Fishing Question Answer | Invitation to English 2 | +2 1st Year | CHSE Odisha

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Fishing Question Answer

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Question 1.
What idea of the speaker’s age do you find in the first line?
Answer:
The speaker’s age may be more than fifty. He is like seasoned anger.

Question 2.
How did the speaker prepare himself for fishing? (clue: gear and attitude)
Answer:
The speaker prepared himself for fishing with a fishing rod, line, and food put on a hook to catch a fish. He was in a positive and determined attitude at that time.

Question 3.
What did he declare to his family? What silent feedback did he sense from the members of the family?
Answer:
He declared to his family to wait for him because the dinner would be marked by a special dish- fish fry. He sensed silent laughter from the members of his family.

Question 4.
Describe his initial experience. (Ins. 9 – 12)
Answer:
He went fast to the nearby pond straightaway with all the equipment required for fishing and a can. The minutes trickled by and the hours seemed to pass very slowly. It appeared as if he were luckless that day. In short, his initial experience was a blend of both certainty and uncertainty.

Question 5.
What did he dread to face when he would be back home? (Ins. 13 – 15)
Answer:
He dreaded facing the taunting words of some family members if he returned home without a fish.

Question 6.
How was his prayer answered?
Answer:
His prayer was answered when he had a marvelous catch at his disposal. He now succeeded in catching a beautiful one-foot bright and fair fish.

Question 7.
Discuss the contrasting moods presented in stanzas 3, 4, and 5.
Answer:
In stanza 3, the speaker was in a despairing mood as all his efforts to catch fish seemed futile. In stanza 4, he was in a contrasting mood to face the mockery of his family member and kept faith in God’s goodness. In stanza 5, he was in a hopeful mood after getting the opportunity to catch a fish.

Question 8.
Describe the ‘catch’.
Answer:
Driven by determination, the speaker pulled the string of his angle and it brought him a marvelous catch- ‘A one-foot fish, bright and fair’ moving in a twisted manner in the air.

Question 9.
How has the speaker described his joy and the despair of the fish?
Answer:
The speaker has described his joy by running round and round in excitement and the fish’s despair in terms of its breathlessness and sad look that expresses its longing to be free.

Question 10.
What did he think the fish was pleading for?
Answer:
He thought the fish was pleading for its freedom. The fish requested him to allow it to go back to its pond.

Question 11.
What was the debate in the speaker’s mind?
Answer:
The speaker debated his three toils, the tasty fish-fry smell, and the mocking face of some family members staring at him when he got back home fishless.

Question 12.
Discuss the significance of: “For nothing, however, I did care.” (In. 34)
Answer:
The speaker was determined to care for nothing – three hours’ toil, tasty fish-fry flavor, and especially, some mocking face of his family staring at him.

Question 13.
What was the strange feeling that the speaker felt? Can you relate the feeling to the ‘crimson glow’ and ‘greater joy’? (Ins. 36 – 38)
Answer:
The strange feeling that the speaker felt was great joy in his heart. His feelings can aptly be related to ‘the crimson glow’ and ‘greater joy’ that convey the speaker’s act of kindness and immense pleasure.

Question 14.
Which action brought about a greater joy in the heart of the speaker? In comparison to the ultimate greater joy, what do you think would have been lesser happiness?
Answer:
The speaker’s action of allowing the fish to go back to its pond brought about a greater joy in the heart of the speaker. In comparison to the ultimate greater joy, I think the speaker’s reluctant response to the fish’s appeal or lack of his kindness would have been lesser happiness.

Question 15.
Why does he find this feeling strange?
Answer:
He finds this feeling strange, because of several factors such as his liking for fish fry and the taunting remarks of his family members. Besides, the speaker’s fear and anxiety give way to determination.

Question 16.
Do you think the speaker was sensitive? Why do you think so? (clue: at least two reasons)
Answer:
Yes, the speaker was very sensitive, because he did not approve of the taunting remarks of his family members. Besides, he was moved by the sight of the fish’s despair.

Question 17.
Notice that all the stanzas excluding Stanza 7 have four lines each and make one complete sentence. How is Stanza 7 different from other stanzas?
Answer:
All the stanzas in the poem have four lines each and make one complete sentence. On the other hand, stanza 7 has ten lines to make two complete sentences. In this way, stanza 7 is different from other stanzas.

Question 18.
Describe the change that the speaker had between the morning and the evening of the same day.
Answer:
The speaker experienced a sense of dread and uncertainty and great joy between the morning and the evening of the same day. The morning brought him the first two feelings and the evening the last one.