THE PLOT OF THE STORY- THE PRICE OF FLOWERS
1.The story revolves round the superstitious act of
telling future by crystal gazing.
2.This happens when an Indian
writer visits a poor British family in London
3.Maggie as well as her mother
has been anxious about her brother Frank because they have not heard about him for many days.
4.The narrator tells that Frank ,the soldier fighting in
India is alive .It was a lie told to save Mrs. Clifford ,the sick mother of the
main character in the story ,the teenage girl –Maggie.
5.The words have a magical
effect on the old woman and she recovers soon.
6.Later it turns out that Frank had been dead for a few
weeks .The death would have occurred at about the same time when the narrator
gazed into the crystal and saw him alive
.
7.By then it was time for the
writer to go back to India
8. Maggie hands him over a
shilling to buy flowers and place them at her brother’s grave in India
9.He learns that the girl had to work hard for three days
to earn the shilling.
10. The narrator is
moved by her love and dedication for her brother.
THE PLOT OF THE STORY- THE PRICE OF FLOWERS.- work sheet
1.The story revolves round the superstitious act of
telling future by crystal gazing.
*.This happens when an Indian
writer visits a poor British family in London
*.The words have a magical
effect on the old woman and she recovers soon.
*.By then it was time for the
writer to go back to India
*. Maggie hands him over a
shilling to buy flowers and place them at her brothers grave in India
*. The narrator is moved by her
love and dedication for her brother.
*.The narrator tells that Frank ,the soldier fighting in
India is alive .It was a lie told to save Mrs. Clifford ,the sick mother of the
main character in the story ,the teenage girl –Maggie.
*.Later it turns out that Frank had been dead for a few
weeks .The death would have occurred at about the same time when the narrator
gazed into the crystal and saw him alive
.
*.He learns that the girl had to work hard for a few days
to earn the shilling.
*.Maggie as well as her mother
has been anxious about her brother Frank because they have not heard about him for many days.
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