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NCERT Solutions for Class 10 English Literature Chapter 8 Mirror
TextBook Questions

Question 1.
In pairs discuss the following questions?
  • When do you generally use a mirror
  • Is a mirror essential for us
  • Given below is a list of possible reasons why a person uses a mirror
    • Tick (?) the ones you agree with :
  • to check one appearance
  • to look beautiful
  • to make sure one is neat and tidy before going out
  • to check for a pimple or a grey hair
  • to apply make-up
  • to make a phone call
  • as a decorative item at home
Answer:
  • We generally use a mirror to see our reflection while getting ready for office or going out
  • Yes, a mirror is essential for us to make our appearance better
  • (i), (iii),(iv), (v), (vii)
Question 2.
On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions by ticking the correct choice?

(a) When the mirror is being described as being ‘unmisted by love or dislike’ we understand that the mirror is ....
(i) not misted
(ii) not prejudiced
(iii) has four angles
(iv) is silver in colour.
Answer:
(ii) not prejudiced
(b) The other word for ‘contemplation’ is....
(i) contempt
(ii) meditation
(iii) mediation
(iv)thoughtful
Answer:
(ii) meditation
(c) When the mirror says ‘it has no preconceptions’ it means that .....
(i) it reflects back an image objectively
(ii) it modifies an image as it reflects it
(iii) it beautifies an image as it reflects it
(iv) it gives a biased view of a person/object
Answer:
(i) it reflects back an image objectively
(d) The mirror has been called ‘a four-cornered god’ because .......
(i) it is square shaped
(ii) like God it watches you unbiased and fair from all four angles
(iii) it reflects back all that it sees
(iv) it never stops reflecting
Answer:
(ii) like God it watches you unbiased and fair from all four angles
(e) The ‘speckles’ refer to ......
(i) a pink object
(ii) the opposite wall which has spots on it
(iii) a person with pink pimples
(iv) pink spots in general
Answer:
(ii) the opposite wall which has spots on it
(f) The phrase ‘agitation of the hand’ suggests that the person is .....
(i) very ill
(ii) very upset
(iii) very angry
(iv)very happy
Answer:
(ii) very upset
(g) By saying ‘Now I am a lake’ the narrator wants to show that ........
(i) the poem is not only about external beauty but also the inside of a person
(ii) the lake can also reflect surfaces
(iii) the depth of the lake is important
(iv) the lake does not show as exact an image as a mirror
Answer:
(ii) the lake can also reflect surfaces

Question 3.
Answer the following questions briefly?
I. What is the poetic device used when the mirror says I swallow

Answer:
The poetic device used here is personification

II. How does the mirror usually pass its time

Answer:
Mirror usually passes its time by meditating on the opposite wall

III. What disturbs the mirror contemplation of the opposite wall

Answer:
Faces and darkness disturb the mirrors contemplation of the opposite wall

IV. Why does the mirror appear to be a lake in the second stanza? What aspect of the mirror do you think is being referred to here

Answer:
The mirror appears to be a lake because the lake can reflect surfaces. The mirror displays the true and objective images as it is truthful

V. What is the woman searching for in the depths of the lake

Answer:
The woman is searching for her reflection, her face

VI. How does the narrator convey the fact that the woman looking at her reflection in the lake is deeply distressed

Answer:
The woman is weeping, has tears and is upset. She is also showing her protest with agitation of hands

VII. What makes the woman start crying

Answer:
The woman starts crying because she is not happy with her image reflected by the lake

VIII. What do you think the terrible fish in the last line symbolizes? What is the poetic device used here

Answer:
The terrible image symbolises the old, worn out face of the woman. The poetic device Simile is used here

Question 4.
Read the poem silently and answer the following questions?
I.List out the adjectives that have been used to describe the mirror. Add a few more adjectives to the list

Answer:
silver, exact, unbiased, unmisted by love or dislike, not cruel, truthful, eye of a little god, four- cornered, meditator The mirror is used as a human. So the word swallow has been used

II. In the second stanza why has the narrator replaced the mirror with a lake? What is he/she trying to focus on

Answer:
The poet has done so because the lake also reflects images as the mirror does. The woman is not happy with her image told by mirror, so she has turned to the lake. She is trying to focus on the fact that a woman cannot accept the fact she has aged and does not look as charming as in her young age

Question 5.
Find the various instances of personification used in this poem?

Answer:
Instances of personification in the poem

  • Whatever I see I swallow immediately
  • I have looked at it so long I think it is a part of my heart
  • I see her back and reflect it faithfully
  • The eye of a little god four-cornered
Question 6.
Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow by ticking the correct choice?

A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon.
(a) What is the woman bending over?
(i) the mirror
(ii) the lake
(iii) the opposite wall
(iv) the moon and the candles.
Answer:
(ii) the lake
(b) Why have the candles and the moon been called ‘liars’?
(i) because they make people beautiful
(ii) they hide the blemishes of people with their soft light
(iii) they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow
(iv) they can’t talk.
Answer:
(iii) they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow
(c) Why does she turn to them in spite of calling them ‘liars’?
(i) the reality is too harsh for her to bear
(ii) she is desperately looking for someone to comfort her
(iii) she wants to be told that she is still beautiful
(iv)she can hide her signs of graying in their light.
Answer:
(ii) she is desperately looking for someone to comfort her

Question 7.
Imagine you are the mirror. Write a speech that you would like to deliver to the humans who come to see their reflection in you. You could begin like this .. Good Morning dear humans I feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to express my feelings and share my thoughts with you. As you know, all my life is spent in faithfully reflecting all that comes before my eyes ...?

Answer:
.... Im as pure as silver and reflect the images objectively. Nobody can blame me to be biased or being affected by any sort of like or dislike as Im same

for everbody. I want people to take me as truthful and not cruel as I reflect the same image as it is. I treat everybody in the same way because I am like god eye and am four cornered. As god looks after the people on earth with the same love and affection from all the four directions, I also give out the same treatment

A wall is placed opposite me who is like my close companion. I keep looking at her all the time and she has become part of my life. Nobody can separate us except for some faces and darkness, she keeps looking at me and anybody can see the wall into me. This friend of mine is painted in pink and has got some spots of pink colour

I am also compared with a lake which also reflects the image. A woman bends over it and tries to find her face in the depth of water. But she does not find clear image of her face and becomes distressed. Therefore, she takes the help of moon and candles who can give her temporary glow but cannot change the reality. I am a testimony to how she has grown from a young girl to an old woman. With each passing day the mirror reveals that she is ageing

8.Here is another poem on mirror. The narrator calls the mirror a fibber. How is this poem different from the poem by Sylvia Plath ? Have a class discussion on the comparison in terms of the theme, the tone and the language used?

MIRROR

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Can’t you show me tall and slim?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Must I look so bloody grim?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
You’re distorting my poor waist!
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
And why the heck am I defaced?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Why have I a double chin?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
And what’s the stupid, goofy grin?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Pointless asking ‘Who’s the fairest?
More bloody likely,,‘Who’s the queerest?
Now look, I paid a big bucks for thee,
So why can’t you be nice to me?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall.
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Me, you say? Ah, that’s better
Mirror, mirror, bloody fibber!

Answer:

Poem by Sylvia Plath Another poem on mirror
THEME
. Appearances . Self-realisation
. Transiency of time . Denial
. Transformation . Self-pity
. Realisation of truth
TONE
. Somebre . Humorous
. Unbiased . Complaining
. Unprejudiced . Obsessive
LANGUAGE
. Figurative (metaphor, personification) . Sarcastic

Important Question

NCERT CBSE for Class 10 English Literature Chapter 8 Mirror Important Questions
Mirror --By Sylvia Plath
Introduction

Sylvia Plath, a famous English woman poet, has personified the mirror in this short poem which has a very deep meaning. She expresses the pains and sufferings of her life in her poetry in an exceptionally candid manner.
In the poem, "A Mirror", a mere glass has been made vocal. It is allowed to speak about itself and defend against silly charges.


It asserts that it is exact and truthful. It reflects every face and every object without any biased feelings. It only reveals the truth about the person. It is God’s eye which notices every minute detail.

‘Mirror’ reflects the poet’s concern with ageing. It reflects the reality accurately, even though people often do not like what it shows them. The ageing woman who comes before it shudders at her reflection. The idea is that time affects one terribly. One grows old and loses one’s charm and brilliance. Reality cannot be evaded, though one can evade the mirror, the true reflector of reality.
In the poem, "A Mirror", a mere glass has been made vocal. It is allowed to speak about itself and defend against silly charges.


It asserts that it is exact and truthful. It reflects every face and every object without any biased feelings. It only reveals the truth about the person. It is God’s eye which notices every minute detail.

‘Mirror’ reflects the poet’s concern with ageing. It reflects the reality accurately, even though people often do not like what it shows them. The ageing woman who comes before it shudders at her reflection. The idea is that time affects one terribly. One grows old and loses one’s charm and brilliance. Reality cannot be evaded, though one can evade the mirror, the true reflector of reality.
In this poem, the mirror itself is the narrator. It is transparent and accurate. It truly reflects what is before it. It is free from prejudices. It is not cruel but only truthful. Most of the time it keeps on reflecting the blank wall with some spots, opposite it, except when somebody comes before it or when there is darkness,
The mirror may be called God’s eye because it reflects every one exactly from all four angles without any prejudice.
The mirror has become a lake or a pool of water. A woman looks into its depth to know correctly what she looks like now. She is growing old. She turns her back to the mirror and faces the candles or the moon. They give her a false view of her age and beauty. They tell lies and mislead her. But the mirror plays no tricks. She bursts into tears. The mirror gets her tears as a reward. The mirror knows that the woman has lost her
youth. She has been using the mirror ever since she was a young girl. Now when she comes before it she is terrified to see an old woman rising towards her, day after day like a terrible fish.

Extract Based Questions (3 marks each)

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
Question 1.
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman.
Rises toward her day after day like a terrible fish.
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2013, Set 8SRR)


(a) Why does the poet refer to the ‘terrible fish’ in the last line ?

(b) Why has it been described as being ‘terrible’ ?
(c) What does the phrase ‘in me she has drowned a young girl’ mean ?

Answer (a) The phrase ‘terrible fish’ describes the hog like wrinkled face of the old woman.
(b) Loss of her youth and beauty makes her behave like a fish trapped in the pond of time which looks terrible without any grace or elegance.
(c) Since her youth she has been admiring her reflection in the mirror.

Question 2. I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions ,
whatever I see I swallow immediately
just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
Year of Question:(Board Tenn-I 2013, Set WKYS)

(a) Who does I refer to here ?
(b) What does the poet mean when she says the mirror has no preconceptions ?
(c) Which figure of speech is used in ‘I Swallow’

Answer (a) I refers to the mirror.
(b) She means that the mirror is unbiased and reflects the image objectively.
(c) Personification.

Question 3.
’I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.’
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 39)

(a) What does T refer to in these lines ?
(b) What is meant by ‘I have no preconceptions’ ?
(c) Why has mirror been depicted as ‘unmisted’ ?

Answer (a) The mirror.
(b) T reflects your image objectively.
(c) The mirror is not biased either due to love or hate.

Question 4.
I am not cruel, only truthful
The eye of a little God, four cornered
(Board Term-I 2012, Set 37)
(a) Who is T in the above lines ?
(b) Why is T only truthful ?
(c) Which poetic device has been used in line ?

Answer (a) The mirror.
(b) Because it reflects what it sees.
(c) Metaphor.


Question 5.
It is pink with speckles. I have looked at it so long
I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers.
Faces and darkness separate us over and over.
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 24)

(a) What is it which is pink with speckles ?
(b) When does it flicker ?
(c) Who is ‘us’ in the last line ?

Answer (a) The wall. ‘
(b) When faces and darkness come in between.
(c) The wall and the mirror.

Question 6.
I think it’s part of my heart but it flickers
Faces and darkness separate us over and over
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 24)

(a) Who is the speaker ?
(b) What is separated from it ?
(c) The poetic device used here is.......

Answer (a) The mirror.
(b) The wall.
(c) Personification.

Question 7.
"I am important to her. She comes and goes
Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day like a terrible fish."
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 51)

(a) How is the mirror important to her ?
(b) How has the mirror drowned a young girl and replaced her with an old woman ?
(c) Which peotic device in used in line 4 ?

Answer (a) It satisfies her curiosity.
(b) The young woman has been growing old day by day.
(c) Simile.


Question 8.
A woman bends over me.
Searching my reaches for what she really is
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 48)

(a) What is the woman bending over ?
(b) The candles and moon have been called liars because.......
(c) The woman goes to them even though they are liars because.......

Answer (a) The mirror.
(b) They hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in dim light.
(c) The reality is too harsh for her to bear.

Short Answer Type Questions (2 marks each)

Question 1.
What does the woman search for in the mirror everyday ?
Year of Question:(Board 2014, Set 8L1922Q, QUD9VQW)

Answer Value Points:
The woman searches for her lost beauty in the lake and mirror-her lost young age. (CBS1 Marking Scheme, 2014)

Detailed Answer:
The woman stands in front of the mirror everyday and searches for her lost beauty in the lake and the mirror. She feels agitated of the loss of her young age as she’s not able to accept the reality of her lost youth.

Question 2.
Why has mirror been called cruel ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2013, Set 7PZ8)
Or
Why does the poet call the mirror ‘cruel’ ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 24)

Answer Mirror is honest and shows the true reflection. It does not reflect false images so people in their agitation call it cruel.

Question 3.
Why is mirror called a ‘four cornered God’ ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 19)

Answer The mirror is unbiased, and from all angles it looks at its subjects like God. He treats them without any preferences.

Question 4.
What do you think the ‘terrible fish’ in the poem, ‘Mirror’ symbolizes ? What is the poetic device used here ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 50)

Answer Terrible fish symbolizes wrinkled, old face of the woman which has lost its youth and beauty. She can’t come to terms with her change. Only mirror makes her realize that she is no more young and beautiful. She feels agitated and behaves like a terrible fish.

Question 5.
How has Sylvia Plath used the poetic device of ‘personification’ to describe the Mirror ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 51)

Answer Mirror describes itself as silver-coloured and exact. It has no preconceived notions and is not affected by love, hate or other emotions. It is objective and unbiased-woman, who bends over it can see what she really is as the mirror doesn’t lie or deceives like candles or moon. It indulges in human activities - ‘sees’, ‘swallows’, ‘mediates’ and ‘thinks’.

Question 6.
How has Sylvia Plath projected mirror ?
Year of Question: (Board Term-I 2012, Set 53)

Answer Sylvia Plath has projected mirror as unmisted and non-biased. Unprejudiced, with no preconceived ideology, it projects the crystal clear image of an object facing it. Having four comers, it reflects all that it captures realistically and is impartial.

Question 7.
What are the personal qualities the mirror claims to possess ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2012, Set 55)

Answer Mirror is silver and exact. It has no preconceptions. It is unbiased and truthful. It is neither cruel nor indifferent.
It has four comers and has the eye of a little God.

Question 8.
Give evidence from the poem, ‘Mirror’ to prove that the mirror is exact and truthful.
Year of Question: (Board Term-I 2012, Set 59)

Answer The mirror is exact. It symbolizes truthfulness. It is free from all distortions. It shows things as they are. It doesn’t hesitate to show flaws, signs of old age or loss of beauty and youth. Objectivity is the main trait of the mirror, whatever it sees, it reflects faithfully.

Question 9.
What does the mirror do most of the time ?
Year of Question(Board Term-I 2011, Set 14)

Answer The mirror spends most of its time watching and meditating on the opposite pink wall quietly. It keeps reflecting the opposite wall, so much that it has become a part of its heart.

Question 10.
What aspect of life has been discussed in the poem ‘Mirror’. Mention two poetic devices used in the poem.
(Board Term-I 2011, Set 17)

Answer The process of ageing has been discussed in this poem. The two poetic devices used in this poem are personification and metaphor.

Question 11.
Why is the woman, looking into the mirror, agitated ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2011, Set 27)

Answer The woman is agitated because the mirror shows her the true reflection. She notices her ageing image in it and realizes that she is losing her charm.

Question 12.
What according to Sylvia Plath, are the qualities of a mirror ?
Year of Question:(Board Term-I 2011,2009)

Answer Sylvia Plath presents mirror as a symbol of truth, reality and objectivity. Unlike human beings, it is free from any preconception and prejudices, unmisted by emotions of love and hatred. Mirror has compared itself to an eye of ’ a little God, viewing everything in an unbiased and fair manner. It calls itself a lake because like a lake it reflects what is shown to it truthfully. 1

Question 13.
Why are the candles and the moon called liars ? (NCT 2014)
Year of Question(Board Term-I 2012, Set 28)

Answer The moon and the candles are called liars as they never reveal the truth about anyone. They give the false reflection as they make things look brighter and glowing than they actually are.

Question 14.
What does the phrase, ‘terrible fish’ symbolize in the poem, ‘Mirror’?

Answer The ‘terrible fish’ refers to the fear of ageing that rises from the depths of her repressed mind, it also symbolizes the woman’s self loathing and perception of herself as being unworthy of being loved and as old as a fish. !

Question 15.
Why does the woman turn to those liars, the candles and the moon in the poem ‘Mirror’ ? ,

Answer The woman turns to the liars because they give her a false picture of being young which she is not. The mirror shows the real picture.

Question 16.
Why is it said that the mirror swallows everything it sees ?

Answer The mirror says that whatever it sees, it absorbs that image and reflects it. It reflects the reality as it sees, uninfluenced by love or dislike.

Question 17.
Why does the woman reject the mirror and turn towards the candles and the moon ?

Answer She is unable to accept the reality that the mirror shows her that she is ageing and isn’t pretty any more. The candle and the moon don’t show her the harsh reality that she has lost her youth and beauty.

Long Answer Type Questions (4 marks each)

Question 1.
As the central character of the poem The Mirror, write a letter to your best friend sharing your fear of ageing.
Year of Question(Board 2014, Set PRE2N18, QUD9VQW)

Answer Letter writing (Value Points):

Content-2 marks

- what I look in the mirror-do not want to believe it
- I’m really scared of losing my beauty as I’m growing older
- Still want to look magnificent
- The thought of growing old is killing
- Do you also have the same fears
- Please help me come out of this situation

Detailed Answer:
463, ABC Street
London
14th May 20 xx

Dear Pam

You were the first one to enter my thought when I wanted to share with someone my fear of ageing. I shudder at my reflection in the mirror. I do not want to believe that I am growing old with each passing day. I am losing my beauty and moving towards old age and that scares me. I want to look magnificent and gorgeous as ever.

This ageing process is scaring the wits out of me. The thought of growing old is killing. I feel that I am losing my charm and brilliance which is not acceptable to me. I know that this is the reality of life and I should not be thinking this way but somehow I am unable to cope up with the thought. I feel dejected and frustrated. Is this dejection and frustration universal ? Do you also feel the same way ? Are you also scared of getting old ?

Please help me come out of this situation. I am concerned and don’t want to get affected in such a terrifying manner.

Yours sincerely Sylvia

Question 2.
Imagine you are the mirror. Make a diary entry on a day in your life.
Year of Question: (Board Term-I 2011, Set 41)

Answer 31 March, Friday 9 p.m.
Dear Diary

Today, I was just wondering how I spend my whole day. I realized that most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is only the faces and darkness that separate us. Every morning a lady bends over me to know

what she really is but when I reflect her image faithfully, she is upset and agitated. She feels so because she sees her exact image of an ageing woman. I am exact. I have no preconceptions. I reflect the image in an unbiased way as I am unmisted by love or dislike. That’s why the woman feels agitated. But I am happy with myself as I show people how and what they exactly are.

Question 3.
How does Sylvia Plath effectively use personification in her poem ‘The Mirror’ ?
Year of Question: (Board Term-I 2011, Set 33)

Answer ‘The Mirror’ is a perfect example of personification. The poet has successfully endowed human qualities to the mirror. The mirror tells about itself ‘I am exact’. It has no prejudices or preconceptions in its mind. It shows images as they are reflected in it. The whole day it meditates on the opposite wall which is pink and speckled. It is unmisted and when the lady looks into the mirror, she gets agitated and upset at seeing her ageing image. Thus, Sylvia Plath has effectively used personification in this poem.

Question 4.
What message does the poet wish to convey through the poem ‘Mirror’ ?
Year of Question: (Board Term-I 2010)

Answer ‘Mirror’ is a reflective poem. The mirror reflects the life of human beings in all its reality. Its reflection is neither twisted nor distorted. It describes the true nature of things. It has no preconceptions and personal likes or dislikes and gives an exact image of what comes before it. It is not affected by any feelings of love or hatred. In this modem era, everyone is living under an illusion. Everyone feels like the woman who looks into the mirror which is a lake for her, feels like a fish out of water and is not prepared to accept the reality of advancing age. Old age or ugliness is a hard and cruel fact that can’t be escaped. Here the idea and the message of ageing is conveyed through the poem by the poet Sylvia Plath.

Important Questions and Answers - Chapter: The Snake and the Mirror

Question1.
What sound did the doctor hear in the room? How many times did he hear it?

Answer:

  • Sound:
  • The doctor heard the "familiar sound" of rats moving in his room
  • Frequency:
  • He heard the sound multiple times but noticed that it stopped when a snake appeared in his room
Question2.
What were the two important decisions the doctor made while looking into the mirror?

Answer:

  • First Decision:
  • He decided that he would "shave daily" and "grow a thin moustache" to look more handsome
  • Second Decision:
  • He resolved to always keep a "smile" on his face to make himself appear more attractive as a bachelor and doctor
Question3.
How did the doctor react when the snake coiled around his arm?

Answer:

  • Reaction:
  • The doctor froze in fear and did not make any sudden movements. He felt like he had turned into a stone
  • Mental State:
  • Although physically still, his mind was actively thinking about death and God
Question4.
What humorous contrast is there between the doctors dreams and the reality he faced?

Answer:

  • Appearance and Ambition:
  • The doctor wanted to look handsome and thought highly of his appearance. He imagined himself as an attractive bachelor, but in reality, he lived in a "small, meagre" rented room with rats
  • Marriage Plans:
  • He dreamt of marrying a "rich and fat woman" so she wouldnt be able to catch him if he ever needed to run away. However, he later reveals that he married a "thin woman" who could easily run fast
Question5.
Why is the story considered humorous despite the frightening snake incident?

Answer:

  • Dreams vs. Reality:
  • The doctor has grand ambitions about his looks and future but lives in a "poorly furnished" room with only 60 rupees to his name.
  • The Snakes Behavior:
  • The snake becomes fascinated with its own reflection in the mirror, providing a comic relief in an otherwise tense situation
  • The Doctors Escape:
  • After facing the deadly snake, the doctor humorously narrates how a "thief" stole everything from his room except his dirty vest, adding to the light tone
Question6.
How does the snakes fascination with the mirror save the doctor?

Answer:

  • Snakes Attention:
  • The snake, after coiling around the doctors arm, gets distracted by its own reflection in the mirror
  • Doctors Escape:
  • The doctor seizes this opportunity to quietly leave the room, making his escape while the snake remains fixated on the mirror
Question7.
What lessons about life and fear can we learn from this story?

Answer:

  • Stay Calm in Crisis:
  • The doctors calm reaction in a dangerous situation shows the importance of composure when facing fear
  • Humility:
  • The story teaches that one should not be overly self-important or vain, as circumstances can quickly bring a person down to reality
  • Humor in Adversity:
  • Finding humor in difficult situations can help ease the tension and allow us to reflect on our vulnerabilities

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