Academic Insight

 Q.1. What is the story about? Who are the characters in the story? The story is about a girl who faced gender inequality. There are many characters in the story but the main character of the story is the girl. Other character are the King, her parents, and many scholars.  many scholars. Q.2. What is the point of view of the girl's parents. The girl's parents think that girls should know about cooking, taking care of the family and then getting married off. Q.3. Why did the academy send the girl to the conference? The academy sent the girl to the conference because the King had invited the brightest scholar of the academy and she was the brightest star of her academy. Q.4. Why did the King invite scholars and philosophers from all over the world? The King invited the brightest scholars and philosophers from all over the world to compile all the knowledge in the universe into books.

  Q.1. What does 'sunk to poverty' means? 'Sunk to poverty' is an idiom which means to fall in a state of poverty or being out of money and fortune. Q.2. Where was the ship destined to go? The ship destined to go to the city of EI Basrah.  Q.3. What does the word 'bartered' mean? The word 'bartered' means the exchanges of good or services for other goods or services without using money. Q.4. What happened when the ship was anchored to an island? When the ship was anchored to an island, the sailors landed on the island and started singing and dancing. Some of them lit fire and suddenly it turned out a mighty fish instead of the island. The fire and frolicking have awakened it  Q.5. How did Sinbad manage to leave the desolate island? Sindbad was wandering on the desolate island when he saw a horse and there he heard some voices of the people. He told them his story. They took him to their land where he met King Miraj. Q.6. What was the name of the King? Th...

 Q.1. Why was the Happy Prince sad ? The Happy Prince was sad because his statue was set up that he could see all the ugliness and all the misery of the city. Q.2. How did the Swallow help the Happy Prince? The Swallow helped the happy Prince by  taking his precious belongings like Ruby, Sapphire and thin leaves of fine gold and gave it the needy people as the happy Prince directed. Q.3. Why did the Swallow feel warm? The Swallow felt warm because he had performed good deeds by helping poor and needy. Q.4. The story of the happy Prince tells a number of things about the city. Can you identify and list them? There are a number of things that are listed in the story: I. The city was full of needy people. II.  The Rich were enjoying in their beautiful houses the beggers were sitting at the gate.  III. The Children were starving in the city. Q.5. Why was the statue of the Happy Prince taken down? The statue of the Happy Prince was taken down because it was no longer beau...