Essay Practice: What is Your Impression of Swami & IMPORTANT notes

8/2/2019 Essay Practice: What is Your Impression of Swami & IMPORTANT notes

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What is your impression of Swami?

Teacher-modelled example:

(** Note that the this is just an example. You have to adjust yourpoints to fit the question.)

**Depending on the flow of the parts within the paragraph, sometimes we

do not need linking sentences in between the parts.

*You must write a minimum of 3 points with well-elaborated paragraphs.

* Bonus marks will be awarded if you provide more than 3 points with well-

elaborated paragraphs.

* You may have/use more than 1 evidence (quotes and/or events) undereach point. Be selective of evidence that you want to use.Decide which

ones best justify your point.

Point I feel that Swami is a loyal friend who values friendship.

Evidenc

e

We see this when Swami realises that Rajam is going to leave

Malgudi for good, he gets very upset and feels a great sense of

desolation.

Elaborat

ion

He works up the courage to say goodbye to Rajam at the train

station and gives Rajam a book as a farewell gift and peace

offering.

Link Hence, this shows that Swami is someone who values

friendship and therefore, a loyal friend.

[line a space in between each line]

Introduction: My impression of Swami is apositive/pleasant/negative/unpleasant one as he is (state the

points you want to mention in your essay).

A proper paragraph:

I feel that Swami is a loyal friend who values friendship. We see this

when Swami realises that Rajam is going to leave Malgudi for good, he gets

very upset and feels a great sense of desolation. He works up the courage

to say goodbye to Rajam at the train station and gives Rajam a book as a

farewell gift and peace offering. Hence, this shows that Swami is someonewho values friendship and therefore, a loyal friend.


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Leave 2 lines after each para

Secondly, Swami is also..

Swami as he is also an observant boy. .

Leave 2 line after each para

I also have the impression that Swami is

Leave 2 line after each para

In conclusion, my impression of Swami is _____________ as he is

. . I would/ would not like him as a friend because I

feel that a friend .

What is your impression of Swami?

Trait Revealed by1. LoyalValues friendship/hisfriends

- When Swami realises that Rajam is going toleave Malgudi for good, he gets very upset andfeels a great sense of desolation. He works upthe courage to say goodbye to Rajam at thetrain station and gives Rajam a book as afarewell gift and peace offering.[Chap 25: A Parting Present, Pg 233]

- When he runs away, Swami still has theintention to return for the cricket match so thathe wouldnt let his friends down (as they aredepending on him).[Chap 20: In Trouble Again, Pg 198]

2. Enthusiastic aboutthings that he likes - He tries ways and means to get money togive to the coachman so that the money canmultiply and he would eventually get to buy hishoop from the coachman[Chap 10: The Coachmans Son, Pg 79]

- He helps Rajam to brainstorm for a name fortheir cricket club[Chap 15: The MCC, Pg 141]

- He goes for cricket training after school

everyday[Chap 18: The Captain Takes a Stand, Pg


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170]

3. Observant - When Swami joins his friends for a game, hequickly realises that something is not right asthey give him a faint smile and carry on playing

[Chap 4: What is a Tail?, Pg 35]

- When his mother is in labour, he becomescold and reserved when he speaks to herbecause he notices that she is very different.The description of his observations is verydetailed.[Chap 7: A New Arrival, Pg 57]

4. Imaginative - When Father asks Swami to solve anArithmetic sum about mangos, Swamis mind

drifts from the mangos to the kind of person,Rama, a character in the sum, was.[Chap 11:In Fathers Presence, Pg 100]-

5. Very innocent andnave

- Swami believes the Coachman when he tellsSwami that he can turn copper to silver just bykeeping copper coins in a special metal potwith some mysterious herbs, burying them inthe ground and performing yoga in the dead ofthe night.[Chap 10: The Coachmans Son, Pg 82]

- Swami and friends decide to write a letter toMessrs Binns , the shop for sports goods, torequest for Junior Willard bats and other sportgoods, thinking that they can pay for the goodslater when they have the money.[Chap 15: The MCC, Pg 150]

6. Not respectful/ Rudetowards his grandmotherand mother

- When Granny asks him to buy a lemon forher, he holds out his hand for coins but thenlater flings the coins down rudely when he getsirritated by Grannys time-limit and tells her toget her lemon herself, and runs away.[Chap 16: Granny shows Her Ignorance,Pg 158]

- When Granny does not understand whatSwami is relating to her, he shouts at her[Chap 16: Granny shows Her Ignorance,Pg 160]

- Swami gets angry with Mother for remindingFather that Swami has been lazing around. He


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accuses her of carrying tales and later snatchesthe babys cloth to clean his books[Chap 11:In Fathers Presence, Pg 99]

7. Not honest/ tells lies - Swami lies to Father, telling him that Samuel,the Arithmetic teacher, is violent abusive and

will beat him for being late. He relates(embellishes) how Samuel caned a boy sixtimes and then made him stay on his knees fora whole period.[Chap 13: A Helping Hand, Pg 111]

8. Lazy/ notstudious/impatient

- Father has to force Swami to study for hisexaminations by commanding him and makinghim reflect about the consequences of failinghis examinations (his juniors will become hisclassmates)

[Chap 8: Before Examinations, Pg 61]

-His books are covered with a layer of dustduring the holidays[Chap 11:In Fathers Presence, Pg 97]

9. Playful - He wants to get a hoop, like cricket,- Swami is among the protesters outside ofAlbert Mission School. He is swept up in themoment and when the protesters startthrowing stones to damage the window panes,he joins in and breaks the Headmasters

window pane.[Chap 14: Broken Panes, Pg 120]

- he hangs out with Rajam and Mani and getsinto all kinds of mischief

10. Notcourageous/cowardly/Tries ways to avoidunpleasant situations

- When Father commands him to sleep in theoffice alone, Swami tries to negotiate with himto start sleeping alone the next month[Chap 17: A Hero, Pg 164]

- When Rajam insists on meeting Swamisheadmaster to ask him to exempt Swami fromextra work till the match is over , Swamifeigns sickness so that he misses school in themorning the next day, in hope of avoidingRajams visit to Board High School.[Chap 18: The Captain Takes a Stand, Pg171]

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