Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM//MBA/MBS & +2)

Dylan Thomas Characters : Uncle Thomas Aunt Sarah Mr. Benjamin Franklyn Will Sentry O' Jones Mr. Weazley (There are 30 Characters excluding Mrs. Sarah and a Narrator) (Travelling to:  Porthcawl) This story told by a boy presents the adult world as understood by a young boy. The story is the story of his uncle – Uncle Thomas – who means to go outing to Porthcawl , but never made it there.  In the first part of the story, the boy describes his uncle and aunt using metaphors and similes. The uncle was big and noisy whereas his wife was small and quiet who used to move on padded paws. The boy compares his uncle with a buffalo and a dismantle ship. He compared his aunt with her cat because of her quick and quiet movement and with a mouse because of her nibbling habit and tiny tone. Every Saturday night after heated arguments, the aunt used to hit the uncle on the head after the uncle lifted her on to a chair. The boy also describes uncle’s few friends in the sto

William Stafford American poet  William Stafford   in his poem  Travelling through the Dark  presents the conflicts between physical action, emotion and responsibility to take appropriate course of action even in critical situation. The poet also satires the self proclaimed nature lovers who are responsible for the difficult state of wild animals and environmental degradation. The poem presents a great tension between the two realities, two system of life. On one hand are efficiency and responsibility, unglamorous virtues that we learn to admire when we face danger or loss. On the other hand, there are emotions warmer than efficiency and much deeper than good judgement.  The poet also satires the self proclaimed nature lovers who are responsible for the difficult state of wild animals and environmental degradation. On a dark night, the narrator was driving his car on Wilson River road. At the edge of the river he found a dead deer.  He stopped there to clear the road by pushi