CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -About the author: Mulk Raj Anand (12/10/1905-28/9/2004) is famous for his stories related to the traditional society and the poor of India. He wrote short stories and novels portraying the lives of the downtrodden in a sympathetic and realistic manner.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Child is the story of a small child who gets lost in a fair. He had gone with his parents to the fair but loses them when he gets engrossed in looking at a roundabout swing. The story highlights the bond of love and affection that the child shares with his parents.

Detailed explanation-3: -There is a poor kid and his family, and they have gone to a fair. The child wants everything in the fair, and his parents won’t let him. He gets lost in his own thoughts and ultimately, in the fair. A simple, common plot that depicts the child’s affection for his parents over toys.

Detailed explanation-4: -Amrik Singh, the author of this volume got to know Mulk Raj Anand in 1938 and remained in touch with him all his life. During his long career, he has been a teacher, an educational administrator, an author of several books on educational policy, a playwright in Punjabi and also a human rights activist.

Detailed explanation-5: -The underlying theme of the story “The Lost Child” is the universality of a child’s desire for everything that he claps his eyes on. All that the child witnesses-from the toys lining the street, to the dragon flies in the mustard field, to the snake swaying to the tunes of a snake charmer’s pungi-obsesses the child.