Plusone English

Unit 1 Glimpses of Greatness

Chapter 1 His First Flight (Story)
Chapter 2 I Will Fly (Speech)
Chapter 3 Quest for a Theory of
Everything (Profile)
Chapter 4 If (Poem)

Unit 2 Words and Deeds

Chapter 1 And then Gandhi Came (Essay)
Chapter 2 The Price of Flowers (Short Story)
Chapter 3 Death the Leveller (Poem)
Unit 3 Beyond The Horizon
Chapter 1 Sunrise on the Hills (Poem)
Chapter 2 The Trip of Le Horla (Short Story)
Chapter 3 The Sacred Turtles of Kadavu (Based on
Fijian Legend)

Unit 4 Braving The Hazards

Chapter 1 Disasters and Disaster Management in
India (Essay)
Chapter 2 The Serang of Ranaganji (Short Story)
Chapter 3 The Wreck of the Titanic (Poem)
Unit 5 Harmony of Life
Chapter 1 Gooseberries (Story)
Chapter 2 To Sleep (Poem)
Chapter 3 Going Out for a
Walk (Essay)

Unit 6 Leaps and Bounds

Chapter 1 The Cyber Space (Essay)
Chapter 2 Is Society Dead? (Article)
Chapter 3 Conceptual Fruit (Short
Story)
1)Review and character sketch
2)Poems appreciation and 8 marks ,
profile
3)Grammer ;- reported speech
4)email,letter,speech
5)debate,travel logue,interview questions
6)article,paragrph.,writeup
7)If clause,cohesive device
8)More questions
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Read the story again and discuss the following with your friends: the
theme, style of narration, language, the impact of words and expression,
location, characterization, dialogue, the opening and the ending of the
story.
Now, attempt a critical review of the story.
Answer:
The Price of Flowers’ is an excellent story by Prabhat Kumar
Mukhopadhyay. The main theme of the story is the love of a girl for her
dead brother. There are also other themes like the hardships of the poor
people, the dangers of war, unfulfilled desires and dreams of ordinary
people and superstitions. The style of narration has been very simple. The
story is moved forward through the dialogues among the three main
characters of the story – Maggie, her mother and Mr. Gupta. The language
used is lucid and easy to understand. The words and expressions used
make a fine impact on our minds.
The story takes place in London but in the end we see the narrator placing some
flowers at the grave of Frank, the brother of Maggie, at Fort Monroe.
Characterization has been superb.
The character of Maggie is drawn in an exemplary manner, The poor girl of 13 or
14 with her large, sad eyes, her hair streaming .down her neck, wearing shabby
clothes, living in an uncomfortable house with her old mother and working in a
shop for small wages is portrayed exquisitely. She is so poor that she eats her
lunch only on Saturday, the payday.
Her inquisitive nature, her ideas about India, her superstition, her love for her
brother and mother, etc. are powerfully pictured. The dialogues are short and
sweet. There are no lengthy and boring dialogues. The story is moved forward
through apt dialogues. There s fine imagery in the story. No person with a
compassionate heart can end reading the story without shedding a tear.
Mukhopadhyay through his ‘Price of Flowers’ has proved that he is a fine
storyteller.
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Character Sketch of Mr Gupta from
'Price of Flowers'
Character Sketch of Hasan
Ivan Ivanich