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I Was My Own Route Summary (Grade 12) Julia de Burgos Summary of the Poem This poem "I Was My Own Route" has been composed by the feminist poet Julia de Burgos . In this poem, she depicts how the women are burdened with the patriarchal ideologies from the past. Therefore, de Burgos urges the women to detach themselves from the past so as to locate their identity within. In the beginning stanza of the poem, the poet has expressed her desire to be like men because during her childhood she has found men has a ruler and owner of the family. Later, when she grew up she realised that all the systems that had been created by men were explotative and were good enough only for the men. Hence, she decided not to follow the path, which had been created by the men, rather determined to create her own way and follow it for the betterment of her life. As the title...

Word Class Word Class refers to the category of words of similar form or function. Another name of word class is parts of speech. There are eight types of word class. They are Noun - The words which are name of a thing, a person, a place, an animal or an idea is defined as noun or simply any naming word is called a noun. For example - Amrita, London, table, hope, etc. - Mary goes to the park every Saturday - We can comfortably relax on a sofa . Pronoun - A pronoun is a word which is used to replace a nown or is used in place of a noun to avoid its repetition. For example - he, she, it, we, they, etc. - He just came back from his maternal uncle's house. - I want to help the homeless people. Adjective - The words which describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun...

The Selfish Giant- Oscar Wilde Answer these questions. Look at this picture. Is it a real man or mythical human? - In my point of view, it is a mythical human. Since the story "The Selfish Giant" was first published in the anthology "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" in 1888, who learned an important lesson himself and also helped others to learn the lesson of love, kindness and sharing. Is it a good to be selfish? - No it is not good to be selfish. We have got a precious life and we must live it by sharing, providing love and care if we want to lead our life in a beautiful way. How do selfish people behave? - Selfish people behave rudely, impolitely and in a cruel manner. They do not consider the suffering and pain of others. Also they are quite insensitive towards others' feelings.  Understandi...

Unit-2 Poems Corona Says - Vishnu S. Rai Answer the following questions. Who is the speaker in the poem? - Corona is the speaker in the poem. Corona is talking to all humans. Who claim that they are superior to all? - Humans claim that they are superior to all. They do not only claim but also act as if this earth is made only for us not for other living creatures. Why has the speaker come to the Earth? - The speaker has come to the Earth to make humans aware that they have been detroying mother nature like trees, plants, birds and animals. The speaker wants humans to stop all the destructive activitis and make them realize that it's their responsibility to conserve the greeneries as well as living-being like animals and birds. In addition, the speaker wants to show humans that the level of pollution has been risen only due to commercial activities...

Unit-2 Poems Corona Says - Vishnu S. Raj Answer the following questions: What is pandemic? Describe a pandemic that you have heard about in the history. - An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affects a significant proportion of the population is a pandemic outbreak of a disease. Pandemics only occur every 100 years. Although, it's difficult to predict about the occurence of it. It may come anywhere, in any country aroud the world. Is Corona Virus a pandemic? How? - Obviously, Corona Virus is a pandemic because it started from China, a country in South East Asia and gradually it spread out in most of the countries around the world. There are hardly a few countries, where people do not have to suffer from Corona Virus disease. Due to the globalizaion and the rapid movement of people now...

Part-2 Literary Studies The Selfish Giant Vocabularies arrogance - n. the behaviour of a person when they feel they are more imp. than other people, so that they are rude to them or do not consider them. vice - evil/immoral behviour; an evil/immoral qualiy in somebody's character. infuriating - adj. making you extremely angry. resentment - n. a feeling of anger/happiness about something that you think is unfair. conceit - n. (disapproving) too much pride in yourself and what you do. clowning -an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly thingsto make people laugh. salvation - n. (in christianity) the state of being saved from the power of evil / a way protecting somebody from danger, disaster, loss, etc. rectify - to put right something that is wrong. ...

 Theme of the Essay: Russell distinguishes between knowledge and wisdom in this essay. wisdom and knowledge are not same thing. He defines knowledge as the gathering of data and information, where as wisdom is the practical application and use of knowledge to produce value. Not simply memory, but also study and actual experience, leads to wisdom. He laments the fact that, despite tremendous information, there has been no equivalent rise in wisdom. For example, Scientists discover new drugs but have no idea what influence these medicines will have on people's lives. The medications may lower the newborn mortality rate. However it may result in a rise in population. Consequently, food shortages may result in a worse standard of living. A maniac could use knowledge of the atom's composition to destroy the world. Without wisdom, knowledge can be dangerous.  Knowledge should be linked with humanity's overall requirement. Even comprehensive knowledge is insufficient. It should be...