Wednesday, October 9, 2019

(SHORT STORIES) Chapter -1 Salvatore - By W. Somerset Maugham (Workbook Questions & Answers)

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Question 1 

(a) Discuss the theme of love and affection as depicted in the story "Salvatore."

Ans:-  Salvatore is the main protagonist of Maugham's story. The story is focused on Salvatore in all his lineaments. The character of Salvatore evolves into an epitome of true love and goodness.

            Salvatore being the eldest brother used to take care of his two younger brothers as a responsible guardian. It is out of a sense of duty and love. He would not let them venture too far in the sea. He would also dress them when they had to climb the hot hill for the mid-day meal. Salvatore had a pleasing personality. He had a pleasant word for everyone even he was assailed by terrible hardships of life.

             Salvatore fell madly in love with a pretty girl. They were affianced but they couldn't marry till Salvatore had done his military service. When he became a sailor in the navy he wept like a child. He felt dreadfully homesick and parting from the girl was too much with him. When he came back home he was happy to see his parents and brothers waiting for him on the jetty. As soon as they met there was a great deal of kissing. Boundless was Salvatore's love for his family, home and the girl he loved. When Salvatore was away as a sailor, he used to write long passionate letters telling her how much he missed her and how much he longed to see her. When he fell ill with rheumatism that made him unfit for further service, his heart for he could go home and meet the girl who was waiting anxiously for him.

              On coming back home from military service the greatest shock which he had to experience in the whole of his life was that he was rudely rejected by the girl he loved. The mother of the girl told him brusquely that his daughter wouldn't marry a man suffering from a disease. Salvatore was so broken hearted that he began to weep on his mother's bosom. He was terribly unhappy but he didn't blame the girl who refused to marry him. He was so passionately infatuated with the girl that he had not the heart to say a hard word of the girl he had loved so well. His smile was very sad and his had the look of a beaten dog.

              Salvatore got married to Assunta and they had two sons. He worked laboriously to sustain his family even though he was suffering terribly. He used to work hard in his vineyard and spent the night catching the profitable cuttlefish.

              Salvatore was a rich storehouse of affection to his children. He loved them with all his heart and took delight in spending time with them. He brought them blown to the beach to give them bath. He would dip them in water very tenderly. He would laugh away his time with them and became a mother-substitute.

              Though he was an ordinary fisherman he possessed nothing in the world except a quality which in the rarest, most precious and the loveliest that anyone can have. It was the quality of goodness, just goodness. It is the quality of goodness tinged with the colour of greatness that shines through the character of Salvatore.


Question 2

(b) According to the author of the story, which one quality shone with a radiance in Salvatore? Give reasons to support your answer.

Ans:-  Salvatore is the principal character in the story "Salvatore." Salvatore is the son of a fisherman whose innocence, simplicity and above all his purity of heart brings out his essential goodness. The quality of goodness tend to invest him with an aura of greatness. Salvatore has been depicted in the story as a responsible brother, a passionate lover and a loving father. In fact he is a static character who remains the same throughout the story. His outlook and personality don't suffer any material change even if the events of the story evolve quite naturally.

            Goodness is the quality which shines with a radiance in the character of Salvatore.Outwardly  his appearance doesn't evoke any emotion but inwardly he is good at heart - a genuinely guileless man. When young he had a pleasant face, a laughing mouth and care free eyes. The most significant thing about his character is that Salvatore has great, emotional attachment to his family. When he left to become a sailor in the navy he wept like a child. Far away from home he was dreadfully homesick. He was missing his family and the girl he loved. After his return from military service he met his family. When he fell ill of some mysterious ailment, "he bore with the mute and uncomprehending patience of a dog." His patience indeed is perennial.

            As a passionate lover Salvatore is overtly sincere to the core. Despite all his suffering he had a positive attitude to life. When he made a comeback from his military service he was rejected by his lady love - the girl he loved. He felt dejected. Broken-hearted he wept. Though terribly happy he didn't blame the girl. He realized that a girl could not afford to marry a man who might not be able to support her. "He never used harsh words for her." He accepted her rejection in a spirit of stoic resignation. So we see that Salvatore was a man of inherent goodness. His inherent goodness is "the rarest, the most precious and the loveliest" quality which shone in him with all its radiance and refulgence.


Question 3

(c) How apt is the title of the story,'Salvatore'?

Ans:-  The title of the story 'Salvatore' by Somerset Maugham is apt and appropriate.The title itself demonstrates the narrative art of the writer. The plot of the story hinges on the life of Salvatore, the main protagonist of the story. In fact Salvatore belongs to the common run of man who is full of emotion, passion and compassion for others. The innate quality of goodness brings out the best in him. The protagonist of the story is a simple fisherman with an exceptional quality of goodness.

           Salvatore's story as presented by the story writer - his life of suffering - the little tragedies and comedies of life moves the reader with a feeling of wonder. In fact he is a wonderful creation. He bears no malice or ill-with against anyone around him. His attitude to life has always been positive and compromising. Never does he resent. He knows how to accept everything with stoicism. Even when he is jilted by the girl he loves, he doesn't blame the girl; on the contrary he accepts the situation as the common lot of man. He never complains against his illness of rheumatism which has assailed him. He learns by experience how to fit in with hostile circumstances. The writer has drawn the portrait of a man like Salvatore with a touch of realism. It is the rarest and the most precious quality of goodness inherent in him, which lends him a most crowning touch. Maugham thus seems to glorify the character of Salvatore by naming the story after him. 

37 comments:

  1. Hmmm����

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  2. Well written answers ..... With proper diction and knowledge !!

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  3. bhop bhiji bhuk ...bhuk ....... bhuk bhiji bhuk bhuk bhuk dhinga re dhinga re dhinga re dhinga re dhinga dhinga dhinga bhujik bhuchuk bhuchik bhuchik bhuchuk
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    chik chikchik lalala

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  4. Thanku it was very helpful to me

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  5. idiot you exactly copied from the story .its horrible

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  6. Are Bhosdike Madar Chod
    Gaand me dal le Salvatore ko

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  7. Bhai ek point kitna baar bolega

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  8. Good answers!!!😊👍🏻👍🏻

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  9. You didn't give substantial reasons to support your claim. You ommited the point of Assunta , Salvatore's children and how he acted as a responsible guardian to his younger brothers. This means your answer is incompatible with the text. I can't recommend your answer to be be up to the mark.

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  10. Harami Sala apni madarchod wali blog apni gand me ghusakar pawri karo..

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    1. why tf you are being so weird and mean to them?

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  13. bhai khuch jyada chota answer ni likh diya apne....

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