Grade 12 Applied Mathematics Project - Final
CBSE English Question Bank 2021 - 'Poets and Pancakes' Answers
1. What kind of effect does Asokamitran’s style of writing have on the reader? Answer : Asokamitran's style of writing is satirical and informal, with humour interspersed amongst the text. This allows the reader to feel at ease, and helps in identifying the common human traits and flaws in the various people working in Gemini studios. 2. Discuss the significance of the make-up room in the chapter, ‘Poets and Pancakes’. Answer : The maleup room of the Gemini studio is the central crux of the story. It is the setting which takes us towards the superficiality of the people in life and of the people at the studio. It also showed us an intermingling of people from different cultures, and how a stricht hierarchical structure is maintained. Finally, it shows us that the film industry places heavy importance on looks and vanit on screen, and not in person, as understood when Asokamitran comments on how the makeup looks hideous in person, but good on the screen. 3. ‘In all instances o...