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 Introduction This story is about Horace Danby a good honest citizen. Horace Danby collects rare books and finances his hobby by breaking safes. The story describes his last attempt wherein he was caught by the police. This year, however, he is caught by a pretty young lady claiming to be the wife of the house owner. She tricks him into opening the safe and handing her the jewels. Horace is later arrested for the jewel robbery. Summary Horace Danby was generally considered to be a good and respectable citizen. He was a fifty-year-old bachelor. He lived with a housekeeper who took care of his health. He was an expert lock maker. However, he was not completely honest. He had been to prison, fifteen years ago for stealing jewels. He had no desire to become honest. Horace Danby hated prison. He was an unusual thief because of his hobby. He was heartily fond of rare and expensive books. He used to commit one theft a year on average. He secretly bought the books through an agent. The sto...

INTRODUCTION This chapter is an excerpt from the ‘Diary of a Young Girl’ written by Anne Frank. It is an autobiography that was first published in 1947. In this chapter, the writer Anne Frank tells about her true companion - a diary. She writes everything about her life in her diary and considers it her true friend. At the time of the invasion of German over Holland, her family went into hiding. At that time she started to write in her diary. She spent her adolescent years hidden from the outside world, and her diary kept all her secrets. CHARACTERS 1. Anne Frank - The 13 years old Jewish girl who writes a diary while she is hiding in Amsterdam from the Nazis during World War II. 2. Margot Frank - Anne’s sister who is three years older than Anne. 3. Otto Frank - Anne’s father who is a Jewish businessman who left Germany after Hitler’s rise to power, hoping to find refuge in Holland. 4. Mrs. Frank - Anne’s mother who is the source of many conflicts with Anne during the two years that th...

 INTRODUCTION The poem “The Ball Poem” is written by John Berryman. This poem has described the reality of life which everyone has to face one day. He has touched on the topic of how to stand up against the miseries and sorrows of life. LITERARY DEVICES 1. Personification - It is a figure of speech that shows the attribution of a personal nature or human  characteristics to something non-human. In the poem, the poet describes a ball merrily bouncing  down the street. Merry means happy. It is a human characteristic that is given to the ball. 2. Metaphor - It is a literary device in which a word or phrase is symbolically applied to a thing to which it is not literally applicable. In the poem, the poet says, “Balls will be lost always“. Balls here symbolize possessions that we lose. It also refers to childhood which if lost never comes back. 3. Apostrophe - It is a literary device in which a person is addressed who is either dead or ph...

Introduction In the poem How to Tell Wild Animals, the poet, Carolyn Wells, is describing the characters of wild animals funnily. The poet has used humorous language and has used rhyme as a literary device. This poem consists of the brute nature of wild animals. Summary The poem ‘How to Tell Wild Animals” has been composed by Carolyn Wells. In this poem, the poetess gives certain humorous tips to identify wild animals. If by chance you go to any forest in the eastern part of the globe and you are in sight of a huge, terrible, and tawny animal coming towards you, and if it roars loudly and you are dying out of fear even by listening to its horrible roar, you can very well identify it to be an Asian Lion. Moving forth, a noble wild animal with black stripes on yellow hide welcomes you. If it comes and makes you its welcome food, this simple rule will help you identify it as a Bengal tiger. When strolling if you see an animal whose skin is covered with black spots and it jumps on you,...

 INTRODUCTION The poem “A Tiger in the Zoo” is written by Leslie Norris. It explains the agony and helplessness of a caged tiger that lives in a zoo. The poet explains what his life could be if he had been a free animal. The poet has tried to explain about the condition of animals that are caged by human beings for their own fun.  LITERARY DEVICES 1. Personification – the tiger is personified, e.g. ‘he stalks’ 2. Enjambment – line continues to next line without any punctuation mark, e.g. sliding through long grass………..deer pass 3. Oxymoron – use of adjectives opposite in meaning (quiet rage) 4. Alliteration – use of sound ‘p’ in ‘plump pass’ 5. Imagery – the poet has tried to create an image of tiger’s activities (lurking in shadow) 6. Onomatopoeia – use of sound words, e.g. snarling.  SUMMARY This poem contrasts a tiger in the zoo with the tiger in its natural habitat. The poem moves from the zoo to the jungle, and back again to the zoo. The poem provides a contrast in t...