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प्रश्न
What distinguishes the tribal imagination from the secular imagination?
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उत्तर
The tribal imagination is, according to the author, dreamlike and hallucinatory. It admits fusion between various planes of existence and levels of time in a natural way. These characteristics distinguish the tribal imagination from the secular imagination. In tribal stories, oceans fly in the sky as birds, mountains swim in the water as fish, animals speak as humans and stars grow like plants. In tribal imagination, stars, seas, mountains, trees, men and animals, can be angry, sad or happy.
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Attempt a character sketch of Mr Gilman as a teacher.
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A1 Complete the following :
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Have you forgotten? Don't you know?
We'll say it very loud and slow:
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Books cluttered up the nursery floor!
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From now on The Herald shall be my artillery.
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Sea |
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One |
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Flower |
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| able | re |
| continue | pre |
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