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             The Gardener Summary       The story, The Gardener was written by a British poet, novelist and short story writer, Rudyard Kipling. In this story the writer shows his hatred for organized society's shallowness of feeling and his faith on the depth and purity of individual feeling.     Helen Turrell was unmarried and independent woman of 35. When she was pregnant she was ashamed of having her baby in her society of Hampshire and went to Marseilles, South of France to have the baby. After returning to her Hampshire home, she cooked up many lies in other to save her face in her society. She told her neighbors that the child she had just brought was the son of her brother, George Turrell. He is an inspector of Indian police and had been engaged with the daughter of a retired non-commissioned officer. As eh had died falling off a horse few weeks before the baby was born and as both of his parents had...

                  In Bed Summary    The essay, In Bed was written by an American writer Joan Didion. In this essay the writer describes her private experiences of having migraine headache while imparting some medical facts about it.      At the initial stage of the headache, the writer used to conceal her problem thinking that it would reveal her chemical inferiority, unpleasant tempers, bad attitudes and wrong think. The writer doesn’t have any physical problems like eye strain, high blood pressure and brain tumor. However, she has had it since she was eight. Initially, she used to carry out her routine activities ignoring the pain. When it was unbearable, she would rush to her home wishing to have an operation of her brain.     Both man as well as woman and the aged people as well as two years old child can have migraine. Anything like stress, fatigue, allergy, certain change in air p...

                   On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness Summary       The poem, On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness was composed by an American poet and journalist, Arthur Guiterman. In this poem the poet is trying to say that the greatness that we are seeking for in this world is valueless it is because it is temporary.    The task of elephant that was used as a weapon in a powerful battle has been billard ball, plaything. The sword war of Charlemagne the just which have might killed and injured many people has rusted now. The grizzly bear that used to frighten everyone with its powerful hug has been turned into a rug. Julius Casear, Roman statesman and army General has been reduced into a bust which has been kept not in any public places but on a shelf. The poet himself is not feeling very well. After his death, he is going to meet the fate of the tusk of elephant, the sword...

            The Six Million Dollar Man Summary        The essay, The Six Million Dollar man was written by an American writer, Harold J. Morowitz. The writer begins this essay with the definition of human body at molecular level and arrives at a philosophical infinity priceless.      The writer received a birthday card from his daughter and son in law. The caption in the card stated that the materials that make up a human body are worth 97 cents. The writer questioned the statement with a suspicion that human body cannot be as cheap as 97 cents and decided to make a through study of the entire matter.       First of all, he went to biochemical company and brought a list of the ingredients along with their prices. Some of the ingredients were quite cheap while others were relatively more expensive. Calculating the price of all the ingredients, he came to know that ...

                                  Malini Summary     Malini is a poetic play written by Bengali Indian poet and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore. It is a story of love and haired and deals with ages long conflict between the Buddhist and the Hindus in Kashi of India.         Malini is the princess of Kashi though born in a dogmatic Hindu family, she has adopted Buddhism as she was taught by Buddhist monks. Due to her faith on the new creed, she prefers to live a simple and serene life untouched with the royal outfits, gold and luxuries. The king request her not to go along her destructive path but the queen believes that her daughter is a pure flame of fire and some divine spirit has taken birth in her. Feeling threatened by the new creed of Malini the Hindu Brahmins demand for...

                         Oops! How's That Again? Summary       Oops! How's That Again? Is a humorous essay written by an American writer, Roger Rosenblatt. In this essay the writer classifies verbal errors into five categories along with several examples for each and tries to explain some linguistic and psychological reasons behind them.       Tongue slip is the most common type of verbal error. It happens when a person intends to say one thing but happens to say something else. It can have shameful effect on both the speaker as well as the listener. For. Eg, A businessman wished Prince Charles a long life and conjugal happiness with Lady Jane. But in fact he was engaged to marry Lady Diana and Lady Jane was his former beloved.        Faux Pass is another type of verbal error. It takes...

    1.     'Concrete Cat' is an example of a concrete poem, how?       This poem is made for eye. This poem doesn't concern much with emotions. The capitalized 'A' in ear is for pointed ear, 'Y' for wide eyes, 'U' for cat's mouth. Similarly the worlds 'stripe' is for stripes of the cat and 'upside' mouse indicates dead mouse and the cat killed it. The poem is very fully and humorous. The poet is successful to give the concrete structure of the cat with the help of individual letters and words.

                         Keeping Things Whole Summary         The poem, Keeping Things Whole was composed by a Canadian Poet, Mark Strand. In this poem the poet presents the fragmentation talking place among things and people giving rise to the feeling of chaos, alienation, exile and identify crisis. So, he pleads for unity, integration and wholeness.      The people and things in this world have been fragmented because of politics, religion, cast system, economy geography and so on. This fragmentation has given rise to the feeling of chaos, alienation, exile and identify crisis. The speaker of this poem feels exactly the same. When he goes to a field, he finds himself detached, dislocated and missing. It is always the case wherever he goes, he finds himself alienated and missing.     When he walks, he divides...

                                  Unchopping a Tree Summary        Unchopping a Tree is a persuasive disclosure written by an American writer, W.S Merwin. In this essay, the writer seems to be describing the process to be describing the process of chopping a tree but his real purpose is to show the difficulty involved in the project of unchopping a tree.     A tree that has already been chopped down is going to be unchopped. The process begins with assembling the leaves, twigs and branches and putting them back to their respective places. While doing so, the help of ants, mice and squirrels is expected but they won't help. At the next step, the nest of birds and nets of spiders are to be repaired. It is really an impossible job because human beings do not have the same to...