CBSE Class 12 · English · Flamingo / Vistas
Memories of Childhood
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 12 English.
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Two extracts: Zitkala-Sa (Impressions of an Indian School) on hair cutting at Carlisle Indian School; Bama (Karukku) on caste humiliation in Tamil Nadu - childhood memories of oppression and resistance.
Summary
First day at boarding school; hears hair will be cut.
First day at boarding school; hears hair will be cut.
She hides under bed; dragged to chair.
She hides under bed; dragged to chair.
Mourns loss - only cowards or mourners cut hair in her culture.
Mourns loss - only cowards or mourners cut hair in her culture.
Long route home watching street scenes.
Long route home watching street scenes.
Upper-caste man holds packet by string for Dalit boy.
Upper-caste man holds packet by string for Dalit boy.
Education is weapon against caste; Bama studies hard.
Education is weapon against caste; Bama studies hard.
Hard words & meanings
| shingled | hair cut short |
| mournful | sad |
| untouchable | caste outcast |
| vadiyar | Tamil landlord term |
| assimilation | forced fitting in |
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