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Moral and Main Theme of "My Tailor” by Stephen Leacock
The moral of the essay, My Tailor is that we should try to understand our fellow
beings and try to share the worries of our fellow beings specially the common
professionals around us. Wé.often go to so many people around ussto buy or get
prepared something for us but we keep ourselves restricted to. the’ business
matters. We take them for mechanical workers and never try to.take them as a
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These men al ep a screen of professional dealings and, jers on them and
do not show‘théir real personality to us. That is what Leaco¢k,has presented in his
essay, My Tailor’, He tells us about his tailor in a funny way. He describes his ways
to talk ant deal, habits and actions in a mocking way. Bityonarts the end of the
essay he tells us that when he learnt that his tailor id, he got a shock. Only
then he understood him as a common man and ware of his worries and
hardships. When the tailor was alive, the writer i) er tried to know about his
real life, But after his death he felt sorry for hil egretted his formal dealings
with him, He has not mentioned any particul | lesson or advice in the essay.
He has simply described the character sket e tailor and has let us draw the
moral ourselves, And the best possible moral inthis essay is surely that we should
not restrict our dealings with others to jess only.
Character-Sketch of "My Ta
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“My Tailor’ is apparently a hui Lay with a sad end. It is about the life of a
professional man who looks like a'machine during his work and keeps his real life
and personality hidden under the cover of his professional life.
The writer draws the chylaggthe sketch of his tailor and describes-his behaviour and
actions in a funny way. But towards the end of the essay he-turns this humorous
figure into a pathetic character and tries to win our sympathies for him. In fact he
seems to be of the oint that the real personalitysof such men is hidden
beyond their professionabsmiles, actions and dialogues.»
Whenever the we used to go to his tailor to order for new suits, the tailor used
to behave in pase @ way and rehearsed the Same dialogues in every visit as
these were the part of his dealings. There was always a smile of welcome on his
face anda round his neck, He talked:in a very sympathetic and polite way to
his custo1 nd always showed them cloth by putting on his bended knee. While
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taking the measurement, it was his habit to flatter the writer by saying that the
size of his chest had increased by half an inch though the writer knew it very well
that there was no increase at all in the size of his chest. Normally people start
their conversation with the topic of weather but the tailor used to end the
conversation at this topic.
The writer always enjoyed epactians, behaviours and machine like attitude of his
tailor. But when he learnt-that the tailor was dead, and his family Was.in trouble,
he felt sorry for not kn 9 about his real personality in his life. first time,
he took his for a mafand realized his worries and problems. jeath of the
tailor tears his pi ional cover and shows him as a ‘man’ iter describes
this situation in.a‘grave way and wins the sympathies of for the tailor.
Walking on the Moon 7
What are your observations of "Walking on Moon"?
“walking on the moon” is an informative essay b) Scott. He has written this
essay to tell us about his adventure of visitin: oon for three days, He has
used a number of metaphors to make this e: iatsrestig and attractive.
He tells us about the sights, experiences jeightlessness he observed there.
He made this journey in the Apollo 15: 9, 1971 and landed on the surface
of moon with the help of a lunar rcaneye with his two companions. They felt
weightlessness as the gravity of th was sixteen times less than that of
earth, They felt as they were Seton Oe smee There were mountains on
the surface of the moon. Star: rening there. Then the sun rose with its full
brightness and they came Ae wn 1 surface of the moon with the help of a
ladder. There was no air, = 0 plants and no life.
Only brownish mountai an gor beaches were there. One dag In the moon was
equal to 50 hours on ti They walked on the moon with-an air of pride and
honour as they were doing what no human being had ever doné and they were the
first to touch that man ical soil under their feet. These wefe the observations and
feelings of Scott wi e has composed in his e: 0 share them with the
readers so that th nan feel his enthusiasm andy
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The essay is written as an attempt to point out the deterioration and destruction of
atomic weapons. The writer has narrated the scene of destruction which happened
after the attack of atomic bomb on Nagasaki by America.
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When this was happened, thé\writer himself was there and witnessed it personally.
He heard the voice of a plane and then the smoke and fire was e ere. The
roofs of the buildings swung away, grass burnt into black and peo pie er died or
injured badly. The sant of their bodies, spotted with their blood, ‘were scattered
‘on the ground. Death was marching everywhere. Splendid b g had got the
shape of ruinsaA-number of ambulances were running on ds to take the
people to the\hdspitals. Such was the scene of destructioN ig egasaki after the
attack of atomic bomb on it. In fact the writer has given in his essay the picture of
this horrible attack to make the world realize the after effect of the use of atomic
weapons: He seems to be giving a message to all of atomic energy may be
useful in some ways but as far as a war is concerned “never again should these
terrible nuclear weapons be used, no matter appens. Only when the
mankind renounces the use of these nuticareedhens will the souls of my friends
rest in peace.” Wy
PTSKEIEHEIPIGAGE” theme and p y Gloria Emerson
“Take the Plunge’ is a fantastic essay @ message that ‘Determination is the
key to success’. We can always tur’ sible into possible if we have confidence
and strong will power. The writer, Gora Emerson, has told us about her personal
fe
experience of taking the plunge t this message.
She has such a poor physical “tondition that everything that everybody used to
take pity on her and thought her worth nothing. So she decided to do something
extra ordinary to wa: lark of pity off her. She thought about many
adventures but the only one suited with her bad back and uncertain ankles was to
dive in the air with ao from aero plane. She joined-4,flying club to learn the
art of diving with help of a parachute. After completing her training
successfully, she .d a Corona 180 along with a,cmpanion. When she took
the plunge, she,felt the slap of wind and noise but after when her parachute
popped open, ing came into peace giving her pleasant look of colours of
earth and soothirig‘expanse of space. In the end, she landed successfully. Nobody
could expect.frem her such an act but she‘Surprised all her friends by doing this
bold act € her poor physical condition. People applauded her attempt and
her determination.
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