BEGC-103 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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Assignment
BEGC-103
INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
For July 2025 and January 2026 sessions
(Based on Blocks 1-4)

Section A Explain the reference to the context the following

(i) He even poured a little paraffin upon the bitten toe and put a match to it. I watched the flame

feeding on my mother.

(ii) And the way it carried off three village houses,

One pregnant woman

And a couple of cows

Named Gopi and Brinda, as usual.

(iii) Fed on God for years

All her feasts were monotonous

For the only dish was always God

And the rest mere condiments.

(iv)  Bangle sellers are we who bear our shining loads to the temple fair…

Who will buy these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circles of light?

Section B Q. II Answer the following questions in about 350 words each:

1. Give a character sketch of The Master.
2. Discuss the theme of feminism in the novel The Binding Vine.
3. Critically analyze the poem ‘A River’.
4. Discuss both the surface and deeper meaning of ‘The Lost Child’.

Section C Q. III Answer the following questions in about 600 words each

1. Discuss the elements of satire, irony and humour in A Tiger for Malgudi, quoting examples from the text.
2. The Binding Vine is a stream of consciousness novel. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answers.
3. Write a detailed note on the rise, development and the main characteristics of the short story.
4. Why is it important for protagonist to learn swimming in the story ‘Swimming lessons’?
5. Discuss the theme of the poem ‘Enterprise’ by Nissim Ezekiel.