NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Chapter 8 Elkana

Ans : Nissim Ezekiel has captured the essence of daily conversation that takes among the family. Ezekiel very brilliantly tells how conversations in Indian families look like. To make readers more connected he employs few real-life incidents to make it look more authentic. The   three people. The husband very easily ignores what his wife says, as he believes her talk holds no importance. He avoids getting into mess by simply saying what she is saying is right. The third member is the kid. And that kid holds importance and his demands are not shooed away, instead fulfilled by both the parents. 

Ans : The literary technique understatement is used to enhance the poem. Poet’s main concern is not the family but the environment around them.  For instance the poet talks about the broken window panes, it may be useless in the real world but in the poem it holds a lot of significance. The other aspect is that the husband claims that ‘the man she loves who happens to be me’. Although he pays zero attention to what his lady but inside he knows she loves him that makes him really happy. 

Ans : The poet abandons the romance but instead look for themes from daily life. In his poems daily life situations are taken into consideration and studied upon. The poet says people can connect with ordinary things while rejecting the grand things. The pedestrian feeling is brought by discussing random things. The idyllic is juxtaposed with a pedestrian by discussing random things and relationships. 

Ans : It explains understanding the unspoken words. They believe that discipline is very important and parents in every way care for their child. It is clearly visible when being in the middle of an argument, the whole thought of the child becoming indiscipline makes them stop the argument and both stop their argument. Even after stopping they still can read each other's minds. 

Ans : The line in capitalized form is very important. This line is the ultimate thing that runs in the mind of both the parents when they put arguments at a halt  and completely drown in the thoughts of their child and hence understand the fact that their child is making a demand that can not be fulfilled at this hour. They both are in awkward positions and are confused about how to deal with this untimely demand of their son.