1.3 The Cop and the Anthem

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Activity No. 2. 

1.3 The Cop and the Anthem 

 (A) Read the given extract and complete the activity given below: [12 Marks]

Here was an old church, quaint and rambling and gabled. Through one violet-stained win-dow a soft light glowed, where, no doubt the organist loitered over the keys, making sure of his mastery of the coming Sabbath anthem] For there drifted out to Soapy's ears sweet music that caught an and held him transfixed against the convolutions of the iron fence. 

The moon was above, full and radiant; vehicles and pedestrians were few: sparrows twittered sleepily in the eaves or a little while the scene might have been a country churchyard. And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the Iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars. The conjunction of Soapy's receptive state of mind and the influences about the old church brought a sudden and wonderful change in his soul. He viewed with rising horror the pit into which he had tumbled, the degraded days, unworthy desires, dead hopes, wrecked faculties and base motives that made up his existence.

And also in a moment his heart responded thrillingly to this strange mood. A strong impulse moved him to battle with his desperate fact. He would pull himself out of the mire and would make a man of himself again; he would conquer the evil that had enslaved him. There was time; he was young yet; he would resurrect his old eager ambitions and pursue them without faltering. Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him. Tomorrow he would go into the roaring downtown district and find work. A fur importer had once offered him a place as driver. He would be somebody in the world. He would---

Soapy felt a hand laid - on arm. He looked quickly around into the impassive face of a policeman.

"What are you doin' here?" asked the officer.

"Nothing," said Soapy.

"Then come along," said the policeman.

"Three months on the island," said the Magistrate in the Police Court the next morning,


A.1 Describe the atmosphere when the Soapy reached near the church:

Ans-

(a) A soft light glowed through the violet-stained window.

(b) Organists were playing instruments as a practice for Sabbath.

(c) The moon had rose radiantly, no vehicles no people on the road.

(d) Sparrows were twittering silently in their nest.

(e) Organists were playing anthem which soothe soapy

A.2.Complete the following:

After listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes, soapy decides to:

Ans- 

(a) He would work hard and pursue his old, eager ambitions.

(b) He would pull himself out from this unpleasant situation and would make himself a be man.

A3 Guess out the specific meaning of the word "anthem" in the context of the story.

Ans- 

i. The anthem is music being played by the organists inside the church.

ii. Here in this extras anthem represents Soapy's better nature and his desire to reform. 

iii. Church anthems are alwa to inspire good thoughts in the hearers.

A.4. Personal response:

Write an incident in which you did something wrong and repented for it later. Write atleast two reasons for your repentance.

Ans- 

i. Once I was caught by railway police for jumping platform. 

ii. There I was taken to the railway pe and later on they allowed me to go. 

iii. I repented for my mistake because I realised that howev may have you should not break the law and use Bridge or subway to reach the platform an shame as being educated, I had behaved like uneducated or irresponsible person. 

A5 Language study:

(a) "What are you doin' here?" asked the officer. (Change it into indirect speech)

Ans- The officer asked me what I was doing there.

(ii) Tomorrow he would go in to the roaring downtown district. (Frame a 'Wh' question to get the underlined part as an answer)

Ans- (b) Where he would go tomorrow?

A6 Vocabulary:

Match the following words in column A with their meaning in column B:

(1) Quaint - attractively unusual/ old fashioned

(2)Transfixed- to stand with complete focussed attention

(3) Impulse-strong

 wish/ urge

(4)Resurrect- restore to life









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