ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did the narrator like the books?
A
The authors were his favourites
B
He just liked books
C
They were old
D
He was a writer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The narrator wanted the old man to go up the road to where it divided for Tortosa as there were trucks there which would take the old man to Barcelona.

Detailed explanation-2: -The address of the lady helped her in searching out the house of the lady. But now she wanted to forget the address as after visiting the house of the lady, she found how the belongings of her mother were kept in a strange manner. These had lost all their emotional value for the narrator.

Detailed explanation-3: -narrator, one who tells a story. In a work of fiction the narrator determines the story’s point of view. If the narrator is a full participant in the story’s action, the narrative is said to be in the first person. A story told by a narrator who is not a character in the story is a third-person narrative.

Detailed explanation-4: -Written using past-tense, first-person narration, a retrospective narrative is told from the point of view of a character looking back on past events.

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