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Katherine Mansfield was a prominent modernist short story writer. This story is about a young girl named Kezia and her relationship with her father. Kezia makes her father a pin cushion as a gift, but accidentally tears up one of his important speeches. Her angry father yells at her grandmother to take Kezia to her room and put her to bed immediately. Though Kezia tries to please her intimidating father, she is terrified of him and feels relieved when he leaves for work each day. The story explores the complex emotions between children and parents through Kezia's experiences with her domineering father.

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Reference to the Context 1.Mother, go up to her room and fetch down the damned thing see that the childs put to bed this instant. (a) Who speaks these lines and to whom? Kezias father speaks these lines to his mother. (b) What is the mood of the speaker in these lines? The speaker, Kezias father, is in a very angry mood while speaking these lines because Kezia had torn his important speech to pieces.
c) What does the speaker refer to as the damned thing? The damned thing referred to by the speaker, Kezias father, is the pin-cushion Kezia had made for him. (d)Who is the child here? Why does the speaker wish the child to be put to bed immediately? The child here is Kezia. Her father, the speaker, wishes her to be put to bed immediately because he is furious at the damage caused by her. He does not want to lose his anger further due to her presence in front of him.
1.What is the lesson the little girl about? The title of the story refers to the main character that is the little girl named Kezia. The theme of the story is the relationship between children and their parents. The writer Katherine Mansfield wants to tell us that children share a very important bond of love with their parents. Answer the following briefly: 2. How did the girl feel when her father left for work? Kezia had a feeling of relief when her father left for office because she was terribly scared of him and thought of him as a monster/giant who would always scold her and did not care about her no matter what happens. 3.Why did Kezia stutter while speaking to father? Kezias father had a loud and domineering personality and he frequently admonished her for her behaviour and appearance. His constant criticism and scolding shook her self-confidence. Moreover, his large size frightened her. Though Kezia tried her best to please him, she found herself tongue-tied while talking to him. This made her stutter in his presence.
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  • 15. Reference to the Context 1.Mother, go up to her room and fetch down the damned thing see that the childs put to bed this instant. (a) Who speaks these lines and to whom? Kezias father speaks these lines to his mother. (b) What is the mood of the speaker in these lines? The speaker, Kezias father, is in a very angry mood while speaking these lines because Kezia had torn his important speech to pieces.
  • 16. c) What does the speaker refer to as the damned thing? The damned thing referred to by the speaker, Kezias father, is the pin-cushion Kezia had made for him. (d)Who is the child here? Why does the speaker wish the child to be put to bed immediately? The child here is Kezia. Her father, the speaker, wishes her to be put to bed immediately because he is furious at the damage caused by her. He does not want to lose his anger further due to her presence in front of him.
  • 17. 1.What is the lesson the little girl about? The title of the story refers to the main character that is the little girl named Kezia. The theme of the story is the relationship between children and their parents. The writer Katherine Mansfield wants to tell us that children share a very important bond of love with their parents. Answer the following briefly: 2. How did the girl feel when her father left for work? Kezia had a feeling of relief when her father left for office because she was terribly scared of him and thought of him as a monster/giant who would always scold her and did not care about her no matter what happens. 3.Why did Kezia stutter while speaking to father? Kezias father had a loud and domineering personality and he frequently admonished her for her behaviour and appearance. His constant criticism and scolding shook her self-confidence. Moreover, his large size frightened her. Though Kezia tried her best to please him, she found herself tongue-tied while talking to him. This made her stutter in his presence.