Telangana SCERT 9th Class English Solutions Chapter 4C – Can’t Climb Trees Any More

Telangana Board Class 9 English Can’t Climb Trees Any More and Answers

Board Telangana
Class 9th
Subject English
Unit 4 (4C)
Topic Solution

 

Answer the following questions.

 

1) What is your opinion about the theme of the story?

Answer: The theme of the story is of reminiscing the old days. It about the love of the narrator towards its ancestral home and memories associated with it. The days where he made most of his life and got valuable teaching from his grandparents. Not forgetting the roots where he belonged from is also important element of the story.

 

2) The middle-aged man remembers his joyous days of youth. What are the different words/ phrases used in the story (for example, dark dancing eyes; swift and sweet of limbs) to show the characteristics of the youth?

Answer: ‘I used to climb the jackfruit tree,’ the music of a piano, Marbles I’d won.are the phrases that show how the narrator remembers his joyous days. It shows how active he was in his youth.

 

3) ‘A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls’. And so the present owners must also be receiving the tree’s blessings. What does the narrator’s grandmother mean by this statement?

Answer: The narrator’s grandmother used to say that ‘A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls.’ She believed that the good things that our ancestors did for us are beneficial for the next generation. It is because of their efforts the present owners reap the benefits. When we take care of the nature it gives back the same amount of love and blessings to the people.

 

4) Are the grandmother and Chief Seattle expressing the same feelings about trees and nature? Why?

Answer: Yes, both the grandmother and the Chief Seattle are expressing the same feelings about trees and the nature. Both have deep respect toward the nature and have immense love for it. They know the importance of the nature and how unconditional the nature serves us. They know that without the nature the man’s existence is meaningless.

Updated: December 7, 2021 — 2:20 pm

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