“The man who had just entered the compartment broke into my reverie”—What seemed like daydream (reverie) to the speaker and why?

Answer:          On a train journey from Rohana to Saharanpur, a short encounter with a girl seemed like a daydream to the speaker. 

                        The narrator who was a blind man, was very much impressed by his girl co-passenger. With his four senses, what the narrator felt about the girl, seemed charming and attractive. Her voice, laughter, even the sound of her slippers seemed unique and melodious. To him, what began just as a liking, gradually turned into infatuation. Then to impress her, he began to flatter her saying that her face was interesting. While talking over various matters, he slowly was being captivated more and more by her. At last when she got up to get off the train, the narrator stretched his arm to touch her hair, but she moved away. Just there the scent of her sweet perfume existed. The girl left such an impression on him that the brief encounter with that girl seemed to the speaker as if he was dreaming while travelling so far.

Question and Answer of The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond

4. Write down how the blind gild registered a spell on (impressed) narrator’s mind.

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How did the narrator feel in getting the company of the girl?

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“But it would stay with me for the rest of the journey”—Whose feeling was it? Why did the speaker feel so?

Answer:       Here in the story The Eyes Have It, the narrator felt so. 

                   The narrator who was a blind man, was very much impressed by his girl co-passenger. With his four senses, what the narrator felt about the girl, seemed charming and attractive. Her voice, laughter, even the sound of her slippers seemed unique and melodious. To him, what began just as a liking, gradually turned into infatuation. Then to impress her, he began to flatter her saying that her face was interesting. While talking over various matters, he slowly was being captivated more and more by her. At last when she got up to get off the train, the narrator stretched his arm to touch her hair, but she moved away. Just there the scent of her sweet perfume existed. The girl left such an impression on him that the brief encounter with that girl would remain in his heart for a long time. 

“They called their good-byes”—Who bade goodbye and whom? Briefly show how they saw off their relation.

Answer:       In the short story The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond, a couple bade a blind girl goodbye and probably they were her parents. 

                     The couple came to Rohana station to see off their daughter on her journey to Saharanpur. As the girl was blind, her parents were very much anxious about her to send her alone to her aunt. Even they were very much anxious and careful about her comfort. Then the woman gave her daughter detailed instructions as to where to keep her things, when not to lean out of windows. The woman also advised her to avoid speaking to the strangers. And finally, when the train pulled out of the station, they bade her goodbye.

“Then I made a mistake”—What was the mistake? Why was it mistake? How did the girl react to it?

 

Answer:       In the short story The Eyes Have It by Ruskin Bond, while talking over the beauty of Mussoorie, suddenly the narrator asked the girl what that was like outside and it was the mistake. 

           Though the narrator was blind, he concealed his blindness from the girl and he began to talk with her casually like an eye-sighted man. But suddenly, in course of conversation, he asked the girl about the outside of the train’s window. The narrator immediately thought that as he was pretending to be a eye-sighted man, he should not ask such question because a man having eyesight could himself see outside. So, to him, it was a mistake. 

            To this mistaken question, the girl remained silent as she also tried to hide her blindness. Then she smartly questioned him why he had not looked out of the window.

What thoughts came across in the narrator’s mind about the girl’s hair in the short story The Eyes Have It?

Answer: Besides the girl’s voice and her slipper’s sound, the narrator was also very much captivated by the thoughts of the girl’s hair. When the girl got up to collect her things, the sweet smell of her hair was tantalizing him and set him thinking about her hair style. He was keen to know if she wore her hair in bun or it was plaited. He also perceived that it may be hanging loose over her shoulders. Besides, he was very much inquisitive to know whether her hair was short or long. He was so much attracted by her hair that he wished to touch that. Even when the third passenger entered the compartment, he did not able to conceal his desire to know about her hair and asked him if that man had noticed her hair.

ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWER OF "THE EYES HAVE IT" BY RUSKIN BOND

1. What thoughts came across in the narrator’s mind about the girl’s hair in the short story The Eyes Have It?

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2. “Then I made a mistake”—what was the mistake? Why was it mistake? How did the girl react to it? 

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3. “They called their good-byes”—Who bade goodbye and whom? Briefly show how they saw off their relation. 

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4. Write down how the blind gild registered a spell on (impressed) narrator’s mind. OR How did the narrator feel in getting the company of the girl? OR “But it would stay with me for the rest of the journey”—Whose feeling was it? Why did the speaker feel so? 

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5. “The man who had just entered the compartment broke into my reverie”—What seemed like daydream (reverie) to the speaker and why? 

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6. “Yet I was prepared to sit there for almost any length of time just to listen to her talking”—Why did the narrator say so?

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7. What views did the narrator and the girl express on Mussoorie? 

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8. “I wondered if my words had touched her, or whether she thought me a romantic fool”—Why did the speaker think so?

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9. How did the narrator try to hide his blindness from the girl? OR “I wonder if I would be able to prevent her from discovering that I was blind”—How did the speaker prevent the girl from discovering his blindness? 

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10. “Well it often happens that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them”—When did the speaker say so? What is speaker’s point of this view? 3+2 

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11. “Few girls can resist flatter”—Where does the line occur? Why did the narrator flatter the girl and how? What was effect of it on the girl? 1+3+1 

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12. Significance of the title of the prose  "The Eyes Have It" by Ruskin Bond. 

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13. Describe the conversation between the author and the last fellow passengers.

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14. ENDING, AS A SHORT STORY

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15. "She would forget our brief encounter."-Who said this? What was "the brief encounter? mentioned in this line? Why would she forget that?

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What did the three witches predict for Macbeth and Banquo?

The three Witches recount to Macbeth three prophecies. Those are-

1. Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis (he already is).

2. Macbeth would be the Thane of Cowdor.

3. Macbeth would be the King of Scotland hereafter.

The three Witches recount to Banquo three prophecies. Those are:

1. Macbeth was great, but Banquo would be greater.

2. He would be happier than Macbeth.

3. He won't be king, but his children would be.