English Project

DON BOSCO SCHOOL KHARAGPUR
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-24
ROLL NO : 05
NAME : SUBHAM SAHOO
CLASS : XII
SUBJECT : ENGLISH CORE
SUB CODE : 301
PROJECT GUIDE: MR. ARIJIT KUNDU

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Subham

Sahoo, a student of class
12(science) has successfully
completed his project work under
the guidance of subject teacher Mr.
Arijit Kundu during the year 2023-
24 from Don Bosco School
Kharagpur in partial fulfilment of
English Project examination
conducted by CBSE.
ACKNOWLEDEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks
of gratitude to my teacher Mr. Arijit Singh well as
our principal Mr. R K
Moses who gave me the golden
opportunity to do this wonderful Art Integrated
project, which also helped me
in doing a lot of research and I came to
know so many new things I am really
thankful to them.
Secondly, I would also like to thank my
parents and friends who helped me a lot
in initializing this project within the
limited time frame
INDEX
1.About Pablo Neruda’s Life
2.Work
3.Keeping Quiet – Summary
4. Keeping Quiet – Social
Message
ABOUT PABLO NERUDA LIFE
Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose

real name is Neftalí Ricardo Reyes
Basoalto, was born on 12 July, 1904,
in the town of Parral in Chile.
His father was a railway employee and
his mother, who died shortly after his
birth, a teacher. Some years later his
father, who had then moved to the
town of Temuco, remarried doña Trinidad
Candia Malverde.
Keeping Quiet (Summary)
“Keeping Quiet” is a peace poem written by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. The poet asks humanity to
count numbers from one to twelve - twelve being the number of hours shown in a clock or the number
of zodiac signs. He requests everyone not to speak because languages create barriers between people.
The moment when everyone stops moving their body will be very special and different as we have never
experienced such a moment before. The poet says that in this period of inactivity the fishermen would
not harm the whales, the salt gatherers will not hurt their hands, those who are busy destroying the
nature will adopt a new approach towards life, The men who are preparing for wars and victory based
on deaths of innocent people will join their enemy and stand in unity with them, doing nothing. No one
will harm himself or any other person. Everyone will unite and ponder upon his acts and realize the
results of his deeds. The poet clarifies his idea and says further that he does not want that people
should stand idle. He wants that there should be no war because he does not want to see trucks laden
with dead bodies of the soldiers. He is promoting Universal brotherhood and peace. The poet says that
everyone is working continuously, to achieve one’s goals. People are threatened by death and the fear
forces them to work endlessly so that they can achieve everything quickly. In this mad rush, they do not
realize the repercussions of their acts. He wants us to pause and come out of the mad rush. He wants
us to be happy about our achievements and celebrate them. He wants us to overcome the fear of death
and to relax for a while. We should know the results of our deeds and celebrate our achievements.
When the people will remain quiet for a while, they will realize the purpose of their lives. Just like all
the creations of nature undergo a rebirth with the change of seasons, similarly, keeping quiet will be a
rebirth for the human soul. It will give a new meaning to our life. Again, the poet says that he will
count till twelve and asks everyone to remain quiet while he leaves.
Keeping Quiet (Social Message)
The poet here warns us that his message of

silence should not be confused with total
inactivity or inertia. He further clears that his
message does not have any affinity with death
even. His message is aimed at the way of
living. He wants us to stop a while and feel
the calmness so that a positive
introspection is done.
Bibliography
• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.org
• www.chat.openai.com

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DON BOSCO SCHOOL KHARAGPUR

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2023-24

PROJECT GUIDE: MR. ARIJIT KUNDU

This is to certify that Subham

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose

The poet here warns us that his message of

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