330 – group Safarov Faridun Personal letters

What Are Your Strengths and Weaknesses? 
Most people have something to overcome, something that makes them different from their peers. How did you grapple with a weakness or accommodate for a weakness with your strengths? The specifics of a story are what make for an interesting essay. Blair shows how he identified his strengths and weaknesses and used them to his advantage. He describes how what he learned in jail made him a successful businessman. After reading this description, we care less about the fact that he was in jail and more about his business acumen.
What Are Your Key Themes?
Everyone has certain themes that run through his or her life. Whether it’s that you enjoy working with kids, that you never quite fit in with your peers, or that you seek and enjoy challenge in academics and athletics. Think about themes that cross over into various parts of your life and find a way to illustrate that theme through a particular story or series of events. In Blair’s instance it was his ability to take risks and own his past mistakes.
What Is Your Inciting Incident? In the literary world, every story has an inciting incident. This is the incident that sets the story in motion. So think about your own life and identify if there is one event that caused you to think about yourself or the world differently. It could be suffering an injury that prevented you from playing sports, almost losing your first job because you forgot to tell your boss you wouldn’t be in, or something as seemingly mundane as watching a program on television that sparked your interest. The key is to show the reader how and why this event impacted you. In the Blair example, he had two inciting incidents, the first was a guidance counselor who told him had no real future and the second was his time in jail. Each one impacted him to take risks and prove that he could be successful.

Queshions

1: When did Mr. Qureshi arrive in London and where did he stay for the first six days?
Ans: Mr. Qureshi arrived in London on Monday February 3, 1992 and stayed for the first six days at Montrose Hotel, Montrose Square, London.
2: About how long did Mr. Qureshi stay in Britain?
Ans: Mr. Qureshi stayed in Britain for about tow months.
3: Briefly explain how Saleem and David came to write to each other?
Ans: During his stay in England Mr. Qureshi went to see his English friends the Browns. Their son David Brown was of the same age as Mr. Qureshi’s son Saleem Qureshi. David was keen to know about life in Pakistan and offered to exchange letters with Mr. Qureshi’s son. Mr. Qureshi wrote to Saleem advising him to accept the offer which would improve his English and that is how the two boys came to write to each other.
4: From Saleems’ letter how many children does Mr. Qureshi appear to have?
Ans: From Saleem’s letter it appears that Mr. Qureshi had one daughter and two sons.
5: Where did Saleem go to take part in congregational prayers on Eid-ul-Fiter? Who accompanied him?
Ans: Saleem went to polo ground in Karachi to take part in congregational prayers on Eid-ul-Fiter with his relatives.
6: What are carols and when are they sung?
Ans: Carols are hymns of joy. They are sung at Christmas.
7: Why do children in England hang up empty stockings by their beds on Christmas Eve?
Ans: Children in England hang up empty stockings by their beds on Christmas Eve in the hope that legendary figure Father Christmas, will fill the stocking with Christmas present while they are asleep.
8: Would you expect to see snow if you were in London at Christmas? What sort of weather would you expect?
Ans: It rarely snows in Southern England before January. So I could not expect to see snow in London at Christmas. The weather would be very cold and gloomy.
9: Does Easter always fall on same date? What is the season in Britain when it occurs?
Ans: No Easter done not always fall on the same date. It varies with the moon but always falls during the spring season.
10: What made the Browns decide not to drive to the seaside on Easter Monday in 1992?
Ans: The Browns decided not to drive to the seaside on Easter Monday in 1992 because on the previous Easter they had a very tedious journey owing to traffic jams.