The Shoeshine
NIOS · Class 10 · English
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The Shoeshine presents an educated young man who arrives in Delhi without a job and with very little money. A chance meeting with a shoeshine boy in Connaught Circus leads to an unusual decision: the narrator considers becoming a shoeshine himself. The chapter highlights dignity of labour, courage,
Key Concepts
The story shows that honest work
The story shows that honest work has value, whatever the job may be. The educated narrator is ready to take up shoeshining work when he has no better
The narrator does not remain helpless
The narrator does not remain helpless for long. He begins to see a new possibility after learning that a shoeshine can earn more than a clerk in a gov
Shovan Lal and the other shoeshine
Shovan Lal and the other shoeshine boys discuss the narrator’s case together and decide to support him by collecting money for his equipment.
The group accepts the narrator partly
The group accepts the narrator partly because he knows English and can help with correspondence with the authorities.
The shoeshine boys work in Connaught
The shoeshine boys work in Connaught Circus, where a shoeshine earns well, but the work is treated as illegal on the pavement because the authorities
Learning Objectives
- Understand the central theme of dignity of labour
- Trace the meeting between the narrator and Shovan Lal
- Explain why the narrator is tempted to become a shoeshine
- Describe the role of cooperation and teamwork in the story
- Recognise the value of communication and English knowledge in the union
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