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    Class XI – NCERT – English Chapter 2

    The Address

    Reading with insight :


    Solutions of Questions on Page Number :15

    Question:
    'Have you come back?' said the woman. 'I thought that no one had come back.' Does this statement give some
    clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
    Answer:
    The quoted statement indicates that the two families knew each other. They stayed nearby and were
    probably acquaintances. When the war was going on, some people left their homes to take refuge
    in distant lands. Few people who remained there thought that those who had left their land would
    never return. Mrs. Dorling, a non-Jew, thought that the entire family of Mrs. S, a Jew, was killed
    during the war. So instead of receiving her warmly, the lady gave the girl a cold reception.

    Question:
    The story is divided into pre-war and post-war times. What hardships do you think the girl underwent during
    these times?
    Answer :
    The story, “The Address” is divided into pre-war and post-war times. There are clear indications of
    the hardships which the narrator, a young girl, had to undergo during these times. The girl belonged
    to a rich family. They had lot of valuable belongings. Then the war broke out, Mrs. Dorling renewed
    her contact and started visiting their house. She took away all their possessions on the ground that she
    wanted to save all their nice things in case they had to leave the place. The girl suffered a lot during
    the war. She lost her mother. After the war was over, things became almost normal. The girl lived
    alone in a rented house. She wanted her belongings back as they were part of her past that she had lost
    forever. When she went to meet Mrs. Dorling, she saw that all her belongings were arranged in a
    tasteless manner. She could not connect herself with any of them. Suddenly, she lost interest in them
    as they had become total strangers to her. So the girl decided to leave them behind and resolved to
    move on.

    Question:
    Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
    Answer :
    The narrator went to the house of the lady who had promised to keep the valuable items of her
    mother safe during the war . The address given by her mother helped the girl in finding out the
    house but when she saw the tasteless manner in which her belongings were arranged, she wanted to
    forget the address and leave the house as she could not connect herself with her belongings. They
    had lost all their emotional value for the narrator. She now lived in a small rented room where
    there was no place to keep all those things. That was why she wanted to forget the address.
    Class XI – NCERT – English Chapter 2
    The Address

    Question:
    TheAddress'isastoryofhumanpredicamentthatfollowswarComment.
    Answer :
    The phenomenon of war brings lot of suffering for human beings. It brings with it death and
    destruction. It kills the feelings of love and sympathy. The story "The Address" is based on this
    theme. During the war, the narrator's mother leaves all her valuable things with an acquaintance. The
    mother dies and many years later the narrator returns to Mrs Dorling to take back all her belongings.
    But the woman shows no sympathy for her. On the contrary, she behaves in a very hard hearted
    manner. She doesnot allow the girl to enter the house. She turns out to be a lady bereft of all human
    emotions. Thus we find that war leaves the world desolate not only on the physical level but also on
    the emotional and spiritual level.

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