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ass:
XI Topi
c:‘TheSummerOfTheBeaut
if
ulWhi
teHor
se’
byWil
li
am Saroy
an

Subj
ect
:Engl
i
sh

Aboutt
heAut
hor
/Backgr
oundoft
heSt
ory
-

Will
i
am Sar oyan( 31August,1908-18May1981)wasanAr menian-Amer
icannov
elist,play
wr i
ght
andshortst orywr i
ter
.Hewasawar dedthePulit
zerPrizeforDramai n1940,andi
n1943wont he
AcademyAwar df orBestStoryfort
hefil
m adaptat
ionofhi snov el‘
TheHumanComedy ’.Saroyan
wroteextensivelyabouttheAr meni
animmigrantli
feinCalifor
nia.Hisnot
ableworksinclude‘ The
Armenianandt heAr meni
an’,‘
MyHeart’
sInTheHi ghl
ands’,‘
TheTi meofYourLif
e’,‘MyNameI s
Aram’and‘TheHumanComedy ’
.

‘
TheSummerofTheBeaut i
fulWhit
eHorse’isanext
ractf
rom hiscol
lecti
onofshor tstori
es‘My
NameI sAr
am’ori
ginal
l
ypubli
shedin1940.Iti
sastoryabouttwoboy s,Aram andMour ad,who
bel
ongt oaver
ypoorf ami
l
yf r
om theGaroghl
ani
antri
beofAr meni
a,knownf orthei
rtruthand
honest
y.

Char
act
ersoft
heSt
ory
-

1)Ar
am (
theNar
rat
or)
-A9y
earol
dboy
.

2)Mourad-13yearol
dcousi
nofAr
am.Li
vel
yandcr
azy
.FondofAr
am.St
eal
sawhi
tehor
se.Can
handl
ethehorse.

3)JohnBy
ro-Af
armerandt
heowneroft
hebeaut
if
ulwhi
tehor
sest
olenbyMour
ad.

4)Uncl
eKhosr
ove-Ar
am’
suncl
e.I
scr
azy
,shor
ttemper
edandofi
rr
it
abl
enat
ure.

Summar
y-

Thestor
y‘TheSummerofTheBeaut
if
ulWhit
eHor
sebyWi
l
li
am Sar
oyanhi
ghl
i
ght
sthev
irt
uesof
honest
y,t
rustandowi
nguptoone’
smist
ake.

Ar
am andMour
ad

Aram,thenar
rat
orofthest
ory
,recal
lsanexper
iencewhenhewas9y earsol
d.Hewasay oungand
cheer
fulboyascomparedt
ohisthir
teeny
earoldmischi
evousandcaref
reecousi
n,Mour
ad.Mourad
i
slikenedtohisUncleKhosrove-aneccentr
icandcar
efr
eeman.Heiscomplet
elyunl
i
kehisown
f
atherZorabwhowasapr acti
calman.Despitethi
scr
azyst
reak,
Aram l
ooksuptoMouradforhi
s
t
alentindeal
ingwithpeopl
eandt endi
ngtoanimal
s.

BoththeboysbelongtoanArmeni
anfamily.Thei
rtr
ibewaspover
ty-
stri
cken,butt
heywere
respectedf
orthei
rhonest
yandtr
uthf
ulness.Theywereaproudtr
ibethatwouldnevert
ake
advantageofanyone.

TheMagni
fi
cientWhi
teHor
se

Oneday,ataroundfourinthemorning,
MouradwakesAram bytappingonhiswindow.Aram was
shockedtoseeMour adsit
tingonabeauti
fulwhit
ehor
se.HeevenaskedAr am tobequickifhe
wantedaride.Asthei
rfamilycoul
dnotaffor
dtoownsuchabeaut i
fulhor
se,Aram doesn’
ttaketoo
l
ongt odeducethatMouradhadstolentheanimal.

Ar
am Coul
dNotResi
stt
heOf
fer

Boththeboyswer etoocrazyaboutridinghor sesbutpovertywouldnotper

mitthem torideone.So
Aram consoledhimselfwi
ththethoughtt hatstealingahorseforari
dewasnott hesameasst eali
ng
somethingformoney .Hequickl
ygotr eadyandj umpedoutofhiswindow.Theyweret ooexcit
edto
l
etanythingbothert
hem andt ookthehor setot heopenfiel
ds.Theybothhadawonder fulti
mer i
ding
andMour adev enst
artedsi
ngingoutofexci tement .

Ar
am Ri
desTheHor
seAl
one

Aft
erridi
ngtogetherf
orawhi leandseei ngMouradr i
dethehorsealoneforsomet i
me,Aram too
wantedtori
det hehorsealone.Heitleapedontoitsbackandt ri
edhisluck.I
nsteadofrunni
ng
acrossthefi
eld,t
hehorserant othevineyardandleaptoversevenvinesbefor
eAr am f
ell
.Thenit
conti
nuedrunningandittookMour adhal fanhourtofindthehorseandbringitback.

TheBoy
sHi
det
heHor
se

I
twasmor
ningandMour
addeci
dedt
hattheyshoul
dhi
det
hehor
seunt
ilt
henextmor
ning.Theyt
ook
t
hehor
set
oadesert
edvi
neyar
dandhi
ditinthebar
n.

TheHor
seOwner
’sAppear
ance

Thehor seownerandt heirnei

ghbour,JohnByr
o,visi
tedAram’shouseint
heafter
noonforcoff
eeand
cigaret
tes.Henar ratesthathi
swhitehorsewhichwasst ol
entheprevi
ousmonthwasstil
lmissing
andunt raceabl
e.Hi scarri
agewasnogoodwi thoutthehorseandhehadt owalkt
enmilestoreach
there.Aram overhearstheconversat
ionandinfor
msMour adaboutJohnByr
o’svi
sit
.Hefurt
her
ur
gesthatthehorseshoul dnotber et
urnedti
llhehadlearntri
ding.Mouradrepl
iest
hatitwouldtake
hi
m notlessthanay eartolearnri
dingandkeepingahor seforay earwoul
damountt osteali
ng.
Fi
nall
ytheydecidetoreturnitaft
ersixmonths.Everymor ni
ng,fortwoweeks,theyr
odet hehorse.
Ar
am continuedtostrugglewithri
dingbuttheywerebothov erj
oyedt ohav
esuchabeaut if
ul
bl
essi
ng.

Encount
erWi
thJohnBy
ro

Onemor ni
ng,whi
leontheirwayt
othevi
neyar
dt heboysencount
erJohnBy r
o.Heobservedt he
horseeager
lyandfoundthati
tst
eet
hmatchedwi t
hthoseofhisstol
enhorse.Mouradassuresthatit
mayat winandconcoct
sanamef ort
hehorse‘MyHeart’
.Thefarmerleav
esthem sayi
ngt hathe
couldsweari
twashishorse,i
fhedi
dn’
tknowtheirpar
entsandthepresti
geandrespecttheirf
amily
commands.

TheBoy
sDeci
det
oRet
urnt
heHor
se

Thecousinsreal
i
zedt hei
rmi stakeandearlyt
hefol
l
owingmor ni
ng,theytookthehor
setoJohn
Byro’
sv i
neyar
dandl ef
titthere.Thepart
ingwasdif
fi
cul
tforthem andMour adputhi
sarmsaround
thehorseandpattedhim beforeleavi
ng.Johnwasfi
nal
lyhappyashi shorsehadbecomestr
onger
andbettert
empered.

Ot
herI
mpor
tantEl
ement
sOfTheSt
ory

1)Theme-Tr
uthf
ulness,
Honest
y,Uphol
dingf
ami
l
yval
ues,
Inev
itabi
l
ityofChange

2)I
rony
-Mour
ad,
memberoft
heGar
oghl
ani
anf
ami
l
y,knownf
ori
tshonest
y,st
eal
sthewhi
tehor
se

3)Message-Despi
teanychal
l
enge,
val
uesmustber
etai
ned

Text
ual
Quest
ions(Uset
he‘
Key
poi
nts’
towr
it
etheanswer
s)

Q.1.Youwi
l
lpr
obablyagreet
hatt
hisstorydoesnothav
ebr
eat
hlessadv
ent
ureandexci
ti
ngact
ion.
Thenwhati
nyouropini
onmakesiti
nterest
ing?

Ans:Viewpointofani ney earol

d-Dreamsandadv enturesoftwoyoungboys-maintai
nsreaders
att
enti
onfrom startti
l
l end-insi
ghti
ntochi
ldpsychology-despi
tethel
ongi
ngt of
ulfi
llt
heirdream,
di
dn’twanttobringabadnamet othei
rfamil
y-i
nteresti
ngcharact
eri
zat
ionandpictori
aldescri
pti
ons
appealt
other eaders.

Q.
2.Didt
heboy
sret
urnt
hehor
sebecauset
heywer
econsci
ence-st
ri
ckenorbecauset
heywer
e
af
rai
d?
Ans:Nocl
eari
ndi
cati
onoffearorr
emor
se-Desi
ret
ouphol
dfami
l
yval
uesmaket
hem r
etur
nthe
horset
oit
sri
ghtf
ulowner
.

Q.3.“Onedaybackther
einthegoodol ddayswhenIwasni neandtheworl
dwasf ul
l ofever
y
i
magi nableki
ndofmagnif
icence,andli
fewasfull
ofev er
yimagi
nableki
ndofmagnificence,
andli
fe
wasst i
lladel
ight
ful
andmy ster
iousdream…”Thest or
ybeginsi
namoodofnost al
gia.Cany ou
narrat
esomei nci
dentf
rom yourchil
dhoodthatmightmakeaninter
esti
ngst
ory
?

Ans:
Wri
teaboutani
nci
dentt
hatmakesy
ounost
algi
c

Q.4.Thestor
yrevolv
esar oundchar acter
swhobelongt
oat r
ibei
nArmenia.MouradandAram ar
e
member softheGaroghlanianfamily.Nowlocat
eArmeniaandAssyr
iaontheat
lasandprepar
ea
writ
eupont heGaroghlaniantr
ibes.Youmaywr it
eaboutpeopl
e,t
hei
rnames,tr
aits,
geogr
aphi
cal
andeconomicfeaturesassuggest edinthestor
y.

Ans:Garoghl
aniantri
be-Armenian-waswealthyelevencenturi
esago-current
ly,pover
tyst
ricken-
tr
uthful
nessandhonesty-hall
markofthetr
ibe-believedinri
ghtandwr ong-nevertookadvantageof
anyone-neverstol
e-hadfledfrom t
hei
rhomel andduet owar-elder
lyi
nt hetr
ibepainedatthe
memor yofthei
rlostl
and-namessemi Arabic(Mour ad,Aram,Khosrov
e)

Ext
raQuest
ions(Shor
tAnswerTy
pe)

Q.
1.Whatt
wochar
act
ert
rai
tsofMour
adar
ehi
ntedatbyt
henar
rat
ori
nthei
nit
ial
par
toft
hest
ory
?

Ans-cr
azyl
i
keUncl
eKhosr
ove-enj
oyedbei
ngal
i
ve

Q.
2.Whatconf
li
cti
ngt
hought
spassedt
hrought
henar
rat
or’
smi
ndonseei
ngMour
adonabeaut
if
ul
whi
tehor
seearl
yonemorni
ng?

Ans:Surpr
ised-si
nceMouradcouldn’
thaveboughtt
hehor
se,
hemusthav
est
oleni
t-r
efusedt
o
bel
ieveasfamilyval
uescameintheway .

Q.3.“
Asuspi
ciousmanwoul
dbel
i
evehi
sey
esi
nst
eadofhi
shear
t.
”Inwhatcont
extwast
his
observ
ati
onmadeandbywhom?

Ans:JohnBy
ro-cont
ext-t
heteethoft
hewhitehor
semat chedthoseofhisl
osthorse-wouldhav
e
cl
aimedashisownifhedidn’
tknowthei
rfamil
y’
sreput
ationforhonest
yandtrut
hfulness

Ext
raQuest
ion(LongAnswerTy
pe)

Q.
1.Compar
eandcont
rastt
hechar
act
ersofAr
am andMour
ad.

Ans: Ar
am andMour ad-cousins-belongedtoGaroghlaniantri
be-knownf orit
shonesty
-Aram 9
yearsold-Mourad11y ear
s-bot hsharedcommoni nterestinri
dingahor se-soughtadv
entur
e-
real
izedthei
rfamil
yv al
ues-
Mour adcouldn’
thelpst
ealing,Aram moreinnocent-Mouradmore
tal
entedinhavinghi
swaywi t
hpeopl eandani mal
s-tamedBy r
o’shorse,mendedt hebr
okenwingof
arobin,knewhowt osoothethedog-Ar am compar
ativelyti
mid.
Q.
2.Li
steni
ngtotheconsci
encehel
psonetodother
ightt
hing.Gi
vey
ourownv
iewwi
thr
efer
encet
o
t
hechapter‘
TheSummerOfTheBeautif
ulWhit
eHorse’
.

Ans:Thest at
ementisundoubt edl
ytrue-Mouradstole-forri
ding-di
dn’ thaveintenti
onofkeepi ngor
sel
li
ngit-JohnBy r
ofindstheboy swiththehorse-observessimilar
itywi t
hhislosthorse-l
eave
sayi
nghecannotcl ai
mi tashis,keepingthei
rfamil
yr eputat
ioninview-ev okest hesenseofrightand
wrong-li
stenstohisconscience-keepsthehorsefrom wher eitwast aken-voiceofconsciencenev er
motivat
esany onetodowr ong.

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easeNot
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