3- What lesson do you think the narrator aim to teach manking through the story lsquo-Mrs- Packleside rsquo-s Tigers rsquo- cite textual evidence in support of your answer-

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Standard XII

Biology

Ex-Situ Conservation

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3:) What lesson do you think the narrator aim to teach manking through the story ‘Mrs. Packleside’s Tigers’? cite textual evidence in support of your answer.

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The lesson that we learn here is that we should try to compete with each other or try to degrade each other. You should never let go of your values and always try to be honest.

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Discuss the following questions in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:

(a) Do you think the tiger shooting organized by the villagers was a serious affair?

Give reasons for your answer.

(b) Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.

(c) A person who is vain is full of self importance and can only think of himself/herself and can go to great lengths to prove his/her superiority. Do you think Mrs Packletide is vain? Give reasons in support of your answer.

(d) Sometimes writers highlight certain negative aspects in society or human beings by making fun of it. This is called satire. In your groups discuss whether you would classify this story as a satire. Give reasons to support your answer

(e) How does the writer create humor in this story?

Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence from the story.

Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart's desire? Give reasons for your answer.

Read these lines and guess the answers to the questions given below

It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger …. The compelling motive ….was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently …… personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing.

(a) Why did Mrs. Packletide want to kill a tiger?

(b) What does it tell you about her?

(d) Do you think she was successful in her mission?

(e) What do you think the story is all about?

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