CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -James Alfred Wight is popular as James Herriot, and He was a British veterinary surgeon and writer too. He has written this story A triumph of Surgery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The writer of this story is James Herriot. He is a veterinary surgeon in real life and all his stories are based on the animals he treated in his career. In this story, he explains how a rich lady named Mrs Pumphrey loved her pet dog Tricki so much that she fed him all the time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herriot, whose real name was James Alfred Wight, was born in Glasgow in 1916. In 1940, after graduating from Glasgow Veterinary College, he moved to the rural community where his books are set. From his earliest days in practice, he kept a daybook in which he recorded the details of his treatment of animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: This story could be a mixture of both: real life episode and a mere fiction. The spoiling of the dog’s health by a rich mistress is believable and could also be a real life incident. The doctor’s advises also depict real life situation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Q2: What is the moral of the story “A Triumph of Surgery"? Answer: The moral of the chapter is that anything in excess is not good for us. Even food, if given more than it is required will harm the body, but if in time you come into a proper routine that problem can be resolved without any surgery.