The Stolen Bacillus — Chapter Summary
ICSE · Class 8 · English Literature: Book 'Gulmohar'
Summary of The Stolen Bacillus for ICSE Class 8 English Literature: Book 'Gulmohar'. Part of the ICSE Class 8 English Literature: Book 'Gulmohar' syllabus.
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Overview
The Stolen Bacillus is a humorous science-fiction story about a bacteriologist, a mysterious visitor, and a mistaken belief about cholera. The story mixes suspense, irony, and humour. It shows how the visitor, who is really an anarchist, steals a tube believing it contains deadly cholera bacteria. I
Key Concepts
The bacteriologist is a scientist who
The bacteriologist is a scientist who studies disease bacteria. He is curious, dramatic in speech, and careless enough to mislead the visitor about th
The first sample shown under
The first sample shown under the microscope is a stained and killed preparation of cholera bacteria. It is not alive, so it is safe to observe.
The bacteriologist keeps living disease bacteria
The bacteriologist keeps living disease bacteria in sealed tubes and calls one of them bottled cholera. The visitor becomes fascinated by it.
The pale
The pale-faced visitor is actually an anarchist who wants to be noticed and remembered by people who have ignored and insulted him.
The anarchist thinks the tube contains
The anarchist thinks the tube contains cholera, so when it breaks he believes he is doomed. He even drinks the remaining drop to make sure he does not
Learning Objectives
- To understand the main events of the story in order
- To identify the characters and their roles
- To explain the irony and humour in the story
- To understand how science is used in the plot
- To notice how fear, suspicion, and mistaken belief drive the story
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