Part -1:
1. "And at last the locusts did descend. They settled on every tree and on every blade of grass; they settled on the roofs and covered the bare ground. Mighty tree branches broke away under them, and the whole country became the brown-earth color of the vast, hungry swarm."
2. "When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk" Text
3. The evil you have done can ruin the whole clan. The earth goddess whom you have Insulted may refuse to give us her increase, and we shall all perish.
4. At last Sky was moved to pity, and he gave to Vulture rain wrapped in leaves of cocoyam."
5. "My father, they have killed me!"
6. "Tortoise was very happy and voluble as he flew among the birds, and he was soon chosen as the man to speak for the party because he was a great orator"
7. "While / am American by virtue of the fact that I was raised in this country, I am Indian thanks to the efforts of two individuals.
8. "I can see a day coming when my American side, lacking the counterpoint India has until now maintained, begins to gain ascendancy and weight"
9. "I also entered a world my parents had little knowledge or control of: school, books, music, television, things that seeped in and became a fundamental aspect of who I am."
10. "During these last days I have been occuPled in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable. In a fit of madness I created a rational creature, and was bound towards him, to assure, as far as was in my power his happiness and well-being. This was my duty; but there was another still paramount to that.
To whom did the speaker feel a greater duty?
11. Briefly explain whether you think the speaker met his/her duty to the -rational creature" or his/ her duty to the "paramount" obligation?
12. "So perhaps, when it comes to morality, there is no singular truth. In that case, there's no one shattered mirror; there are lots of mirrors, lots of moral truths, and we can at best agree to differ"
Briefly explain what is the main message of this this quote?
13. " And since there are societies where people will eat cats, we know that it is possible for human beings to eat them with pleasure and without danger. Most American meat eaters who refuse to eat cats have only the defense that the very thought of it fills them with disgust."
Briefly explain what is the main message of this this quote? What do you think of this comparison?
14. "Most people will agree that there is something unfair about punishing people for doing something that they couldn't have been expected to know was wrong"
Briefly explain what is the main message of this this quote? Does this quote remind you of any other work you read in this semester.
15. "What makes Mecca an important place to go to?
16. "My heart has become capable of every form: it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks, and a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaaba, and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran. t follow the religion of Love that is my religion and my faith".
Briefly explain what is the main message of this this quote?
17. " If your glass of wine is poured in bucket of water it will change color but if you pour it in an ocean it will not change the ocean's color."
To whom is the speaker talking?
18. " Going on foot is better than riding a horse, riding a horse is better than going by car and going by car and going by car is better than going by boat and going by boat is better than going by plane."
Briefly explain what is the main message of this this quote?
19. As soon as we get to Syria we will sell the car and you go back to France and I will continue by myself. From now on you are free."
To Whom is he/ she talking to ?