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One Centimetre (Bi Shu-Min)

CBSE · Class 12 · English

Complete topic list for One Centimetre (Bi Shu-Min) in CBSE Class 12 English. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 12 English

Topics in One Centimetre (Bi Shu-Min)

1

Story Overview

  • Tao Ying works as a cook in a factory canteen and sometimes avoids buying a bus ticket when she travels alone.
  • When she travels with Xiao Ye, she buys two bus tickets because she wants to please him and act as a careful mother.
  • Xiao Ye is about five years old and wants a ticket because he thinks a proper journey should include one.
2

Characters and Their Roles

  • Tao Ying is a mother who tries hard to be gracious, careful, and ideal in front of her son.
  • She works in a factory canteen, is married to a blue-collar worker, and is very conscious of saving money.
  • Xiao Ye is about five years old and deeply wants fairness and ritual, especially a ticket for himself.
3

Themes and Central Ideas

  • Parenthood is shown as a difficult balance between love, example, and discipline.
  • Children imitate adults, so a parent’s actions matter as much as words.
  • Dignity and self-respect are important to Tao Ying, even when the issue involves only a small sum of money.
4

Important Episodes and Sequence

  • Tao Ying often avoids paying bus fare when she travels alone, depending on the conductor’s manner.
  • On one bus ride, Xiao Ye asks for a ticket and insists that a proper ride needs one.
  • Tao Ying buys two tickets after the conductor says the child is one centimetre short.

Key Concepts

Central concept: The struggle between truth, pride, and parental responsibility over a child's height and a ticket

Tao YingXiao YeBus journeyTemple visitHeight measurementPride and humiliationParental exampleTruth versus appearance

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