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Notes - Class 9-The House Is Not A Home

The document is a series of questions and answers about a story where the author's house catches fire. Some key details: 1) One Sunday, the author notices smoke filling his house from a fire in the roof. His mother saves important documents but risks her life trying to save photos of her late husband. 2) After the fire is put out, the author breaks down crying when he realizes his cat is missing. He is overwhelmed by the fire and losing his cat. 3) The next day at school, the author is embarrassed because he lost all his possessions in the fire and is wearing borrowed clothes. 4) The author's cat is eventually returned to him, having been found and

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Notes - Class 9-The House Is Not A Home

The document is a series of questions and answers about a story where the author's house catches fire. Some key details: 1) One Sunday, the author notices smoke filling his house from a fire in the roof. His mother saves important documents but risks her life trying to save photos of her late husband. 2) After the fire is put out, the author breaks down crying when he realizes his cat is missing. He is overwhelmed by the fire and losing his cat. 3) The next day at school, the author is embarrassed because he lost all his possessions in the fire and is wearing borrowed clothes. 4) The author's cat is eventually returned to him, having been found and

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Class: Victorious IX

Subject: English
Moments: Lesson no. 8 - A House Is Not a Home
Date: 03/12/2021 Homework

Think About It.


1. What does the author notice one Sunday afternoon? What is his mother’s reaction? What
does she do?
Answer:
One Sunday afternoon, the author smelled something strange. Then he noticed the smoke
pouring in through the seams of the ceiling. It filled the room so quickly that they could barely
see anything. By the time they ran out into the front yard, the whole roof was engulfed in flames
and it was spreading very quickly.

His mother ran back into the house and came out with a small metal box full of important
documents. She dropped the case on the lawn and, in a crazed state, ran back into the house.
This time, she wanted to collect the pictures and letters of her late husband. They were the only
things that she had to remember him by.

2. Why does he break down in tears after the fire?


Answer:
Five hours later when the fire was finally put out, he realised at once that his cat was nowhere.
Then, everything hit him at once − the new school, the fire, and his cat. That was when he broke
down in tears and cried.

3. Why is the author deeply embarrassed the next day in school? Which words show his fear
and insecurity?
Answer:
The author was deeply embarrassed the next day in school because he was not wearing the
proper dress. He had lost everything in fire. He was still wearing the dress he had worn to church
that morning. He had no shoes. He was wearing the tennis shoes that he borrowed from his aunt.
He was totally embarrassed by everything. He had no books or homework, and his backpack was
gone.

Words that show his fear and insecurity are ‘outcast’, ‘geek’, ‘curl up and die’ ‘had my life in that
back pack’ ‘zombie’, ‘surreal’ and ‘security …ripped away’.

4. The cat and the author are very fond of each other. How has this been shown in the story?
Where was the cat after the fire? Who brings it back and how?
Answer:
The cat and the author were very fond of each other. She kept sitting beside him when he did his
homework and other household work. When the author disturbed her, she would get out of the
bed, climb up his robe and crawl into his pocket to fall asleep. He was very depressed and sad
when he couldn’t find his cat after the fire. He missed her terribly.
After the fire the cat had been so freaked that she ran a mile away from the house. A woman
found her and took her in. She tried hard to find out whose cat it was. She located the author’s
number on the cat’s collar but she couldn’t reach him as the phone had been disconnected due
to the fire. However, she made personal efforts to find the author.

One month later, when the author was at his house that was being rebuilt, the woman came
there with the cat and asked him if the cat belonged to him. He hurriedly grabbed the cat from
her hands and held it close and cried into its beautiful orange fur. The cat purred happily.

5. What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and
comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating
in life?
Answer:
The author’s schoolmates showed genuine concern for his plight. They helped him by collecting
school supplies, books and clothes for him. People who had never spoken to him before started
coming to him and befriending him. They also called him to their houses. This genuine concern
touched him. This was when his loneliness vanished. He realized that his new school and new
people around him were good. He stopped focusing on his feeling of fear and insecurity. He
breathed a sigh of relief and for the first time he felt that things would be okay in life. He started
enjoying his life as usual.

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