BEGE 105 Understanding Prose

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IGNOU BEGE-105 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1. Comment on the dominant variety of prose (narrative, expository or descriptive) present in each of the following passages. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about 250 words each:

a. True education means more than the mere acquisition of knowledge. It is the development of character, the cultivation of strength, and the ability to think independently and act responsibly. Many students today believe that education is simply about memorizing facts and passing examinations. But the real purpose of education is to prepare us to meet the challenges of life with wisdom and courage. An educated person is one who has learned not only from books but also from experience, who respects others’ opinions while being firm in his own beliefs, and who contributes positively to society.

b. The small cottage stood at the edge of the forest, surrounded by wildflowers and tall grass. The wooden walls were old but neatly polished, and a narrow stone path led up to the front door. Inside, the cottage was cozy, with a large fireplace, comfortable armchairs, and shelves full of well-worn books. A small window above the kitchen sink offered a view of the hills beyond, where the sunlight danced on the treetops. Every corner of the house spoke of warmth and simplicity.

c. It was a rainy evening when I lost my way in an unfamiliar part of the city. I had taken a wrong turn while returning from my friend’s house and ended up in a quiet, narrow lane with hardly any streetlights. The sound of the rain hitting the rooftops and the occasional barking of dogs made the street feel even more deserted. I tried calling my friend, but my phone battery had died. With every step, I grew a little more nervous. Just when I thought I might have to walk around endlessly, I noticed a small tea stall with a dim yellow light. An old man sat there, calmly sipping tea. I approached him and explained my situation. He smiled kindly and said, “You’re not too far from the main road.” He even offered me a cup of tea while we waited for the rain to slow down. We sat there talking — he told me about how long he had been running that little shop and about the changing face of the city. After a while, he guided me back to the main road safely. That small act of kindness from a stranger on a rainy evening stayed with me. It reminded me that sometimes help comes from the most unexpected places, and even in unfamiliar surroundings, there are goodhearted people willing to guide us.

2. Discuss how Dina Mehta uses humour and irony as important features of her prose style in the short story ‘The Other Woman’. Illustrate your answer with suitable examples from the text.

3. Critically analyse Deshpande’s art of characterisation with respect to Urmi’s character in The Binding Vine.

4. Discuss the biographical techniques employed by Boswell in Life of Johnson.

5. Anne Frank’s diary is a commentary on war and its impact on human life. Discuss.

6. Critically examine the prose style of ‘The Quest of Man’.

7. “While the grief is over the loss of his son, his misery is not being able to find an outlet to unburden his grief.” Discuss this statement with reference to the short story ‘Misery’.

8. Analyze Gilbert Clandon’s journey from illusion to truth in ‘The Legacy’.

IGNOU BEGE-105 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
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1. Comment on the dominant variety of prose (narrative, expository or descriptive) present in each of the following passages. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about 250 words each:
a) My brother and I carried our father into the hospital, stamping on the goat turds which were spread all over the floor. There was no doctor in the hospital. The Ward boy, after we bribed him ten rupees, said that a doctor might come in the evening. The doors to the hospital’s rooms were wide open. A few men had spread a newspaper on the ground and were sitting on it. One of them had an open wound on his leg. He invited us to sit with him. My brother and I lowered our father onto the newspaper sheets. Two little girls came and sat beside us; both had yellow eyes and skin. Jaundice it seemed. We kept adding newspapers to the ground and the line of diseased eyes, raw wounds and delirious mouths kept growing.
b) It was perfectly true that the house was made out of trees. It was a fair-sized but elderly shack, made out of poplar poles and chinked with mud. There was an upstairs, which was not so usual around here, with three bedrooms, one of which I was to share with Chris’s sister, Jeannie, who was slightly younger than I , a pallid-eyed girl who was either too shy to talk or who had nothing to say. I never discovered which, because I was so reticent with her myself, wanting to push her away, not to recognize her, and at the same time experiencing a shocked remorse at my own unacceptable feelings.
c) Theologians don’t much like it when we attempt to peel away the accretions of myth, history, dogma, and sacrament that cloud the origins of their chosen faith. When we seek common threads among the world’s spiritual doctrines, we may be chided for taking a cafeteria approach to religion: a little from this one, a little from that one, as if we were downloading only our favorite songs from the Internet in order to make up our own “Best of” CD
It is true enough that some New Age belief systems do little more than dabble in devotion, backing off quickly whenever spiritual discipline becomes too incompatible with one’s lifestyle. One cannot really be a part-time Buddhist any more than a self-described Christian can purchase salvation with one hour a week in church. But the irrefutable truth is that at the heart of each of the great religious traditions are three small words: God is one.

2. The story ‘Misery’ by Chekhov deals with human insensitivity to other peoples’ grief. Do you agree? Give a reasoned answer.

3. Write a detailed note on The Binding Vine as a Stream of Consciousness novel.

4. Comment on how Lamb has used humour in his essay “ A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig”, to make the essay entertaining. Give examples from the text wherever necessary.
5. How does Bill Aitkin comment upon the cultural divide between the North and South? Give a reasoned answer.

6. Write a note on how Gandhi spent his days in Calcutta and his impression of Burma as seen in his autobiography.

7. What do we get to know about the Holocaust from Anne Frank’s diary?

8. Laurence was committed to social causes. Write a note on her commitment to nuclear disarmament as seen in her speech “My Final Hour.”

IGNOU BEGE-105 ASSIGNMENTS DETAILS

University	:	IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
Title	:	Understanding Prose
Language(s)	:	English
Code	:	BEGE-105
Degree	:	BA
Subject	:	English
Course	:	Generic Electives (GE)
Author	:	ignouedumart.com Panel
Publisher	:	Distance Gyan Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

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