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Ln1 : Two Gentlemen of Verona CLICK HERE
TITLE :Two Gentlemen of Verona SMART LEARN TUITION
AUTHOR : [Link]
Theme : Determination and perseverance can turn the circumstances in our favor.
Nicola and Jacopo were brothers living in Verona, a small village in Italy
Their father was killed in war.
Their sister Lucia was suffering from tuberculosis.
They did all sorts of jobs and earned money for her treatment.
The narrator was a helpful person.
He helped them buy fruits and drop in their village.
The boys did not want anybody's sympathy and charity.
They remained determined.
So the narrator called them ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’.
Moral:
Where there is will, there is way.

Ln2 : A Nice cup of Tea CLICK HERE

TITLE : A nice cup of tea
AUTHOR : George Orwell
Theme : Preparing a nice cup of Tea
First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea
Secondly, tea should be made in small quantities - that is, in a teapot.
Thirdly, the pot should be warmed beforehand.
Fourthly, the tea should be strong.
Fifthly, the tea should be put straight into the pot.
Sixthly, one should take the teapot to the kettle and not the other way about.
Seventhly, after making the tea, one should stir it, or better, give the pot a good shake,
Eighthly, one should drink in the cylindrical type
of cup, not the flat, shallow type.
Ninthly, one should pour the cream off the milk before using it for tea
Tenthly, one should pour tea into the cup first.
Lastly, tea should be drunk without sugar.

Conclusion:
A perfect tea makes a perfect life

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Ln3 : In celebration of being alive CLICK HERE
TITLE : In Celebration of Being Alive
AUTHOR : Dr. Christiaan Barnard SMART LEARN TUITION
Theme : We can’t appreciate light if we haven’t known darkness.
Dr. Christiaan Barnard gives an account of
being alive to be a boon in the human life.
He & his wife met with an accident and suffered a lot.
He experienced not only agony and fear but also anger
He dint find any nobility in sufferings.
Then he recalled an incident from a children's hospital in Cape Town.
There he saw a 'Grand prix' of two disabled boys.
They drove a food trolley happily when the nurse was absent.
The mechanic of the trolley was blind. The driver had only one arm.
On seeing them, [Link] realised that the joy of living is the most important in the world.
The children showed him what we have lost is not important but what we have left is
important.
Moral:
One cannot enjoy life, unless one experiences suffering.
Ln4 : The Summit CLICK HERE
TITLE : The Summit
AUTHOR : Edmund Hillary
Theme : Adventures, expeditions and explorations
Sir Edmund Hillary’s own words, tells how the summit of the Everest was reached.
They had already climbed 27900 feet.
The next morning they woke up and warmed their shoes
They came out of the tent with oxygen support.
Tenzing and Hillary reached the crest at about 28000 ft.
The soft snow made a route on top of the ridge both difficult and dangerous.
They reached the south peak
At one point their partly filled oxygen bottle got exhausted they had only one left.
They felt light with a sense of freedom.
They crossed a 40 feet narrow crack.
A few more whacks of the ice-axe and they stood on top.
They felt relieved on reaching the top.
They shook hands and thumped each other with happiness.
Moral:
Determination and will power will take us through heights.

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1 : The Castle CLICK HERE
TTITLE : The Castle
Poet : Edwin Muir SMART LEARN TUITION
Theme : Loyalty of soldiers and disloyal warder
The Narrator was a soldier and they had been in the castle all through the summer.
They had plenty of arms and food to protect the castle.
The castle’s gate and wall was strong.
They were totally stress-free and relaxed.
Their captain was brave and the soldiers were loyal.
There was a wicket gate, guarded by a wicked guard.
He let in the enemies inside the citadel for gold through the secret gallery and
Intricate path.
The strong castle became weak and thin.
Thus the citadel was captured by the enemies.
Without fight, the castle was captured.
So he decided not to disclose this shameful story to anyone.

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Moral:
We can fight the enemy but we can’t defeat the disloyal.
Ln2 : Our Casuarina Tree CLICK HERE
TITLE : Our Casuarina Tree
Poetess : Toru Dutt
Theme : The poet shares about a casuarina tree
The Casuarina tree is tall and strong.
A creeper is winding around it like a python.
The tree stands like a giant with a colorful scarf of creeper's flowers.
Birds surround the garden during day time.
The sweet song of the birds is heard at night.
The poet spends her winter watching the baboon sitting on top of the tree.
Their sleepy cows wending the pastures and water lilies springing like snow.
The casuarina tree brings the nostalgic memories of her childhood.
The poet could communicate with the tree even when she was in a far-off land
She could hear the tree laments over her absence.
She immortalizes the tree through her poem.
Moral:
She expresses her wish that the tree should be remembered out of love and not
Just because it can’t be forgotten.

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3 : All the World’s a Stage CLICK HERE
TITLE : All the World’s a Stage
Poet : William Shakespeare SMART LEARN TUITION
Theme : Seven stages of man’s life.
According to Shakespeare, the world is a stage and everyone is a player.
He says that every man has seven stages during his life time
First stage - Childhood stage, Plays in the arms of his m mother.
Second stage - School going student who creeps to s school unwillingly.
Third Stage - Lover, Composes ballads for his beloved
Fourth Stage - Soldier, He is aggresive and ambitious
he is ready to guard the country and die for it.
Fifth - Fair judge, He is a fair judge with maturity and wisdom.
Sixth - Thin old Man, he is seen with loose pantaloons and spectacles.
Seventh - Second childhood, he loses his sight, smell and taste and exits from the role
of his life.

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Moral:
Life is like a stage and we are all actors playing different roles.

Ln4 : Ulysses CLICK HERE

TITLE : Ulysses
Poet : Alfred Tennyson
Theme : Ulysses adventure, responsibility and venture
Ulysses, the king of Ithaca was a great man.
He did not want to end his life as an idle king, Making laws and punishing bad people.
He had unquenchable thirst for travel and exploration.
He declares that it is boring to stay in one place.
He wants to shine in use rather than being rusted.
He says life is not merely breathing.
He desires to hand over his sceptre and kingdom to his son Telemachus.
He wants his son to fulfil his duties towards the people with care and prudence.
Ulesses summoned his sailors to gather at the port for his next adventure.
He praises his sailors that they have faced thunder and sunshine.
He aspires them saying that they may have grown old and weak physically but their spirit
is young and undaunted.
Moral:
Live life with full of adventure and exploration.

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