10th class english short note

                 Ten Gain Classes

Poetry Section Total 8 chapter

1. God Made The Country :-William Cowper
2. Ode On Solitude            :-Alexander Pope
3. Polythene Bag       :-Durga Prasad Panda
4. Thinner Than a Crescent        :-Vidyapati
5. The Empty Heart    :-Periasamy Thooran
6. Koel                                      :-Puran Singh
7. The Sleeping Porter             
                                 :-Laxmi Prasad Devkota
8. Martha                        :-Walter Dela Mare
       Read Think And Enjoy
1. Spare The Road
2. The Last Leaf

      THE PACE FOR LIVING
      Written by R.C.Hutchinson
Agony Of Modern Man
⦁ The essay ''The Pace For Living''captures the agony of modern man.
⦁ The fast pace hurts the normal rhythm.
⦁ The fast pace puts undue pressure on men.
⦁ The persons who dosen't maintain the pace feels disabled.
The Corn Merchant As A Representative Of The Agonised Modern Man
⦁ The Irish Corn merchants fails to keep up with the fast pace of life.
⦁ So out of despair, he says: 'there's an aeroplane that goes at 1000 miles an hour!'
⦁ the corn merchant is an anxious man.
⦁ He has many worries and grievances:
⦁ He felt his heart was weak..
⦁ His nephew was cheating him.
⦁ His wife a spendthrift.
⦁ She was wasting away his hard earned money.
Aeroplane As A Symbol Of Last Life
⦁ Aeroplane is used as a symbol of fast -paced life.
Advantages Of Fast-Paced Life
⦁ Travelling has become fast:
⦁ We can dine in London and have lunch in New York the next day.
Disadvantages Of Fast-Paced Life
⦁ People are always in a hurry.
⦁ The chances of accidents have increased.
⦁ We are devoid of real pleasure of travel as well as life.
Slow Thinkers As Misfit In The Modern Age

⦁ Slow thinkers are those who cannot think of a cleaver come back (are cursed with 'e' esprit de 'e' escaliert').They do not understand even a joke quickly.
⦁ They cannot keep up with today's fast pace of life.
⦁ They fail in modern day intelligence tests.
⦁ These are tests for the speed of one's mind.
⦁ The author himself is a slow thinker:
1. The author once went to watch movie along with his wife.
2. He could not follow the fast-paced scenes in the film.
3. He had to frequently ask his wife questions about the scences in the film.
4. He asked his wife whether the girl in the scene was the same that appeared at the beginning.
                CHAPTER :-- 2
      Me And The Ecology Bit
      Written by Jon Lexau
What We Mean By Ecology?
⦁ Men's relationship with all living and non-living things in nature is Ecology.

Our Attitude To Ecology
⦁ Most of us are not willing to do anything about ecology.
⦁ We disturb the balance of nature by our various actions:
⦁ We cut trees which give us oxygen.
⦁ We use vechicles which emit poisonous gases.
⦁ We set upmore and more factories which cause pollution.
⦁ We throw waste here and there and pollute the environment.
⦁ We should keep the waste in dustbins to save our environment.
⦁ If each of us do our bit ,there will be a balance in ecology.
Examples Of Ignoring Ecology In The Story.
⦁ Most of the characters in the story ignore their duties regarding ecology.
⦁ Jim's mother uses the electric mixer instead of the eggbeater.
⦁ Several characters use modern appliances like refrigerator,A.C.:
⦁ These appliances also emit harmful gases ,smokes and fumes.
⦁ These poison the atmosphere and effect ecology.
Jim's Attitude To Ecology
⦁ Jim shows awareness to ecology.
⦁ He finds that people around him are not taking care of ecology.
⦁ So he himself takes initiative.
⦁ He keeps reminding his neighbours to be careful and save ecology form destruction.
⦁ He asks Mrs. Greene to separate non-recyclable waste from recyclable waste.
Neighbours' Response To Jim's Initiative
⦁ The neighbours do not respond favourably.They charge him of being careless to ecology
Why Do People Not Listen To Jim?
⦁ Jim Preaches his neighbours about saving ecology.
⦁ However, he himself does not practice ecology measure sincerely:
⦁ He himself throws gum wrapper in Mrs. Greene's compound.
⦁ He avoids walkiung and always uses motorbike and snowmobile.
⦁ He also wastes electricity by watching TV whole day.
⦁ So people do not take him seriously.
Jim's Acts Which Are Not Ecology Friendly.
⦁ Mrs. Greene scolds Jim for throwing gum wrapper in her lawn.
⦁ Mr. Johnson points out to a tree and says that Jim has killed that tree by jumping over it everyday.
Importance Of The Issue Jim Raises
⦁ Jim may not be using ecology measures seriously.But the question raises is serious.
⦁ He points out the Irresponsible acts of all characters.
⦁ In the process, his own irresponsible acts are also exposed.
Post By:-Abhishek Kumar.