The lost child.pptx Moments chapter 1, Class 9

English
Class 9th
Chapter 1

1. Analyse the picture

2. Do you ever have a difference of opinion with your parents? On what issues and why? What if your parents never said anything to you, guided you, argued or stopped you from doing anything?

3. The lost child By-Mulk raj Anand A famous Indian writer and an art critic. Born on 12 th december,1905 in Peshawar, Punjab. He studied philosophy in London and Cambridge university. He was awarded Ph.D. degree by London university. He was on the staff of B.B.C. and a film script writer under British memory. He edited several magazines and later became the editor of Marg- a famous journal. Died on 28 th September, 2004

4. Central idea of the story The story is a set in an Indian village around the time oF independence. Set during spring time It offers a look into a period of time in history when changing seasons were celebrated with fairs, which offered simple pleasures like the sweet meat seller, the flower seller, the snake chamEr , a balloon seller etc. This period also mentions the mode of transportation such as people riding on horses on the roads, while others rode on bamboo and bullock carts. The story conveys the message that children love their parents unconditionally.

5. Activity-to think Make a list of attractive things you usually see and want to have in a fair/fete in your village.

6. Theme of the story the story states the universality of a child's desire for everything that he claps his eyes on. All that the child witnesses-from the toys lining the street, to the dragon flies in the mustard field, to the snake swaging to the tunes of a snake chamars pungi obsesses the child. The deep relationship between parents and children .

7. Content analysis The lost child is the story of a small child who gets lost in a fair. He had gone with his parents to the fair but looses them when he gets engrossed in looking at a roundabout swing. The story highlights the effects of love and affection that the child shares with his parents. It was the season of spring. The people of the village came out of their houses, in colourful attire and walked towards the fair. A child along with his parents was going to the fair and was very excited and happy. He was attracted to the stalls of toys and sweets. Though, his father got angry but his mother pacified him and diverted his attention towards other things. The child moved forward but once again lagged behind because his eyes were caught by on thing or the other every now and then.

8. As they move forward, the child wanted the various things on the stalls. His mouth watered seeing the sweets decorated with gold and silver leaves. He wanted his favourite barfi but knowing his parents would refuse on the ground that he was greedy, he walked ahead. Then he saw beautiful garlands of gulmohar but didn’t ask for it, then he saw balloons but he knew very well that his parents will deny due to the fact that he was too old to play with balloons, so he walked away. Then he saw a snake chamar and a roundabout swing. As he stopped to ask his parents for permission to enjoy the swing, to his astonishment, there was no reply. Neither his father nor his mother was there . Now the child realised that he was lost. He ran here and there but couldn’t find them anywhere. The place was overcrowded. He got terrified but suddenly a kind hearted man took him up in his arms and consoled the bitterly weeping child. He asked if he would like to have a joyride but the child sobbed ‘I want my father, I want my mother”. The man offered him sweets, balloons and garlands but the child kept sobbing “I want my father. I want my mother”.

9. MESSAGE The STORY HIGHLIGTS THE VALUE OF RELATIONSHIPS OVER MATERIAL GOODS. THE CHILD REALISES THE TRUE VALUE OF HIS PARENTS INCE HE IS SEPARATED FROM THEM. IT ALSO SHEDS LIGHT ON THE UNIVERSAL FEAR OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS OF GETTING SEPARATED FROM ONE ANOTHER AND THE RESULT OF SUCH A CALAMITY AS SEEN FROM THE EYES OF A LITTLE CHILD.

10. Relevance of the Title The title beautifully captures the reactions of the child to the world around him before and after he is lost. The lesson is about an event that takes place in the life of a child who gets lost in a fair. It expresses the fears, anxieties and worries of this very young child who is separated from his parents due to his fascination with the world around him. When he gets separated from parents, his fascination with the world around him is also lost.

11. Character sketch- the parents : the FATHER OF THE APPEARS TO BE A STRICT PERSON DISCIPLINARIAN WH0 DOES NOT GIVE INTO THE DEMands OF THE CHILD for toys and sweets. He is the head of the family and both his wife and the child do not question his decisions. The mother has been described as a typical loving mother who tries to soften the disappointment of the child by diverting his attention from the objects that he wants to possess. She seems to be torn between her husband and her child as she struggles to keep pace with her husband and at the same time keep her child from staying. At some point her attention seemed to have wavered when her child gets separated from her.

12. CHARACTER SKETCH The child is very young and full of joy and excitement a the the thought of visiting the fair. He is attracted by the sights and sounds of the fair. Like all children of his age he wants whatever catches his fancy. Whether a sweet meat or a dragonfly . However he is quiet obedient and disciplined as he does not throw tantrum when his parents don’t give him any of the things that he demands. In the end he dissolves into tears as he realizes that he lost his parents and makes a valiant effort to look for them almost getting tramped underfoot by the people at the temple before he is rescued by a stranger. The same thong that he had desired a little while ago lose all meanings when he gets separated from his parents.

13. Character sketch The stranger appears to be kind hearted man who rescues the lost child from under the feet of people thronging outside the temple. He tries hard to stop the child from weeping by offering him all the goodies at the fair and appears to be genuinely concerned to restore the child to his parents.