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What does 'The God that Failed' refer to?
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The author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how this serves to make the piece interesting.
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Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?
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How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini Studios?
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What do you understand about the author's literary inclinations from the account?
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Discuss in small group taking off from points in the text.
Film-production today has come a long way from the early days of the Gemini Studios.
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Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meanings from the context.
- keep body and soul together
- hunger gleamed in his eyes
- plods along the road
- unwonted joy
- impenetrable prison
- nodded a haughty consent
- eased his way
- fallen into a line of thought
- things have gone downhill
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From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
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Why was he amused by this idea?
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Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the crofter?
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Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
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Discuss in small group taking off from points in the text.
Poetry and films.
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Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?
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Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the crofter?
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Discuss in small group taking off from points in the text.
Humour and criticism.
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What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?
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Why did the ironmaster speak kindly to the peddler and invite him home?
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Why did the peddler decline the invitation?
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What made the peddler accept Edla Willmansson’s invitation?
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What doubts did Edla have about the peddler?
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