CLASS 12 Mind Map

L-7 The Interview (Flamingo)

THE INTERVIEW

BY

CHRISTOPHER SILVESTER

THEME & MAIN

SUB THEME POINTS
- An excerpt from an interview with an author - Interview an ordinary convention in Journalism
- Opinions on interviews vary
- Some says it is a source of truth and in its practice an
ART
- Celebrities claim that they are the victims
- An unwarranted intrusion into their lives, it diminishes
them

CELEBRITIES AND THEIR

OPINIONS ABOUT
Mukund Padmanabhan from The Hindu
INTERVIEW interviews Umberto Eco.

Celebrity Opinion about Interview

V.S .Naipaul People are wounded by Umberto Eco
interviews and lose a part of
themselves
Lewis Caroll Horror of being lionized
Rudyard It is immoral, crime, an offence –Versatile genius-Professor at the University
Kipling against his person., an assault, of Bologna,
merits punishment, cowardly -- Scholar in Semiotics, literary
and vile interpretation and medieval aesthetics,
HG Wells Ordeal -- Author of the best seller Name of the Rose
Saul Bellow Thumbprints on his windpipe -- Wide ranging Written output
Denis Brian Our most vivid impressions of -- Explains how he as one man does many
our contemporaries are formed works.
through interviews -- Pursue his philosophical interests
--
-- Eliminate interstices
-- Playful and personal quality in academic
writing
-- Novels satisfied his taste for narration

-- Secret behind the success of the novel

Serious Novel, Detective Yarn, Delves into
metaphysics. theology and medieval
history. Difficult Reading Experience

The Chapter throws light on the viewpoints of people. Some believe that interviews help one to know others
where as some are of the opinion that interviews interfere in their personal lives