ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -“Soldier Jack, ” an adaptation of an American Jack Tale, is set in rural America after World War II. Jack returns from the war and, through an act of kindness, receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch anything, and a jar that can show whether a sick person will get well or die.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jack becomes a national hero when he rescues the president’s daughter from a serious illness by capturing Death in his magic sack. However, after many years without Death in the world, Jack realizes that he has upset the natural order and releases Death to save humankind from perpetual old age and misery.

Detailed explanation-3: -So the gods dispatch Thanatos (Death) to Sisyphus to collect him. Sisyphus doesn’t fail to notice the dark looming figure carrying heavy chains, so he pretends to be awed by the craftmanship of said chains.