CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans: Kezia once earned her father’s wrath for tearing his speech for the Port Authority to stuff a pin-cushion she was making for him as a birthday present. When he discovered that Kezia was the culprit, he punished her by beating her little pink palms with a ruler to teach her not to touch what did not belong to her.

Detailed explanation-2: -One day when her father looked for the papers, he did not find them. After some time, he came to know that Kezia had torn them into pieces to make a pin-cushion. He got infuriated and beat her with a ruler. Thus, her efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Kezia was beaten by her father severely because she had torn out his important papers. She wept very badly and ran towards her grandmother. She was very upset and angry towards her father.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. No father was not right in beating Kezia because sge didn’t know that the papers which she was using contains an important speech . If her father understood this then instead of beating he will told her about it quietly.

Detailed explanation-5: -Now, Kezia realised that her father was not as harsh as she thought. She realised that her father had to work all day long and got so tired that he could not play with her. She realised that her father wanted her to understand his compulsion. At the bottom, he was a very good person.