, because you are afraid of being hurt, or making noise, etc.
  • vicious (looking) - adj. violent and cruel / aggressive / dangerous / very bad / severe
  • wobble- v. to move from side to side in an unsteady way / to go in a particular direction while moving from side to side
  • adders - n. a type of poisonous snake
  • dazzling - syn. brilliant / the quality of that bring light has that stops you from seeing clearly
  • fringe - n. the front part of the hair which covers the forehead
  • banisters - n. the structure formed by the handrail at the side of a staircase.
  • gazing - v. looking closely
  • triumphantly - adv. successfully
  • fits clenched - v. to curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
  • peered down - looked down
  • flip - v. to turn over into a different position with a sudden quick position
  • cautisously - adv. carefully
  • delicacy - n. the quality of being done carefully and gently
  • kneecap - n.the small bone that covers the front of the knee
  • resist - n. control


The Images and Metaphors used in the poem


The used images in the story are a scab, big hall, sitting boy on stairs, huge red carpet, different colours of carpet, a lump of coals, thick and poisonous black snakes, safe zones, boy's mother, etc.


  • The different colours of the carpet are metaphorically used in the story.
  • The main metaphor in the story "The Wish" by Roald Dahl is the child's journey along the carpet as a representation of the obstacles and challenges he faces as he matures

Dahl describes the boy's journey across the carpet through the child's perspective, as the images he has created in his mind are real and he is really in danger.



Understanding the Text

Answer the following questions


  1. What did the child do to scab on his knee?

    2. - The child bent forward to examine his scab closely and decided to pick it off. With a fingernail, he began to explore cautiously around the edges of scab. He got a nail underneath it and when he raised it, it suddenly came off. Then he picked up the scab, put it on his thigh and flipped it with a finger so that it flew away and landed on the edge of the carpet.


  2. What kind of effect did the carpet have on the child?

    3. - The carpet had given the child a strange and frightening effect. He found it an enormous and tremendous, black and yellow carpet that streched the whole length of hall from the stairs. He found it bigger than the tennis lawn and even much bigger than that.

  3. What was he afraid of while walking across the carpet?

    4. - He was afraid of red colour which he considered as red hot lumps of coal. He thought if he touched the red, he would be burnt up completely. Similarly, he considered black parts of the carpet as full of, poisonous snakes like adders mostly and cobras. He thought if he would keep his footstep on black part of the carpet, he would definately be bitten by those dangerous snakes.


  4. What motivated and encouraged the child to start and continue on his journey?

    5. - When the young boy climbed over the stairs to obtain a better view of that vast tapestry of colour. Suddenly he got motivated to begin his adventurous journey even though he knew that he had to face with many obstacles on the way.

    The thought of someone who had only travelled to the whole length of the brick path from the stables to the summer-house without touching the cracks successfully, thatcarpet thing should not be too difficult

    His keen interest motivated him to continue his adventourous journey despite of facing numerous challenges.


  5. What did the child see as he looked down on the black patterns of the carpet?

    6. - The child saw different poisonous snakes as he looked down on the black patterns of the carpet. This view of colour had made him nervous.


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