CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Iswaran was fond of reading thrilling Tamil stories during his leisure time. Those Tamil thrillers influenced Iswaran because he would narrate the stories to Mahendra by giving expressions and bodily gestures even for the smallest incident. The first incident Iswaran narrated to Mahendra was about a mad elephant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: iswaran read Tamil thriller books whuch greatly influenced his way of storytelling.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Mahendra became fond of Iswaran because he was a very resourceful person and took very good care of him. He was a trained cook and could also arrange for things at a desolate place. In addition to this he took very good care of Mahendra.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. Tamil thrillers that were very long and descriptive influenced Iswaran’s style of storytelling. He would be enthralled by such narratives and read them every day after lunch. He would sprinkle his tales with the imaginative descriptions that he read in these thrillers.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was fond of reading popular Tamil thrillers. The stories that he narrated were greatly influenced by these novels. He narrated even the smallest of incidents by creating a lots of suspense.