10th English A Hero Lesson Summary in English and Kannada
A Hero Lesson Summary in English
One night, Swami’s father came across a news item in the newspaper. It was about the bravery of a small boy who came face to face with a tiger in a jungle. The boy had a fight with the tiger and at last he took shelter on a tree. The boy stayed there for half a day till some people came that way and killed the tiger.
Father praised the boy’s courage and wanted Swami to be a brave boy like the one who fought the tiger. He proposed that Swami should, sleep alone in the office room. Swami could not even think of it. He used to sleep beside his grandmother in the passage.
He encased himself in the blanket beside his granny. But father was firm in his decision & told him to bring his bed and asked him to follow him. The boy was not allowed to have a lamp turning in the room. Father wanted the boy to sleep in the dark because the boy should not be afraid of darkness. But he let the door be left open. The night got thick.
The silence in the house deepened. He remembered all the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard in his life. He was. faint with fear. Every moment he expected the devils to come up to carry him away. He was racked with nightmares. A tiger was chasing him.
Then a devil came and Swami hugged with all his might and bit the crawling creature. The result was a thundering cry in agony and there was a heavy tumbling and falling amidst furniture. In a moment
Father, cook, and a servant came in, carrying a light.They fell on the burglar.
His ankle was bleeding. The burglar was a notorious house breaker of the district. The police and everyone in the school and the village congratulated Swami on his heroic deed. When father came back from the club that night he found Swami lying asleep beside his granny again.
Mother did not want father to risk his life again. Swami was not asleep and he was greatly relieved to hear that his father was not disputing mother on his account.
A Hero Lesson Summary in Kannada
A Hero Lesson About the Author
R. K. Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), full name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, was an Indian writer, best known for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English (alongside Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao), and is credited with bringing the genre to the rest of the world.
Narayan broke through with the help of his mentor and friend, Graham Greene, who was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four books, including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of “Swami and Friends”, “The Bachelor of Arts” and “The English Teacher”. Narayan’s works also include “The Financial Expert”, hailed as one of the most original works of 1951, and “Sahitya Akademi Award” “The Guide”, which was adapted for film and for Broadway.
The setting for most of Narayan’s stories is the fictional town of Malgudi, first introduced in Swami and Friends. His narratives highlight social context and provide a feel for his characters through everyday life. He has been compared to “William Faulkner”, who also created a fictional town that stood for reality, brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life, and displayed compassionate humanism in his writing.
Narayan’s short story writing style has been compared to that of “Guy de Maupassant”, as they both have an ability to compress the narrative without losing out on elements of the story. Narayan has also come in for criticism for being too simple in his prose and diction.
A Hero Lesson Word Meanings
- sneer : speak in a very unkind way
- frightful : unpleasant
- face to face with :close to something and looking at it
- reading it through : reading it from the beginning to the end
- crossly : a little angrily
- mere skeleton : very thin
- scowl : an angry look or expression
- proposition : suggestion
- mumble : say something not clearly enough
- tenacity : determination
- cut in : interrupted at once
- gloomily : feeling in a way that things will not improve
- sternly : seriously and strictly
- tiptoed : walked quietly on the tips of his toes
- gesticulations : to make movements with hands and arms
- snore : to breathe in a noisy way
- apparition : ghost
- scorpions : small creatures of the spider family with a poisonous sting
- siesb slunk (past tense): moved somewhere quietly and secretly
- laughing stock :an object of ridicule
- chum : a good friend – (informal-especially among children
- spare : not harm someone
- encased : covered himself closely
- sinke off crouch : lower the body close to the ground
- reassure: to make someone feel calmer/to make someone less frightened
- rack : make someone suffer great mental pain
- nightmare: a frightening dream