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A Hero revision flashcards
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- 1Where is A Hero set?The fictional southern Indian town of Malgudi
- 2Who is the main character in A Hero?Swami. He is a young boy, a semi-autobiographical portrait of the author himself.
- 3What do Swami and his father disagree about?Where Swami should be sleeping.
- 4Why does Swami's father want him to sleep somewhere different?He thinks it is babyish and shameful for Swami to sleep in with his Granny
- 5Does Swami agree to sleep elsewhere?Yes but only after trying to negotiate his way out of it!
- 6Where does Swami have to sleep?alone on a bench in his father's office.
- 7What does Swami's father want Swami to prove?That he isn't a coward.
- 8What happens whilst Swami is sleeping in the office?A burglar breaks in.
- 9True or false? Swami is afraid.True. He is afraid of the dark, of being alone and above all of the intruder who he thinks is the devil.
- 10What does Swami do when he realises there is an intruder?He reaches out and bites the intruder's leg
- 11What is the reaction to Swami's actions?He is treated like a hero by the community.
- 12What makes this story funny?The use of irony. Swami's father wanted his son to prove he was not a coward. Swami is hailed as a hero for catching the intruder but he only caught him because he acted out of fear.
- 13Why is the story called 'A Hero'?What makes a hero is an idea that Narayan explores throughout this text. Swami and his father and the community ahve very different ideas of what makes a hero and Swami is an accidental hero.
- 14What is the symbolism of this story in relation to India?It can bee seen to represent India's struggle for independence from the patriarchal and domineering Raj.
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- A set of flashcards for learners to test their knowledge and understand of the short story A Hero for Paper 2 of the Edexcel Level 1/2 Certificate in English Language.
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