English Literature Made Easy for Students

The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey About the Poem: The poem is about the struggle that always goes on between the good and evil forces in this world. The person who digs a ditch for others also falls himself in it. Nature also takes its nemesis. Evil forces are punished by the Divine at last. For some time they seem to be winning, but in the end Good wins over defeating the Evil. In this poem, the same thing happens. Sir Ralf the Rover symbolises evil forces and the Abbot of Aberbrothok  stands for the Good forces. There was a reef (long line of sand or rocks) 18 kms. away from the eastern coast of Scotland. It posed a danger to the ships and the sailors passing by that way. Many ships were damaged and sailors lost their lives after the accidents. In stormy weather when the wave rose very high, the Inchcape Rock could not be seen by the sailors, so their ships or boats used to strike against the rocks in the ocean. An Abbot did an act of kindness by setting up a bell there...

2. Journey By Night by Norah Burke The author describes a night’s journey by a boy of just twelve years in this lesson. The boy has a load of his younger brother, who is suffering from stomach pain, in the sling tied to his back and forehead. He had to pass through dense forest replete with its dangers. Sometimes he was frozen to see the snake spreading its hood on his way, horrified to see the marks of the bear’s paws and then he had a narrow escape from a herd of elephants. After that he had to cross two rivers. Detailed Summary of the Lesson As the story begins, we find Sher Singh’s younger brother twitching with pain in his stomach. He is in a small hut of Laldwani village. Sher Singh’s age is twelve and his brother is of nine years. The condition of the boy is getting worse. The writer also tells us about Sher Singh in the second paragraph. He is a brown cheerful boy of the jungle, who was habitual of living in the hard conditions of life. These had been other children...

India’s Heroes 1.As Mrs. Reeta Barua entered her class, the students were still unsettled in their seats because thrill and enthusiasm prevailed in the atmosphere of the class room. She gave a few seconds to them to settle down. 2.The class was eager to listen to Mrs. Reeta Barua. She asked them as to how many of them were ready to speak on the topic ‘What You Would Like to be When You Grow Up’. 3.All forty students raised their hands together. Mrs. Baruah was very happy to see that. She thought her assignment would not prove waste of time as all the students were so much curious to do it. 4.She further specified to the students that they could speak of someone whom they consider their role model, mentor or they may speak on a particular trait or quality that they admired in a person whom they would like to follow in life. 5.The students arranged the pages on which they had written their assignments. They were curious to speak in front of the class. It was Ajit Basu’s tu...