CBSE Class 11 English — Flashcards

A: The grandmother is the narrator’s old, wrinkled, short, fat, and slightly bent family elder who raised him. She is deeply religious, prays constantly, feeds village dogs in the village phase, later fe

A: The portrait shows a man with a big turban, loose-fitting clothes, and a long white beard. He looks about a hundred years old and appears stern and dignified, which creates a strong visual contrast wi

A: Her beauty came from her calmness, devotion, and peaceful presence. She is compared to a winter landscape, which suggests purity, serenity, and quiet grace rather than physical attractiveness.

A: The narrator is Aram, a nine-year-old boy. He tells the story in the first person, which makes the events feel personal and immediate.

A: Mourad is Aram's cousin and the central action-maker in the story. He is considered crazy by others, but Aram sees him as lively, skillful, and deeply connected to horses.

A: The Garoghlanian family is famous for honesty. They are also very poor, but pride and truthfulness are stronger than wealth in their family identity.

A: The family set out to duplicate the round-the-world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James Cook. Their journey was planned as a three-year, 105,000 kilometre round-the-world voyage.

A: Wavewalker was the family’s boat: a 23 metre, 30 ton wooden-hulled vessel. It had been professionally built and fitted out for the journey.

A: Larry Vigil, an American crewman, and Herb Seigler, a Swiss crewman, were taken on to help sail through the southern Indian Ocean, one of the roughest seas in the world.