Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Classs 11 summer of thee Beautiful White Horse notes and question answers

Summary of The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse and Question Answers By Aarish Sir
The summer of the beautiful white horse summary gives a brief account of the story using easy language. In this story, the author describes a childhood incident. He gets very nostalgic when talking about this incident. The incident is about his cousin Mourad and a beautiful white horse. One fine summer morning, Mourad brings a white horse for riding. Thus, he explains how the horse riding was full of thrill. We learn about the author’s cousin, Mourad, in detail. He goes on to tell about his nature and how everyone loved him in the village. We learn that Mourad had a very eccentric demeanour. Moreover, he also tells us that he had a speciality of remaining calm in the most stressful situations. Thus, we also learn about the incident of the horse. Moreover, it tells how they got the horse and the story behind it.
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse revolves around two Armenian boys. The boys belong to the Garoghlanian tribe. We learn that even though they were poor, they never sacrifice their honesty. In fact, even in the worst of situations, they were always honest.
Similarly, the boys never steal or lie, whatever the situation may be. This story describes the particular incident about the white horse they once got. Aram is 9 years old and his cousin, Mourad is 13 years old. Aram is very fascinated by the world as things are easy in childhood. Moreover, Mourad is the crazy one, as everyone calls him.
The story begins with Mourad visiting Aram’s house in the morning at 4. To Aram’s surprise, Mourad has brought a beautiful white horse which he is riding. Mourad assures him that it is indeed a horse and he is not dreaming. Aram did not believe it because he knew that they were poor and wouldn’t be able to afford a horse.
Therefore, the two boys kept the horse with them for weeks. They use to ride it and sing to it. However, the boys did not let the world know they have a horse. They were keeping him at a barn of a deserted vineyard. After a while, Aram finds out that Mourad stole the horse from John Byro. Thus, they made a plan of not returning it to him, although they had second doubts about keeping it due to their ethics.
Finally, on one day, John sees the boys with the white beautiful horse. However, as his family was known for their honesty, John did not accuse them of stealing. On the other hand, his belief was so strong he just said that their horse resembles his horse a lot.
Consequently, this was a very poignant experience for the boys. They decide to return the horse and John found it at the vineyard the next day. John gets very happy and shares the news with Aram’s mother. We also see that his horse is now healthier, well-behaved and more decent than before.
Conclusion of The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
To sum up, The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Summary, we learn the significance and necessity of honesty even in the face of greed and desire.
Question Answers
1. You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting?
Answer it is true that though the story "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" has neither any breathless adventure nor any exciting action, yet it holds the interest of the readers. It begins in a mood of nostalgia and takes us back to the memories of our own childhood when the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream.2. Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?
Answer
The boys returned the horse because they were conscience-stricken not because they were afraid. Mourad and Aram belonged to the Garoghlanian family which was famous for its integrity and honesty. Due to their passion for riding and fun once, they stole a beautiful white horse.
2. Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?Answer
The boys returned the horse because they were conscience-stricken not because they were afraid. Mourad and Aram belonged to the Garoghlanian family which was famous for its integrity and honesty. Due to their passion for riding and fun once, they stole a beautiful white horse.

Page No: 94.
The story revolves around characters who belong to a tribe in Armenia. Mourad and Aram are members of the Garoghlanian family. Now locate Armenia and Assyria on the atlas and prepare a write-up on the Garoghlanian tribes. You may write about people, their names, traits, geographical and economic features as suggested in the story.
Answer
The Garoghlanian family
This entire concept of the existence of this tribe is said to be fictitious. It's said to be formed by William Saroyan in his book “My name is Aram” (1940). Garoghlanian tribe were famous for their honesty. They were proud of their family. Honesty came next and then they believed in right and wrong. None of them would take advantage of anybody in the world. No member of the Garoghlanian family. Hospitality is also an important function in the Armenian culture. Social gatherings revolve around large amounts of food. The religion of most Armenian people is Christianity, which is structured around forgiveness of sins and focuses on the spirit of Tolerance.

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