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St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (Autonomous)

End Semester Examination – March / April 2016

B.COM (T.T.) – IV SEMESTER

 C2 12 4AE :ADDITIONAL ENGLISH

Duration:  3 hours                                                                                        Max. Marks: 100

Section -A

1. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following in about two paragraphs each.

                                                                                                                         (5×4=20)   

1. Holden’s experience at Pency Prep and Elkton Hills.
2.  Allie’s baseball glove.
3. Holden’s meet with Sally Hayes.
4. Holden’s visit to the Museum of Natural History.
5. The Red Hunting hat

 

1. II) Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about 200 words.  (5×10=50)
2. “I’d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it’s crazy, but that’s the only thing I’d really like to be” Discuss the significance of the title The Catcher in the Rye in the life of Holden Caulfield. Realizing it to be ‘crazy’ what makes Holden associate himself to be the catcher in the rye? Use incidents from the text to write your answer.
3. Describe Holden’s relationship with his siblings -DB, Phoebe and his dead brother Allie. Through specific examples bring out each one’s influence on Holden’s life. Also comment whether Phoebe or Allie had a major role to play on Holden’s thought process and his take on life.
4. According to you what is the most interesting encounter or interactions of Holden in the novel?  Keeping the encounter at the background, analyze Holden’s character, nature and the progress or decline of him as a person.
5. Why Holden becomes so happy seeing Phoebe on the carousel at the end of the novel? Does this event signify his final breakdown or his recovery from the stress, grief and from his immature perspective on life?
6. Holden’s narrative presents a stark divide of the world of children from that of adults. Do you think his struggle to protect the two -world merging into each other is right? As readers how do you perceive Holden – as a person who is mentally unstable or as a righteous person who puts up a fight with the world?
7. After reading the text The Catcher in the Rye, how do you comprehend the future of the Holden Caulfield? Describing his positive and negative traits make a future assessment of his life.

Section – B

1. Answer ALL the following questions.     (3X10 =30)
2. 12. Discuss the various types of power politics portrayed in the play Rudaali. Also comment on the representation of the powerful and the marginal in the play.
3. Compare Sanichari’s character with any other character read by you in a novel, film or in real life situation who has set an example of courage and has fought bravely against the ills of society.
4. Describe your experience of reading The Catcher in the Rye and watching the play Rudaali? Which particular narrative you felt connected to and why?

 

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