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प्रश्न
Answer in your own word.
What are the instances which create humour in “The Luncheon”?
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उत्तर
The instances in the story that creates humor are:
- when the writer sees the woman at Foyot's
- when she orders dish after dish, after first saying that she eats nothing for luncheon, and then insisting that she ate only one thing for luncheon.
- when she tells the writer, who is dating only a mutton chop, that he should not overload his stomach.
- when she says that the writer has insisted on her eating asparagus.
- when the writer imagines what he would do while paying the bill.
- when the writer says that he would not eat anything for dinner that night.
- when the writer tells us the woman's weight when he sees her again after twenty years.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Talk with your partner and discuss the following question:
Have you ever been invited to lunch, at any hotel, by your friend?
Talk with your partner and discuss the following question:
Did you enjoy the lunch? Why?
Choose the correct option from the bracket and fill in the blank given below.
(addressed, luncheon, generously, unwise, insist)
The crow was____________ to sing.
Choose the correct option from the bracket and fill in the blank given below.
(addressed, luncheon, generously, unwise, insist)
The king decided to donate his wealth among his subjects____________.
Go through the story again and find out various instances which create humor in ‘The Luncheon’. Complete the table by picking up various humorous instances and the particular line from the story. One is done for you.
| Humorous Instance | Line from the story |
| l The woman is a voracious eater | ‘‘ Follow my example, and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.’’ |
Who said these words/sentences? Under what circumstances?
| Words/Sentences | Who said? | Under what circumstances? |
| I never eat anything for luncheon. | ||
| It’s many years since we first met. | ||
| Are you still hungry? | ||
| I don’t believe in overloading my stomach. | ||
| I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonight |
Answer in your own word.
There are quite a few places where the author uses the expressions ‘My heart sank, panic seized’ etc. What was the reason for this? Explain.
Answer in your own word.
Describe the use of irony and humour in “The Luncheon”.
After reading the story, but the following events into the correct order :
(a) She gave me her last kind of advice on how to improve my eating habits.
(b) I met her in the theatre after many years and I could hardly recognize her.
(c) Twenty years ago, I lived in Paris and earned just enough money to get by.
(d) I was really scared what could happen when I would pay the bill.
(e) “I never eat anything for luncheon.”
(f) I ordered a mutton chop for myself.
(g) She had read a book of mine. (h) She ordered asparagus.
(i) She suggested him to invite her to a famous and expensive restaurant.
(j) I didn’t have dinner for the rest of the month.
Irony is the expression of meaning through the use of language signifying the opposite. Describe the use of irony in ‘The Luncheon’. Pick the sentences from the story that are examples of irony. Fill in the table ‘A’ the general direct meaning while in table ‘B’ its hidden meaning or the opposite meaning intended by the speaker. One is done for you.
| Sentence | Direct meaning | Hidden meaning |
| If I cut out coffee for the next two days, | to stop drinking coffee | to stop spending money in order to save money for some purpose. |
