CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

AMANDA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does she want to do on becoming a mermaid?
A
To dance in the sea
B
To play with fellow mermaids
C
To drift in the sea alone
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Amanda wishes to be a mermaid so she could drift alone by blissfully languid, emerald sea. She yearns to be an orphan so that she is able to roam the sea and make pattern using her bare feet. Amanda wants to be an orphan because she wants to live her life alone .

Detailed explanation-2: -Amanda wishes to be a mermaid so she could carelessly move along on a languid emerald sea. She just wishes to be carried away by the green sea waves slowly and gradually.

Detailed explanation-3: -She wants to live on an island where she is the only inhabitant. She loves freedom. She loves drifting blissfully like a mermaid on that lonely island.

Detailed explanation-4: -If Amanda were a mermaid, she would drift slowly on a languid emerald sea. She would be the sole inhabitant of the relaxed green sea and would move slowly in it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. The mermaid is Amanda herself; as imagined by Amanda. She wishes to drift blissfully on a dreamy, emerald sea, without anyone else accompanying her.

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