With the Photographer by Stephen Leacock | ICSE 10 Treasure Chest | Explanation in English | Sudhir

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摘要

TLDRThe video is a detailed line-by-line explanation of the short story "The Photographer," which is part of the ICSE Class 10 English Literature syllabus. The narrator of the story visits a photographer for a portrait and describes his experience, revealing the photographer's unusual and cold demeanor. Through humorous elements, the video explains how the photographer's obsession with technical perfection leads to an altered, unrecognizable photo of the narrator, disconnecting it from the narrator's true appearance. The narrator is depicted as a timid and patient character, but as he becomes increasingly frustrated with the photographer's impersonal approach, he expresses his anger and distress. The video also highlights the themes of individual identity, the societal expectations of appearance versus authenticity, and the power dynamics between the narrator and the photographer. Ultimately, it conveys a message about the importance of being authentic and true to oneself.

心得

  • 📸 The story revolves around the narrator's experience with a peculiar photographer.
  • 📖 The photographer is depicted as cold, detached, and overly focused on technical perfection.
  • 😂 Humor is used to highlight the absurdity of the photographer's behavior.
  • 🙅 The narrator initially accepts criticism but later stands up for his identity.
  • 📝 The story explores themes of individuality versus societal expectations.
  • ⚖️ Power dynamics play a crucial role in the interaction between the narrator and the photographer.
  • 🌟 The importance of authenticity and staying true to oneself is emphasized throughout.
  • 🎨 The photographer's actions lead to a photograph unrecognizable to the narrator himself.
  • 🚪 The narrative concludes with the narrator's emotional breakdown and departure.
  • 🧐 The story serves as a reflection on human emotions and societal pressures.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video introduction explains that the story "With the Photographer" is on the syllabus for class 10 English literature. The presenter mentions a short video that covers the themes and characters of the story. In this video, a detailed line-by-line explanation of the story will help viewers tackle questions and understand its larger themes. The story revolves around a first-person narrator and a photographer.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The narrator introduces the story's photographer as seemingly lifeless and analytical, comparing him to a scientist. The description provides insight into the photographer's detached temperament. The narrator implies that this demeanor is common among photographers, adding a humorous element as it's contrasted with their usual warm profession, which helps capture natural expressions.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The narrator experiences a long wait at the studio, highlighting his patience and hinting at the photographer's disregard for customer convenience. Upon meeting, the photographer's cold interaction is further emphasized, continuing the previously humorous depiction of his scientific detachment. The narrator humorously exaggerates that the photographer is praying, depicting the awkwardness and tension in the setting.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    As the photographer examines the narrator, detailed preparations for the photo are humorously described. The narrator is asked to adjust his appearance in exaggerated ways, leading to a humorous but critical view of the photographer's approach. This highlights the photographer's obsession with technical perfection and disregard for human elements, which fuels the comedic tone.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The narrator finally objects to the photographer's treatment and defends his appearance with emotion, asserting ownership of his face. The tension peaks when the photographer takes the photo during this outburst, ironically capturing the narrator's animated expression. This adds depth to the humor by contrasting human emotion with the meticulous photographic process.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Upon seeing the altered photograph, the narrator struggles to recognize himself. The photographer has changed many features, using fictional processes, which the narrator finds offensive and impersonal. The video explains how this highlights the photographer's disconnect from genuine human emotion, increasing the comedic criticism of his work.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:39:45

    The story concludes with the narrator passionately rejecting the photograph as a 'worthless bauble' due to its lack of authenticity and personal connection. Through humor and irony, the story explores themes of individuality, authenticity versus artificiality, and societal expectations. The video stresses the importance of being true to oneself and hints at examining power dynamics in personal interactions.

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视频问答

  • What is the main theme of "The Photographer"?

    The main theme is the importance of authenticity and being true to oneself versus societal expectations.

  • How is the photographer described in the story?

    The photographer is described as cold, detached, and overly focused on technical perfection, lacking emotional warmth.

  • What literary techniques are used in the story?

    The story uses humor, irony, and an exploration of power dynamics to convey its messages.

  • How does the narrator react to the photographer's behavior?

    Initially timid and accepting, the narrator becomes frustrated and finally expresses his anger and distress.

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    hello namaskar vanakam with the
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    photographer that's part of the treasure
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    chest icsc class 10 English literature
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    syllabus I hope you have already seen
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    the short video that I did in which I
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    explained the themes of this particular
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    story talked about the characters and
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    what is it that we are essentially in
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    for as far as this short story is
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    concerned so please to have a look at
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    that short video because it'll help you
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    understand this particular story better
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    in this video I'm going to do a line by
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    line word by word explanation of this
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    entire story so that it's easy for you
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    to attempt any questions and also
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    thereafter look at the uh attempt any
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    questions and look at the larger
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    thematic uh questions that this
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    particular story raises as well so let's
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    get straight into the
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    story okay so this is an image generated
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    about the photographer as you can see uh
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    this particular this is a story about
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    two characters the narrator written I
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    mean in first person account and then
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    the photographer so this image will help
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    you kind of get an idea about the kind
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    of person we are talking about in this
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    short story now it starts by I want my
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    photograph
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    taken I said the photographer looked at
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    me without enthusiasm now this
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    particular line is important because it
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    is telling you about the narrator's
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    first
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    impression about the photographer he
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    looked at me without
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    enthusiasm please mark this as a key
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    phrase it instantly tells you about the
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    photographers
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    temperament
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    my handwriting keeps going for it
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    because I have to hold this Spen in a
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    particular slant and that kind of upsets
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    my handwriting it tells you about his
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    disposition and temperament
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    okay he was a drooping now he describes
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    his physical features he was a trooping
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    man in a gray suit gray again kind of
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    you know conveys a sense of
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    dullness okay slightly insipid kind of
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    nature insipid again conveys the same
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    thing you know not someone very bright
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    with the Tim eye of a natural scientist
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    now this is an important phrase all
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    these are important key phrases please
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    mark them either in your book or write
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    them in a separate notebook now this
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    particular phrase Paints the picture of
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    the photographer as someone who is
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    extremely observant
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    when you say natural scientist
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    scientists are known to have an eye for
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    detail they look at the minute things in
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    great detail so it gives you a sense
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    that he's extremely analytical extremely
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    observant right it's like a scientist
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    who is studying a specimen for example
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    you know in a biology lab right but at
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    the same time the use of the word dim ey
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    it kind of also conveys that this while
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    he's
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    observing that observation lacks any
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    kind of warmth it is not friendly in
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    nature it does not have any kind of an
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    emotional connection right it's not
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    friendly it doesn't have an emotional
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    connection it is not something which
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    makes you feel wanted it doesn't make
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    you feel liked or loved or you know
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    there is that kind of a friendly
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    connection is not established
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    so it kind of gives you a sense of a bit
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    of an odd behavior as far as the
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    photographer is concerned understood but
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    he says at the same
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    time but there's no need to describe him
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    everybody knows what a photographer is
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    like he says that this is how most
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    photographers seem to be like so the
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    narrator seems to have met some other
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    photographer who is also a bit like this
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    peculiar slightly odd so he says there's
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    no really need to describe him I mean in
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    more detail than this because he thought
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    this was the most peculiar part of it
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    the other parts are like what all
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    photographers look like right so there's
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    really no need to understand because I'm
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    sure you know what a photographer really
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    looks like now
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    uh the other important point that I want
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    to highlight is that the there is an
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    element of humor out here you know you
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    don't need to this thing you know
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    everybody knows what a photographer
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    looks like because
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    photographers and I have known many
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    photographers uh people associated with
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    the audio visual
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    medium are generally known to be very
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    warm people because they keep trying to
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    talk to you trying to amuse you in order
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    to get the right kind of expression
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    right so when you say that he was a cold
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    detached kind of a person almost
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    resembling a natural scientist that
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    makes the comparison seem very ironic
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    very odd and therefore a bit humorous
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    okay so that's how the element of humor
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    is injected out there he said sit there
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    he said and wait I waited an hour now
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    that seems a little strange because
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    nobody in the photo studio would
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    normally uh make you wait for an
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    hour uh also let me add one more thing
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    that you know the the the narrator is
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    also assuming that most people would be
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    familiar with the image and the
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    personality of a photographer right so
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    it kind of creates a sense of
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    familiarity with the theme the topic of
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    the entire uh story itself with the
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    photographer is the title itself of the
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    story right so uh it kind of allows when
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    he says that you know everyone knows
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    what photographer looks like is like so
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    it allows the reader when he says that
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    line to me in my mind I'm also creating
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    the image of a photographer so in that
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    sense the character is universalized you
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    know everyone all of us have gone to a
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    photo studio at some point or time or
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    the other to click a passport size
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    photograph to fill in for some
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    application for an examination etc etc
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    or to apply for a passport so it makes
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    the photographer relatable to the
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    reader now sit there he said and wait I
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    waited an hour I read the L's companion
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    for 1912 the girls magazine for 1902 and
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    the infants journal for 1888 so he seems
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    to have a stack of books running past
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    behind I mean running into many years
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    right many old copies I began to see
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    that I had done an unwarrantable thing
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    in breaking in on the privacy of this
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    man's scientific Pursuits with a face
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    like mine now first thing waited for an
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    hour what does it convey what does this
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    convey it conveys that the narrator is
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    an
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    extremely patient kind of person okay
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    the second thing that it conveys is that
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    the photographer is not bothered he's
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    not bothered about keeping a customer
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    waiting for one full are right that's
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    what is a
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    negative trait in the
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    photographer but it is the author who is
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    feeling apologetic because he says that
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    I felt I had done an unwarrantable thing
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    unwarrantable means something which
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    should not have been done you know
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    something which was not warranted means
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    something which should not have been
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    done because he seemed he feels that he
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    kind of disturbed the privacy
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    of this particular photographer while he
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    was engaged in his work and his work for
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    the second time he uses the word related
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    to science so he feels that he's almost
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    a scientist by his looks by his entire
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    demeanor and he feels that I intruded
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    into his timey and that also with a face
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    like mine so you see even he is not
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    completely confident about his own looks
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    so he says with a face like mine so it
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    means that he does not think very highly
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    the narrator does not think very highly
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    of his own looks so that's an important
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    element that you need to bear in mind
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    yes the photographer does later alter
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    the way the photograph comes out however
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    the narrator himself at least at this
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    stage says that with a face like mine
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    you know Mary Shak
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    kind of thing they say know very rudely
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    in Hindi it's a bit like
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    that after an hour the photographer open
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    the inner door he said come in he said
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    severely again you see this also conveys
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    a slightly rude kind of disposition it
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    conveys that the person is very
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    Grim by Nature
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    right I went into the studio sit down
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    said the photographer there's no please
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    sit done I sat down in a beam of
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    sunlight filtered through a sheet of
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    factory cotton hung against a frosted
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    Skylight so that's how the photo studios
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    inner room where the photograph would be
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    shot is looking like there is a beam of
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    sunlight and that's kind of filtering
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    through a sheet of factory cotton so
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    again something maybe a little coarse c
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    a RS e that is rough hung against a
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    frosted Skyline
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    now
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    um the photographer rolled a machine
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    into the middle of the room and crawled
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    into it from behind now the word crawled
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    obviously suggests that it is a bit of a
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    cramped kind of a space there isn't much
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    space for him to move around behind the
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    camera naturally he's almost
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    crawling into it and obviously maybe
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    putting that black cloth Etc if it was
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    an oldtime kind of a photo studio he was
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    only in it for a second just time enough
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    for one look at me so he's gone inside
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    seen the subject and immediately comes
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    out and then he was out again tearing at
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    the cotton sheet tearing conveys a sense
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    of annoyance that he's not too happy
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    with what he saw through the lens and
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    the window paints with a hooked stick
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    apparently frantic for light and air so
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    he's making those kind of adjustments
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    then he crawled back into the machine
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    again and Drew a little black cloth over
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    himself what I told you normally they do
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    that right you would have seen it in a
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    photograph studio photo
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    studio this time he was very quiet in
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    there so you see also the narrator is
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    very observant he's kind of describing
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    to you very very minute details I knew
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    that he was praying and I kept still now
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    I knew that he was praying and I kept
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    still this statement lends a sense of
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    humor H but it's also very ironic
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    because it's very unlikely that a
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    photographer would be sitting there and
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    praying before taking a photograph or
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    while taking a photograph so there's an
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    element of what there's an element of
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    exaggeration uh that also points to the
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    narrator's awkward position because when
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    the photograph is to be taken you're
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    almost like still with a smile on your
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    face normally right so it's also he's
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    taking his own time and he feels
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    that that kind of a feeling while he's
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    trying to hold his position maybe his
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    breath maybe his smile maybe his
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    expression right uh and talking about
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    the
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    photographer praying also makes the
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    entire line feel very absurd so this is
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    what is an example of uh the author's
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    very light-hearted kind of humor uh the
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    statement also reveals the unease of the
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    narrator you know he's feeling very
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    uneasy I mean why is it taking so long
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    it just needs to press the shutter and
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    I'm done why is it taking so long and
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    he's kind of unsure about how he should
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    react I kept still the fact that he says
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    I kept still holding the expression
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    holding the smile holding I mean
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    ensuring that he's not blinking right
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    lest the photograph comes with his eyes
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    closed right so also he seems to be a
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    little intimidated by the photographer
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    who is not a very friendly kind of a
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    person so he does not want to disturb
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    him while he thinks almost as if he's
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    inside
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    praying so he doesn't want to disturb
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    the supposed prayers of the photographer
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    it highlights the narrator's timid
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    personality he's a little I wouldn't say
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    derpo but he's a little timid and his
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    tendency to defer to Authority because
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    the
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    person because of his demeanor has kind
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    of established that you know I'm not a
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    very friendly s so he because he's a
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    timid personality he's kind of differing
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    to that Authority Deering means uh he's
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    kind
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    of uh
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    feeling in a slightly inferior position
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    bab that Authority he's feeling as
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    though that person is in a slightly
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    Superior position uh and he should not
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    try to make him annoyed in any way uh
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    that kind of a thing and he's not very
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    comfortable with this very awkward
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    strange kind of position I hope I have
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    made this elaborately
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    clear I've elaborated it on a bit too
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    much so in terms of the plot this
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    particular statement I knew that he was
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    praying how would he know I don't know I
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    knew that he was praying and I kept
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    still it kind of creates a sense of
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    suspense you would wonder why you why
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    does he think or why does he know that
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    he was praying inside when the
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    photographer came out at last he looked
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    very grave grave means very serious at
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    the same time you know what a grave
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    means in context of death right so it
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    does not give you a good feel you first
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    say he was praying then you use a word
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    like
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    grave I wonder why and shook his head
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    the face is quite wrong he
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    said the face is quite wrong so the word
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    grave has a slightly ominous kind of
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    tone okay it also conveys that the
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    photographer is a very serious kind of
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    personality very disapproving when he
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    says that the face is quiet
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    wrong I know I answered quietly I have
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    always known it now with a face like
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    mine he said before now he's saying I
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    have always known that the face is quite
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    wrong so he's agreeing with it so you
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    realize that the
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    narrator is a very timid kind of
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    personality he does not stand up and say
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    how dare you say that the face is wrong
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    it's my face I've come to take a
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    photograph take the photograph the way
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    it is he does not say that he sides side
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    means again it's it is a sign of
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    extreme
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    disapproval I think he said the face
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    would be better three quarters full now
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    uh it's it's a funny way of saying that
  • 00:16:51
    the photographer wants a better angle of
  • 00:16:54
    the face by turning the head slightly
  • 00:16:57
    now he says I want a three quarter
  • 00:17:00
    profile instead of a full profile it
  • 00:17:03
    means something like that it also shows
  • 00:17:05
    his obsession with technical Perfection
  • 00:17:08
    but he obviously lacks understanding of
  • 00:17:10
    human emotions by saying that the face
  • 00:17:12
    is all wrong right to say that the face
  • 00:17:14
    is quite wrong needs to be three
  • 00:17:16
    quarters full as if you know the face is
  • 00:17:19
    like a vessel Bon you are feeling in
  • 00:17:22
    something you know it's almost being
  • 00:17:24
    said with the kind of phrases that he's
  • 00:17:26
    using the kind of vocabulary he's using
  • 00:17:28
    using it's offensive and it's almost
  • 00:17:31
    kind of you know equating him with a
  • 00:17:34
    vessel I'm sure I said enthusiastically
  • 00:17:37
    for I was glad I'm sure it would that it
  • 00:17:40
    would it would be better if it was three
  • 00:17:41
    quarters full um I said enthusiastically
  • 00:17:46
    now what it conveys the way he the
  • 00:17:49
    photographer puts it and also the
  • 00:17:51
    narrator agreed with it the
  • 00:17:53
    photographers inability to communicate
  • 00:17:55
    politely to communicate effectively uh
  • 00:17:59
    uh the very odd behavior of the
  • 00:18:01
    photographer for I was glad to find that
  • 00:18:04
    the man had such a human side to him how
  • 00:18:06
    wrong could that could he be he feels
  • 00:18:10
    that the man is actually being very
  • 00:18:12
    Humane by saying it again shows a very
  • 00:18:15
    timid side of his so he's kind of uh
  • 00:18:19
    going with all the very unnatural and
  • 00:18:23
    impolite observations being made by the
  • 00:18:25
    photographer he's accepting all of that
  • 00:18:29
    he's accepting all of that even if it
  • 00:18:33
    doesn't quite fully understand it so
  • 00:18:35
    would yours in fact and then he goes on
  • 00:18:37
    to say tumar Shak would be better three
  • 00:18:41
    quarters full in fact how many faces one
  • 00:18:43
    sees that are apparently Hard narrow
  • 00:18:45
    limited but the minute you get them
  • 00:18:47
    three quarters full they get wide large
  • 00:18:50
    almost boundless in and his sentence
  • 00:18:54
    doesn't get kind of uh completed okay so
  • 00:18:58
    he's trying to say that you know there
  • 00:18:59
    will be many faces which would kind of
  • 00:19:01
    you know uh not be okay but the moment
  • 00:19:04
    you shoot it in a certain manner it
  • 00:19:07
    would look better but the photographer
  • 00:19:09
    had ceased to listen means he had kind
  • 00:19:11
    of shut him off he was not even
  • 00:19:13
    listening to what this guy had to uh say
  • 00:19:17
    it also
  • 00:19:18
    reinforces this particular thing it kind
  • 00:19:21
    of reinforces that he is very brisk in
  • 00:19:24
    nature he doesn't
  • 00:19:27
    care he has gone on he came over and
  • 00:19:30
    took my head in his hands and twisted it
  • 00:19:32
    sideways that's what he wants that kind
  • 00:19:34
    of a profile picture I thought he meant
  • 00:19:37
    to kiss me you know he he again
  • 00:19:39
    misunderstands and I closed my eyes
  • 00:19:43
    weird not okay but I was
  • 00:19:47
    wrong I was wrong Weir I meant as in his
  • 00:19:50
    reaction uh but I was wrong he twisted
  • 00:19:53
    my face as far as it would go and then
  • 00:19:56
    stood looking at it okay
  • 00:20:02
    you know till such time that the neck
  • 00:20:04
    would allow it he side again again
  • 00:20:07
    showing disapproval I don't like the
  • 00:20:10
    head he said then he went back to the
  • 00:20:12
    machine and took another look through
  • 00:20:14
    the lens open the mouth a little he said
  • 00:20:18
    I started to do so close it he added
  • 00:20:21
    quickly then he looked again the ears
  • 00:20:23
    are bad he said droop them a little more
  • 00:20:26
    as though you can really droop your eyes
  • 00:20:28
    you're not an elephant are you thank you
  • 00:20:30
    now the eyes roll them in under the lips
  • 00:20:33
    I know like inside the lips you kind of
  • 00:20:35
    roll them put the hands on the knees
  • 00:20:38
    please first time he's saying please and
  • 00:20:41
    turn the face just a little upward you
  • 00:20:44
    see photographers have that habit
  • 00:20:45
    they'll always say look up like this you
  • 00:20:47
    know it will not be like looking
  • 00:20:49
    directly at the camera they'll say look
  • 00:20:50
    up at like this for reasons I've never
  • 00:20:52
    been able to understand and turn the
  • 00:20:54
    face because they want to catch the
  • 00:20:56
    light on the face but it makes the face
  • 00:20:58
    face look very upward and turn the face
  • 00:21:01
    just a little upward yes that's better
  • 00:21:04
    now just expand the lungs so and hump
  • 00:21:08
    the neck that's it now hump the neck
  • 00:21:10
    means Arch the neck forward like this
  • 00:21:13
    okay and just contract the waist ha and
  • 00:21:17
    twist the hip up toward the
  • 00:21:20
    elbow now I still don't quite like the
  • 00:21:24
    face it's just a triple to full triple
  • 00:21:27
    means just a bit too full so you see the
  • 00:21:33
    detailing he's getting into every part
  • 00:21:38
    of his body the upper part is about the
  • 00:21:40
    knees he's getting into he wants the
  • 00:21:43
    posture to be just about right for him
  • 00:21:47
    to get the right
  • 00:21:50
    photograph and then he doesn't like it
  • 00:21:53
    okay this is the other image that
  • 00:21:55
    created I swing myself round on the
  • 00:21:57
    stool though here is sitting on the
  • 00:21:59
    stool that is on the chair or the stool
  • 00:22:02
    that he was sitting on stop now he
  • 00:22:05
    decides that I don't like what he's
  • 00:22:07
    saying he's kind of condemning okay to
  • 00:22:09
    an extent I agreed
  • 00:22:13
    fine but if you keep on hammering at it
  • 00:22:17
    I am not really going to be very amused
  • 00:22:20
    stop I said with emotion
  • 00:22:25
    H but I think with dignity
  • 00:22:29
    he said it emotionally but he ALS it was
  • 00:22:32
    also a very dignified kind of voice this
  • 00:22:35
    face is my face it is not yours it is
  • 00:22:40
    mine I own it I have lived with it for
  • 00:22:43
    40 years and I know it's false okay I
  • 00:22:47
    know it's not the greatest phas but I it
  • 00:22:51
    is my phase I've lived with it for 40
  • 00:22:53
    years that's how we know the age and I
  • 00:22:55
    know it's false I know it's out of
  • 00:22:58
    drawing in the sense it is
  • 00:23:00
    not of perfect
  • 00:23:03
    proportions I know it wasn't made for me
  • 00:23:06
    but it is my face maybe it was not made
  • 00:23:09
    for me you know I could have had a
  • 00:23:10
    better face but then it is my face and
  • 00:23:14
    this is the only face I have I was
  • 00:23:17
    conscious now he's getting very
  • 00:23:19
    emotional as he's saying it because he
  • 00:23:22
    feels that he's being humiliated for no
  • 00:23:25
    reason by the photographer I was
  • 00:23:28
    conscious of he's getting emotional you
  • 00:23:30
    know his voice is breaking I was
  • 00:23:32
    conscious of a break in my voice but I
  • 00:23:35
    went on such as it is I have learned to
  • 00:23:39
    love it in the sense that it's the only
  • 00:23:41
    face this is my face and because this is
  • 00:23:44
    my only face I have begun to love it and
  • 00:23:47
    this is my mouth not yours these ears
  • 00:23:51
    are mine and if your machine is very
  • 00:23:54
    narrow and he started to rise from the
  • 00:23:57
    seat to hell with you
  • 00:23:59
    how dare you insult my looks like this
  • 00:24:02
    my face like
  • 00:24:04
    this
  • 00:24:06
    right so he's getting very emotional and
  • 00:24:09
    giving it back to the photographer in as
  • 00:24:11
    dignified a voice as he
  • 00:24:16
    could T he clicks the photograph the
  • 00:24:19
    photographer had pulled a string the
  • 00:24:22
    photographer the photograph had been
  • 00:24:24
    taken I could see the machine still
  • 00:24:26
    staggering from the shock so the whole
  • 00:24:28
    machine was kind of kind of shaking as a
  • 00:24:31
    result of that press of the
  • 00:24:34
    shutter in this case maybe it's an old
  • 00:24:37
    child photograph which is why some
  • 00:24:38
    string may have been pulled I think said
  • 00:24:40
    the photographer pursing his lips
  • 00:24:42
    pursing his lips like this in a pleased
  • 00:24:45
    smile so the first time you see the
  • 00:24:48
    photographer was pleased and it shows
  • 00:24:50
    his obsession with taking a perfect
  • 00:24:55
    photograph till now he was very
  • 00:24:57
    disapproved of his subject but now for
  • 00:25:00
    the first time he had what the narrator
  • 00:25:03
    says a pleased smile caught the features
  • 00:25:07
    just in a moment of Animation animation
  • 00:25:10
    is you know you're not sitting there
  • 00:25:12
    here and saying okay now let me tell you
  • 00:25:15
    the story of with the photographer okay
  • 00:25:19
    this is part of your icsc treasure chest
  • 00:25:22
    textbook if I start telling you
  • 00:25:25
    explaining you videos like this you
  • 00:25:27
    would PR press the stop button I know
  • 00:25:30
    that I'm naturally an animated kind of
  • 00:25:33
    person so it helps but otherwise also
  • 00:25:35
    you need to and especially when it is a
  • 00:25:37
    virtual medium even in a classroom
  • 00:25:39
    physical classroom you need to get the
  • 00:25:42
    students interested isn't that so so he
  • 00:25:46
    says I caught the features just in a
  • 00:25:49
    moment of Animation why was it animated
  • 00:25:51
    because that was the point when the
  • 00:25:54
    narrator was getting annoyed and he was
  • 00:25:57
    speaking in an emotional state of mind
  • 00:26:00
    however in a dignified manner so he
  • 00:26:03
    feels that while he was expressing
  • 00:26:05
    himself his angst his anger the fact
  • 00:26:09
    that he was upset at the photographer's
  • 00:26:11
    reaction the photographer thought that
  • 00:26:13
    he had caught the right expression the
  • 00:26:15
    right animated kind of expression though
  • 00:26:19
    I know it for a fact that uh if you go
  • 00:26:21
    for um a Visa photograph especially to
  • 00:26:24
    the USA the photographer will tell you
  • 00:26:26
    do not smile do not smile they make you
  • 00:26:29
    take your of his spe and do not smile
  • 00:26:32
    also you have to have a very stoic kind
  • 00:26:35
    of
  • 00:26:36
    expression so I said bitingly features
  • 00:26:40
    huh you didn't think I could animate
  • 00:26:42
    them I suppose but let me see the
  • 00:26:44
    picture so he says that ah features um I
  • 00:26:49
    mean what features you thought I could
  • 00:26:51
    not animate you think I was a very dull
  • 00:26:53
    kind of a person anyway let me see the
  • 00:26:55
    picture no no there's nothing to see yet
  • 00:26:56
    I have to develop the negative first so
  • 00:26:58
    an old style photo studio come back on
  • 00:27:01
    Saturday and I will let you see a for
  • 00:27:03
    proof of it on Saturday I went back the
  • 00:27:06
    photographer beckoned me in beckon me in
  • 00:27:10
    means he made
  • 00:27:12
    him come inside he made him come
  • 00:27:16
    inside which kind of is a little more
  • 00:27:19
    welcome than the first time where he
  • 00:27:20
    made him wait for one hour you know he
  • 00:27:22
    just said sit there and wait and called
  • 00:27:25
    him after one hour right this time he
  • 00:27:27
    kind of called him in
  • 00:27:28
    I thought he seemed quieter and Graver
  • 00:27:31
    than before Graver means more serious
  • 00:27:34
    and more quiet than before okay this is
  • 00:27:38
    more
  • 00:27:40
    serious I think too there was a certain
  • 00:27:43
    pride in his manner in what he had
  • 00:27:46
    managed to achieve with the narrator's
  • 00:27:49
    photograph so he kind of sens that he
  • 00:27:51
    was feeling good about what he had
  • 00:27:53
    managed to do right so it all kind of
  • 00:27:57
    conveys the that he takes in his work he
  • 00:28:00
    unfolded the proof of a large photograph
  • 00:28:02
    and we both looked at it in silence he
  • 00:28:06
    took out the photograph is it me I asked
  • 00:28:10
    so you see right from the first
  • 00:28:11
    impression he thinks he korka
  • 00:28:14
    photographic yes he said quietly it is
  • 00:28:17
    you and we went on looking at
  • 00:28:19
    it the eyes I said hesitatingly
  • 00:28:23
    hesitatingly because it shows that he's
  • 00:28:26
    still a little intimidated and he's a
  • 00:28:29
    little hesitant about not rubbing him
  • 00:28:33
    the wrong way you know he doesn't want
  • 00:28:34
    to get on his wrong side the eyes don't
  • 00:28:38
    look very much like
  • 00:28:40
    mine they're not looking like mine oh no
  • 00:28:44
    he answered I retouched them they come
  • 00:28:45
    out splend splendidly don't
  • 00:28:53
    they fine but surely my eyebrows don't
  • 00:28:57
    look like that not like that that no
  • 00:28:59
    said the photographer with a momentary
  • 00:29:01
    glance at my face he looks at me and say
  • 00:29:03
    no the eyebrows are removed we have a
  • 00:29:05
    process now the deli for putting in new
  • 00:29:08
    ones so he says that there is a new kind
  • 00:29:11
    of a
  • 00:29:12
    process with which you can remove the uh
  • 00:29:17
    I mean old one and put in new ones now
  • 00:29:19
    Deli is not a term which is usually
  • 00:29:22
    associated with photography so it seems
  • 00:29:24
    to have been made up by the author out
  • 00:29:27
    here uh a fictional process the
  • 00:29:29
    photographer claims to use okay so it is
  • 00:29:34
    very obvious from the manner that the
  • 00:29:36
    photographer is in love with his craft
  • 00:29:38
    you know when he says don't they aren't
  • 00:29:40
    they looking good don't they it's a
  • 00:29:42
    rhetorical question he expects that the
  • 00:29:44
    person will say yes they do but this guy
  • 00:29:46
    not he is not very happy with him with
  • 00:29:49
    it
  • 00:29:50
    right you will notice here where we have
  • 00:29:53
    applied it to carry the hair away from
  • 00:29:56
    the bro I brow I don't like the hair low
  • 00:30:00
    on the skull so he's saying I don't like
  • 00:30:05
    it who gave you the right to decide
  • 00:30:08
    whether you like the hair on the skull
  • 00:30:10
    or not right so he says that I didn't
  • 00:30:13
    like it so I removed it using this
  • 00:30:15
    particular process but you don't don't
  • 00:30:17
    you he's also asking him a rhetorical
  • 00:30:19
    question and he's now getting a little
  • 00:30:22
    annoyed no he went on I don't care for
  • 00:30:25
    it I like to see get the hair clear back
  • 00:30:27
    to the superficies and make out a new BR
  • 00:30:30
    line so he says I want the hair to be
  • 00:30:31
    moved back and then I will make a new
  • 00:30:34
    eyebrow what about the
  • 00:30:36
    mouth what about the mouth he I said
  • 00:30:39
    with the bitterness that was lost on the
  • 00:30:41
    author the photographer is that mine is
  • 00:30:43
    it what about the
  • 00:30:45
    mouth and now he's getting very
  • 00:30:47
    sarcastic and bitter he's angry now okay
  • 00:30:51
    so you see the temperament
  • 00:30:53
    changing every time initially he's a
  • 00:30:55
    little timid and then the photograph
  • 00:30:58
    IR him irritates him so much that his
  • 00:31:01
    anger starts coming out it's adjusted a
  • 00:31:03
    little yours is too low I found I
  • 00:31:05
    couldn't use it hello hello as sguru
  • 00:31:09
    would say hello the years though I said
  • 00:31:12
    strike me as a good likeness they're
  • 00:31:15
    just like mine
  • 00:31:17
    okay yes that's so but I can fix all
  • 00:31:20
    right that all right change we have a
  • 00:31:23
    process now called the sulfide for
  • 00:31:25
    removing the ears entirely and then he
  • 00:31:27
    can recreate the
  • 00:31:30
    years that's what he's trying to convey
  • 00:31:33
    sulfide again like Deli I will see if
  • 00:31:37
    and this time like last time the
  • 00:31:39
    photographer was not cut him off this
  • 00:31:42
    time he cuts him off listen I
  • 00:31:45
    interrupted drawing
  • 00:31:51
    myself wa minute
  • 00:31:54
    H is it okay he says listen I
  • 00:32:00
    interrupted drawing myself up means he's
  • 00:32:03
    kind of summoning all the courage okay
  • 00:32:06
    and animating my features to their full
  • 00:32:08
    extent so he's very animated at this
  • 00:32:10
    point in time and speaking with a
  • 00:32:13
    withering scone withering scone suggests
  • 00:32:15
    anger and bitterness
  • 00:32:19
    okay that should have blasted the man on
  • 00:32:21
    the spot because he's getting so angry
  • 00:32:23
    that he could have that anger could have
  • 00:32:26
    that SCA could have blasted the man on
  • 00:32:28
    the spot listen I came here for a
  • 00:32:32
    photograph a picture something which mad
  • 00:32:36
    though it seems would have looked like
  • 00:32:39
    me you may think it is mad but it would
  • 00:32:43
    have looked like me I wanted something
  • 00:32:45
    that would depict my face as Heaven gave
  • 00:32:48
    it to me okay so he's kind of making a
  • 00:32:51
    connection that heaven is what gave Gods
  • 00:32:54
    gave this face to me it's a humble gift
  • 00:32:58
    that the gods have given to me I wanted
  • 00:33:01
    something that my friends might keep
  • 00:33:03
    after my death so that they can
  • 00:33:06
    reconcile to my loss you know okay he
  • 00:33:09
    died but now this Photograph does not
  • 00:33:11
    even look like me you have altered it
  • 00:33:14
    completely it seems that I was mistaken
  • 00:33:17
    what I wanted is no longer done go on
  • 00:33:20
    then with your brutal work what you have
  • 00:33:23
    done is murdering my face it is brutal
  • 00:33:27
    what you have done this is an important
  • 00:33:29
    key phrase what you have done is brutal
  • 00:33:33
    he's using very strong words take your
  • 00:33:36
    negative or whatever it is you call it
  • 00:33:38
    dip it in sulfide bromide oxide cowhide
  • 00:33:41
    he's kind of trying to rhyme it cowhide
  • 00:33:45
    means leather made from the skin of a
  • 00:33:46
    cow but here he's just kind of rhyming
  • 00:33:49
    it sulfide bromide oxide cowhide
  • 00:33:51
    anything you like remove the eyes
  • 00:33:53
    correct the mouth adjust the face
  • 00:33:55
    restore the lips reanimate the neck tie
  • 00:33:58
    and reconstruct the waist coat coat it
  • 00:34:00
    with an inch of gloss you know make it
  • 00:34:02
    more glamorous shade it emboss it you
  • 00:34:05
    mean kind of give it a layer of
  • 00:34:08
    something decorative gild it means cover
  • 00:34:10
    it with gold till even you acknowledge
  • 00:34:14
    that it is
  • 00:34:15
    finished then when you have done all
  • 00:34:18
    that keep it for yourself I don't need
  • 00:34:21
    it and your friends they may value it
  • 00:34:25
    they may value it to me it is is but a
  • 00:34:29
    worthless Bobble it is but it is only a
  • 00:34:33
    worthless Bobble worthless Bobble bobble
  • 00:34:37
    describes a small cheap ornament a
  • 00:34:42
    small
  • 00:34:44
    cheap ornament it's piece of jewelry but
  • 00:34:48
    it's a very small and a very cheap not a
  • 00:34:50
    very expensive ornament which has very
  • 00:34:53
    little or no real value worthless
  • 00:34:56
    emphasizes the narrator's complete
  • 00:35:00
    dissatisfaction with the photograph he
  • 00:35:02
    does not consider it to be a valuable
  • 00:35:06
    representation of his personality of his
  • 00:35:09
    face of his looks and therefore he
  • 00:35:12
    considers it completely useless and
  • 00:35:15
    completely unimportant right I broke
  • 00:35:18
    into tears and left he completely broke
  • 00:35:22
    down he was so animated so emotional
  • 00:35:26
    that he broke down into years and left
  • 00:35:29
    that photographers photo studio so why
  • 00:35:33
    is the photograph considered worthless
  • 00:35:35
    because it's not an accurate
  • 00:35:37
    representation of the way the narrator
  • 00:35:39
    looks because the photograph does not
  • 00:35:41
    resemble him at all the photographer has
  • 00:35:45
    retouched
  • 00:35:46
    it recalibrated it excessively using
  • 00:35:50
    different devices and he has altered it
  • 00:35:53
    to such an extent that the photograph is
  • 00:35:55
    completely unrecognizable as the
  • 00:35:58
    photographer as the visual
  • 00:36:00
    representation of this 40-year-old
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    narrator he feels the narrator feels
  • 00:36:04
    that he has taken away all his unique
  • 00:36:07
    characteristics so he has as a result
  • 00:36:10
    this is an important phrase that you
  • 00:36:11
    should use he has lost his
  • 00:36:15
    individuality in
  • 00:36:18
    that in the
  • 00:36:22
    photograph in the photograph okay he
  • 00:36:25
    wanted an accurate representation so
  • 00:36:26
    that his friends could could remember
  • 00:36:28
    him from the photograph after his death
  • 00:36:29
    but what he has given it given him looks
  • 00:36:32
    nowhere like his real person so the
  • 00:36:35
    workless Bobble obviously one of the
  • 00:36:37
    most important phrases used in this
  • 00:36:39
    particular story it
  • 00:36:41
    underlines his complete disillusionment
  • 00:36:44
    as I said with the photographics
  • 00:36:46
    photographers work and the photographic
  • 00:36:49
    process so what it underlines as I
  • 00:36:52
    explained to you in the first video is
  • 00:36:54
    the need for authenticity okay what is
  • 00:36:57
    real is always more
  • 00:37:00
    valuable and it is and whatever is
  • 00:37:03
    altered and artificial is like a
  • 00:37:05
    worthless bubble so you need to take a
  • 00:37:08
    call whether you want the real person or
  • 00:37:10
    you want a worthless bubble okay so
  • 00:37:13
    that's what it talks about so it it
  • 00:37:16
    talks about U the
  • 00:37:18
    individuality versus what this guy is
  • 00:37:21
    representing Society to an extent the
  • 00:37:24
    society expects you to look like
  • 00:37:26
    something at a larger level if you look
  • 00:37:28
    at it more philosophically you are
  • 00:37:31
    something like this but the society
  • 00:37:33
    expects you to look like something
  • 00:37:35
    different now whether you would want to
  • 00:37:37
    change yourself based on what the
  • 00:37:39
    society wants or whether you say that
  • 00:37:41
    this is how I will be and this is the
  • 00:37:43
    way I will continue to do because I feel
  • 00:37:45
    this is my individuality you understand
  • 00:37:49
    so that's another way of looking at this
  • 00:37:51
    entire story so uh the third thing which
  • 00:37:56
    you need to be mind ful of is also the
  • 00:37:59
    theme of power
  • 00:38:01
    dynamics okay the theme of power
  • 00:38:05
    dynamics see what I will do is closer to
  • 00:38:08
    your examination we will be putting out
  • 00:38:09
    test papers in which many of these
  • 00:38:11
    question and answers in the test papers
  • 00:38:13
    will be discussed but the theme of power
  • 00:38:16
    D and our s SW success test papers are
  • 00:38:18
    always a huge hit the theme of power
  • 00:38:21
    dynamics the you know the power
  • 00:38:23
    equations between the photographer he's
  • 00:38:25
    intimidated then he gives him a piece of
  • 00:38:28
    his mind then he leaves then he comes
  • 00:38:30
    back again he's a little timid but then
  • 00:38:32
    when he sees his photograph altered so
  • 00:38:35
    brutally he decides he can't take it in
  • 00:38:38
    and he gets very emotional breaks down
  • 00:38:41
    and leaves that photo studio okay
  • 00:38:45
    so while it is it makes use of
  • 00:38:49
    light-hearted humor it also delivers an
  • 00:38:52
    extremely important message uh that we
  • 00:38:55
    need to uh bear in mind uh
  • 00:39:00
    that it's very important to be the real
  • 00:39:03
    you in life and that's the largest um
  • 00:39:07
    question that you need to ponder over
  • 00:39:09
    this could be a four mark question in
  • 00:39:11
    your examination as to what is the
  • 00:39:14
    larger message that a story like the
  • 00:39:16
    with the photographer gives to us okay I
  • 00:39:19
    hope the story is absolutely clear I've
  • 00:39:23
    explained every word and every line out
  • 00:39:25
    here so I don't think there should be
  • 00:39:27
    any doubts as I said the SWA success
  • 00:39:30
    test papers towards the end of the year
  • 00:39:32
    closer to your examinations will help
  • 00:39:33
    you prepare uh for the questions and
  • 00:39:36
    answers in a much better manner both
  • 00:39:38
    mcqs as well as the long format question
  • 00:39:40
    and answers thank you very much Tata
  • 00:39:42
    bye-bye God bless you
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