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In this article you'll get: 1- Detailed summary 2-  Short summary 3- Critical Analysis & post-colonialism 4- Important lines to quote  ( On special request of my student Arooj Fatimah) Detailed Summary of Jungle Jim by Muneeza Shamsie: I have divided the whole story into seven parts, so you can easily understand it without getting confused. 1-1956 The characters of this story are introduced in the very first paragraph. The whole story is narrated by our protagonist, Mahjabeen. Her nickname is Jo. The scene we see in the first paragraph is from Raynard’s Wood. Mahjabeen joins this school in 1956 with her sister, Lalarukh (Lala). Syed Mohsin Ali Baig and Begum Sitara Ali Baig, enroll their daughters in this school. Soon after their admission, Mahjabeen realizes that this school is haunted. Her newly made friends, Lucy and Sarah, tell Mahjabeen that they are not allowed to say anything like this. They also tell her that previously, such haunted stories were narrated. One day...

Short summary, themes, and critical analysis of romantic poem "To Sleep" by famous romantic poet John Keats.  1) Title of the poem is ‘To Sleep’, written by John Keats in the year 1819.  2) Background information of its composition: Keats had seen his mother and brother die from Tuberculosis and he himself got this disease from his brother. His fiancé Fanny Brawne broke the engagement after knowing about his disease. So, the very act of writing this poem could be taken to suggest that he was longing to escape his physical and emotional sufferings.  3) Main theme : The main theme of ‘ escapism ’ is presented as the poet wants to escape the bitter reality of life. The theme of ‘ impending death ’ is also portrayed as Keats knows he is going to die early because of TB, he longs to pass from this painful mortal existence soon. He invokes death to come and lead him out of his sufferings. Thirdly, the theme of “ sleep ” is presented as he longs for the forgetfulness...

English Literature:   World Literature Existentialism: The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre  Existentialism is a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes existence of  the individual as a free and responsible agent determining his own development through actions or will. It is not a set of fixed beliefs, but rather an attitude towards life. For the existentialist, the world is  one in which human beings are constantly confronted with their own freedom; they are forced to do so  to decide how they will live their lives, what projects they will pursue and how they  will act towards others. We see five main existentialist elements or ideas of Jean Paul Sartre in  his short story "The Wall" , which are listed below: 1) Problem : Existence is absurd. Man is born by chance and dies by chance. 2) Solution : Man must use freedom, only freedom of choice can allow him to escape  nausea. 3) System : Existence precedes essence. 4) The others : ...

Modern Literature (Modern Poetry)  In Praise of Limestone by Famous Modern Poet W.H Auden Summary & Critical Analysis : This poem is very philosophical and was written in May 1948. Auden visited Naples, a coastal city of Mediterranean sea in Italy. For Auden nothing else matters except the limestone. It can dissolve in water but over billions of years when it gets deposited, it hardens. Though the dissolving property remains there, but because it has hardened through ages, so it has rounded shapes and very creamy surface. Also because the water and the limestone keeps on reacting with each other. When the chemical reaction happens between water and limestone, there is a kind of aroma, a kind of fragrance, a good smell that comes from the place. A very subtle but still healing smell comes from the place where there are limestone rocks and water. This poem is a kind of description of a landscape that was actually visited by poet. But as it comes from a modern poet, it is n...

  Modern Poetry by Famous Modern Poet: Ambulances by Philip Larkin Summary & Critical Analysis: ·        Stanza 1: Closed like. . . . are visited. Philip Larkin says that ambulance is a closed little box like confessional. The very first simile he used for ambulances is a sacred thing i.e. closed like confessionals.     Then he uses the word thread because ambulances are able to move into the narrow lanes of a city just like the thread can move anywhere. There is no place that is out of reach from these ambulances. They can reach every corner, every place in the city. Noise is a sign of life in poetry and noon, the middle of the day, when life is at its full bloom, death comes. Ambulances reach loud noons, here noons mean the time when life activity is at its peak. When an ambulance would pass, I people would look at it but ambulance doesn’t   give back any of the glances. Here ambulances are personified. They are aware th...

Modern Literature in English Literature: Full Moon and Little Frieda by Ted Hughes Short Summary & Critical Analysis: Frieda is the daughter of Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes is a modern poet who uses modernist writing in his poetry. The poet was living in his countryside home with two children after the death of his wife, Sylvia, when he wrote this poem. The poem is not regular, lines have not same length and is written in free verse. It’s a kind of conversation, between two people,   probably a monologue. We also see internal monologue is described through three words by little Frieda at the end when poet writes, 'Moon!' you cry suddenly, 'Moon!  Moon!' This structure is interior monologue as poet is thinking something in his head. Poet describes a non significant evening when dog is barking, someone is milking the cow and there is noise of the bucket. Here the word you is for poet’s daughter Frieda who is listening all these noises. The spider’s web is basical...

  Modern Literature ( Modern Poetry) That Morning by Ted Hughes Short Summary & Critical Analysis: Ted Hughes was junior of Ezra pound and was inspired by him. He did experimentation with the poetic structure throughout the poem. The lines are not regular, there is no rhyme scheme, no regular rhythm but still the poem is rhythmical. The poem is written by famous modern poet so we see modernist writing in his poetry.  One morning the poet goes to a river side with his son. In this poem he describes the experience he had that morning. The poet shows us two worlds in juxtaposition. First one is the world of salmon where there is fullness and abundance. It is peaceful and harmonious. Then there is our world, human world, the world that is sinking because of the negative destructive activities. Our world is dark and destructive. In the third stanza poet tells us that he and his son are standing on the river side where there is green pollen light. The kind of greennes...