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Understanding and Interpretation 1.      The second paragraph of ‘About Love’ is brief account of a violent love affair between two servants. Is it significant that Alyohin is the source of this anecdote? How does the anecdote contrast with Alyohin’s own story? Ø In the second paragraph of the story ‘About Love,’ the writer gives a brief account of a violent love affair between two servants, Nikanor and Pelageya. Alyohin is one of the important sources of this anecdote because he himself is a character in that anecdote and also he is the narrator of the whole story. As a result, we, the readers are compelled to believe in whatever Alyohin says about the violent or whatever type of love relationship the two of them had had. Whomever Alyohin makes the protagonist pr the antagonist, they are the same for us as for Alyohin. But very cleverly, Alyohin has narrated the story in such a way that both of them are right and wrong at the same time on their own. He hims...

Summary Grandmother is a dedication of the poet who still loves her even after her death.  He believes that his grandmother is an icon to him who he could recognize whenever he saw her from a distance. He still remembers her carrying a plastic shopping bag. His grandmother used to wear a particular dress, a scarf on her head. She smelt of roots vegetables and earth. The poet here is giving a tribute to his grandmother by recalling those adorable hands that caressed him with so much love and affection. He feels those damp hands still on his head warm. He still remembers how she spoke. Those words spoken by his grandmother are still giving him encouragement, guidance and support to become stronger and capable to move ahead in his life. The poet wants to stress on how the elderly person in the family supports you by nurturing you in such a way that you always thank them for what you became today. The past generation should always be acknowledged for creating new lives an...