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The Black Santa — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 12 · English- Short Stories : Perspectives and Reflections
The Black Santa revision notes for ICSE Class 12 English- Short Stories : Perspectives and Reflections: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
1
Poet and Background
- Allison Joseph is an American poet, editor and educator.
- She was born in London in 1967 to Caribbean parents.
- She was raised in Canada and the United States.
2
Central Idea and Theme
- The poem shows a young girl's memory of sitting on a Black Santa's lap.
- The child does not know that Santa is usually imagined as fat, white, and merry.
- The poem challenges the idea that only one kind of Santa is valid.
3
Speaker and Point of View
- The poem is narrated in the first person.
- The speaker is a five-year-old girl at the time of the memory.
- The adult speaker remembers the event with awareness and insight.
4
Character Study: The Black Santa
- The Black Santa is a thin, shaky department store Santa Claus.
- His beard is fake and slumps off his face.
- His breath reeks sweetly of alcohol.
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The poem is drawn from AllisonThe Santa in the poemThe poem refers to the sociallyThe closing lines reject the ideaThe speaker does not find it
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What are the important topics in The Black Santa for ICSE Class 12 English- Short Stories : Perspectives and Reflections?
Key topics in The Black Santa include Poet and Background, Central Idea and Theme, Speaker and Point of View, Character Study: The Black Santa. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
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