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A Short Overview of NCERT English  Snapshot Book Class 11 

Class 11 students will be expected to have a basic grasp of the language at this stage. Therefore, the NCERT books Class 11 English  Snapshots, which is a supplementary reader for Class 11 English  (Core), has been designed to help them acquire a higher degree of language skills that they will need for pursuing higher education and at professional domains. Students will also form an idea about the treatment of the theme, narrative style while reading Snapshot books for Class 11.

Additionally, Snapshot book Class 11 will also facilitate students to read on their own as well as improve their vocabulary, which will enable students to achieve a high score in their CBSE Examination.

Given below are brief sketches of the Chapters from the English  Snapshot book of Class 11 : 

Chapter 1 – The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse

The main characters of this story from the English  Snapshot book of Class 11 are two Armenian boys from the Garoghlanaian tribe – Aram and Mourad, who are nine and thirteen years old, respectively. The people of their tribe, though extremely poor, never stole or lied about anything. The tribe was known for their honesty.

The story from the Class 11 English  Snapshot book is about Mourad stealing a white horse from a neighbouring Farmer John Byro. He comes to visit Aram riding on the horse who couldn't believe his eyes. The two boys keep the horse and go riding secretly for two weeks.

However, one day while returning from horse riding, they meet John Byro, who remarks that the white horse looks exactly like the one that got stolen from him. He went on to say if he didn't know their parents, he would have sworn it was his horse. 

His trust in their tribe's honesty makes them feel guilty, and they return the horse to him at the end of the story from a Snapshot book of Class 11.

Chapter 2 – The Address

The story from Snapshot book Class 11 is based during the second world war. The protagonist, who was a Jew, lost her mother and her house during the war. Before the war, her mother had given away some things to a Mrs Dorling, an acquaintance, for safekeeping if they needed to go away. After the war is over, the protagonist has come to see Mrs Dorling, whose address was given to her by her mother to take back the possessions.

Mrs Dorling refuses to see the protagonist for the first time and asks her to come back another time. When she goes to visit a second time, she is met by Mrs Dorling's daughter, who asks her to wait in the living room. As she does so, she encounters all her mother's things arranged in a tasteless and ugly manner. 

It brought painful memories of her mother and war, so she left the place immediately. She resolves to forget the address and decides not to revisit the place.

Summary 

Chapter 3 – Ranga's Marriage 

The story from Snapshot NCERT book revolves around Ranga, son of the village accountant who had gone for higher studies in Bangalore. The whole story is told in flashback. Ranga's homecoming was an exciting event for the villagers because, at the time, English  education was not accessible. The villagers and the narrator go to meet Ranga at his home to see if English  education has changed him. They were disappointed to see it had not.

The narrator was impressed with Ranga when he came to visit him in the afternoon of the same day. He decided to get Ranga married and settle down. He stages the meeting of Ranga with Ratna. The narrator also manipulated events to make Ranga want to marry Ratna.

At the end of the story from Snapshot book Class 11, we see that Ratna and Ranga are happily married and has a three-year-old son named after the narrator.

Summary 

Ranga is a little boy from the Mysore town of Hoshali. He travels to Bangalore to study in an English  medium school.

He even greeted everyone with a Namaskar, and then everyone left in the same manner. Hoshali is a wonderful place with fantastic mangoes yet Hoshali is a little town that isn't particularly well-known. The storyteller returns to Ranga's home after the residents have left to chat with him.

As a result, they started talking, and the storyteller decided it would be a good idea to advise a reasonable young girl because Ranga isn't thinking about marriage right now and only wants to marry a fully matured and excellent young lady. As a result, the narrator concludes that he will marry Ranga. Ratna, he believes, would be a great partner for Ranga. Ratna lives near a major city and is an expert on instruments such as the veena and harmonium.

As a result, when Ranga comes to visit, he chooses to call Ratna on purpose. She enters Ranga after spotting Ratna. Nonetheless, the storyteller plays a game with Ranga, leading her to believe she is married. Ranga is perplexed by this as he comes to love her. He brings Ranga to an astrologer, according to the narrative.

As a result, the astrologer presents questions to Ranga, assisting him in admitting how much he adores Ratna. Her marriage was at the forefront of the conversation. Regardless, the astrologer informs Ranga that he has fallen in love with a young lady named Ratna. Ranga becomes immensely happy after hearing this, but she is once again unhappy because she isn't available.

As a result of the confirmation that Ranga loves Ratna, he decides to marry her. The storyteller goes to Ratna's house to beg her for Ranga's hand in marriage. Finally, ten years had passed since the events of the story occurred. Ranga is paying a visit to the storyteller to celebrate his child's third birthday. We learn that Ranga and Ratna married and that Ranga named their child after the storyteller who helped them get married.

Chapter 4 – Albert Einstein at School

We get a glimpse of Albert Einstein as a student from this excerpt in Snapshot book Class 11. We see that Einstein didn't like learning facts and thought they were irrelevant.  Since he was forced to learn things, he had no interest in it; he was miserable. His rooms were situated in the poorest parts of Munich, and he hated the atmosphere of slum violence around it.

He wanted to leave school and study math at a college in Milan. So, he asked his friend Yuri to find him a doctor who can certify that he had a nervous breakdown and need to stay away from school.

However, when he went to school, the headmaster asked him to leave the school of his own accord. He got a glowing reference from his math teacher and bid goodbye to his only friend Yuri before leaving.

Summary 

In this story, we learn about the forefather of modern physical science. Albert Einstein is remembered for his contributions to material science and the theory of relativity. In any case, this story depicts his adolescent years, which were not particularly pleasant. Normally, everyone would assume that a virtuoso psyche would have ruled at school. It wasn't, though, while he was in school.

Albert is in his History lesson at the start of the story. The educator obtains knowledge regarding a certain day, to which Albert admits that remembering dates is worthless. He reasoned that he could flip through the pages if he needed to know information about something. As a result, he didn't believe in fabricating facts.

As a result, we learn that Albert despises school since it employs traditional teaching methods. He despises traditional methods of training. In addition, his instructors aren't really fond of him. They consider him a disgrace, and the History teacher, in particular, dislikes him. The lecturer becomes enraged and orders him to leave when this incident occurs in History Class.

Einstein was unhappy in his home and did not care for it. Indeed, Einstein despised school to the point where he considered never finishing the tests required for a diploma. He wishes he could just concentrate on Science because he enjoys it so much. He also doesn't see why he wants to focus on different disciplines where he doesn't have a competitive advantage.

After that, they sent him to Munich and history repeated there as well. Albert didn't pay any premium and was simply wasting his father's money. He's had an epiphany about giving up a school together, so he asks his partner, Yuri, to arrange for a specialist. He aims to get the specialist to dismiss him as a lunatic who is unfit for school. Albert confesses his love for math after meeting with the specialist. From then on, the director calls him and informs him of shocking news.

He informs Albert that he has been asked to leave school due to his behaviour. They believe that his behaviour creates an unfavourable environment for Examination. It was incredible for Albert because he was about to present the clinical report when the school rusticated him. As a result, he walks out of the school without looking back, only to run into Yuri, who bids him farewell and wishes him good luck in the future.

Chapter 5 – Mother's Day

It is a play by J.B Priestley which talks about a serious issue wrapped in comedy. The main character is Annie Pearson, who is a devoted wife and a doting mother in her forties. She does all the domestic chores without getting any acknowledgement from her family. She is also taken for granted and ordered about by her thoughtless and selfish family. So, her friend Mrs Fitzgerald asks her to be more assertive.

Since Mrs Pearson doesn't have any idea how to do so, Mrs Fitzgerald suggests a plan where they exchange personalities using magic. Mrs Fitzgerald, in Mrs Pearson's body, goes to her house and waits for her family. When they come in, and they ask her to do things like making tea and ironing, she refuses. 

She also taunts them, which leaves them shocked and bewildered. All this is too much for the real Mrs Pearson, who asks Mrs Fitzgerald to change back. After changing back, Mrs Fitzgerald tells Mrs Pearson that she should be a bit more dominating to gain respect.

Summary 

The play begins with two friends having an honest conversation at Mrs Pearson's house. Mrs Fitzgerald is telling Mrs Pearson her wealth and encouraging her to make the best of it. Mrs Pearson begins by expressing her dissatisfaction with her relatives' lack of regard for her and their inability to appreciate the worth in everything she works for them. She is available to them 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and all they do is come in, throw orders at her, and leave without saying "Bless your heart." Mrs Fitzgerald tells her to be firm as the lady of the house, but Mrs Pearson, being the sweet and guiltless woman that she is, would rather not cause any grief to her family. She continues to deal with their outbursts since she has no idea where to begin in terms of training them.

Mrs Fitzgerald offers a scheme in which their bodies are swapped, allowing Mrs Fitzgerald to take her place without her family's knowledge. Mrs Pearson is initially hesitant, but Mrs Fitzgerald persuades her to go forward with it. Mrs Fitzgerald uses the enchantment she'd obtained from the East to transform their characters. Mrs Fitzgerald is currently inhabiting both Mrs Pearson's and Mrs Fitzgerald's bodies. Mrs Fitzgerald is currently advised by the new Mrs Pearson to return to her house till further notice.

Doris Pearson, Mrs Pearson's little girl, enters the scene right then, seeking tea and asking Mrs Pearson to press her yellow silk. She is taken aback when she sees her mother smoking, and the squabble begins when Mrs Pearson confronts Charlie Spence, the man she plans to date. Doris walks out crying, and Cyril, her younger brother, comes, asking for tea and something to eat. He, too, is taken aback by the fact that there is nothing to eat and no tea to drink when he returns home. Mrs Pearson tells him that she has never felt much better when he inquires if anything is off-base. Cyril becomes irritated, and Doris joins him, where they learn that Mrs Pearson may demand a week off at the end of the week.

Then comes George Pearson, who is taken aback to see his significant another drinking during the day. He says that he has an outstanding match at the club this afternoon and will not require any tea. He becomes upset once more when told there is no tea. Mrs Pearson mocks him for becoming annoyed since he didn't receive something he didn't want. She enlightens him on the nicknames he receives at the club. She goes on to say that if he had stayed at home now and again, none of this would have happened. Mrs Fitzgerald has to come in at some point. She meddles with their personal lives. When Mrs Fitzgerald calls out to him, George becomes furious. Mrs Pearson, in any event, jumps in to greet George on target, as if it had been going on all day. Doris arrives on the scene, and she, too, isn't very nice to Mrs Fitzgerald. Mrs. Pearson welcomes her too. 

Chapter 6 – The Ghat of the Only World

This story from Snapshot book Class 11 by author Amitav Ghosh is a result of a promise made to a friend of his, Agha Shahid Ali, before his death. His friend had been suffering from a malignant tumour and had been undergoing treatment for cancer. 

Agha Shaheed Ali made a specific request to Amitav Ghosh to remember him through written words. It is because he knew that the author would avoid writing about him as a way of dealing with loss and grief at the death of his friend.

After this request, the author started to record every conversation he had with his friend, which has made it possible for him to write this piece in remembrance of his friend which you can read in Snapshot Class 11 NCERT book.

Summary

The Example begins with a note from the writer's friend Shahid, who is fighting cancer and begs him to expound on his final gasp and how the writer opposes it. This is the outcome of his inability to react in a situation like this. Shahid was well-acquainted with him, and as a result, he persuaded him to make this decision. The author describes how he took notes on each incident and had a phone conversation with Shahid later that day to expand on him.

The author's fascination with his buddy dates back to when they were not together. Shahid's work in verse was well-known to Amitav. They met through a mutual friend, but they remained just colleagues. When Shahid arrived in Brooklyn a year ago, they drew closer after a series of early meals. Shahid relocated from Manhattan to live with his sister following an unplanned memory lapse. The author recalls a day when he was forced to accompany Shahid's family to the medical clinic following medical treatment. Shahid refused to use a wheelchair, claiming that he needs to rely on his toes. They returned to the escort with the wheelchair after watching him lose his balance. Shahid, who was full of life, was energised when he realised that anyone who spoke Spanish as well as he did needed to brush up on the language.

Shahid and the author had a unique arrangement together. To give an Example, they shared a common fondness for Indian foods such as Rogan kid and a dislike for cricket. Despite understanding where his virus was leading him, Shahid continued to surround himself with people who, in his opinion, gave him no optimum possibility to be unhappy. Every day, there used to be a party in his parlour, with someone or two in the kitchen cooking his favourite Rogan child while he supervised the festivities. He never stopped talking about his favourite Ghazal singer and her stories of smart responses.

He, too, responded deftly to the safety official at the Barcelona airport and made a note of it in his poetry. The author then goes on to explain what the prevalent conditions in Kashmir meant to him. He wrote a lot of verses regarding Kashmir and believed that religious issues and legislative issues should be handled separately. He believed that people should stick together regardless of their religious beliefs. He attributed his unique perspective to his upbringing. The author mentions how he wished to be in Kashmir for his final breath but couldn't due to strategic concerns. He exhaled his last breath and fell asleep, leaving a vacuum in the author's life. The author is still perplexed as to how a short-term responsibility may have such a long-term impact.

Chapter 7 – Birth 

It is an excerpt taken from The Citadel. This story from Snapshot book Class 11 is about a young doctor who expertly handles a case of a difficult birth and ends up saving the life of both the baby and the mother.

Dr Andrew Manson, while returning, saw the husband of the patient waiting for him despite being a late night. After an hour-long struggle, the patient gave birth to a stillborn baby and lay in a desperate state. For a moment, Andrew was torn between the baby and the mother, but he handed the baby to the nurse and attended the mother whose strength was ebbing away.

When the mother was slightly better, he turned to the baby. The nurse had kept it below the bed, thinking it lifeless. However, it was only unconscious, so he administered a treatment he had seen only once in Samara. For half an hour, he continued the unusual method of respiration on the baby until its chest gave a small heave. 

In the end, though he was hazed and tired, Andrew felt like he had done something worthwhile and real at last.

Chapter 8 – The Tale of Melon City

It is a satirical verse, Vikram Seth. The poem from Snapshot Class 11 textbook narrates a story about a king who had given orders to construct an arch. When he rode under the arch to inspect, his crown fell from his head because the arch was built to low. Angered by this, he declared that it is a disgrace and ordered that the chief of builder be hanged. 

This led to a series of events where everyone started blaming the other. In the end, the king was hanged to satisfy the impatient crowd.

Then, as is the custom of the city, the first one to pass the city gate will choose the new king. This turned out to be an idiot who decided a melon. 

Whenever other people questioned, the people of the melon city answers that if the king, a melon, allows them to carry on with their business in peace and liberty, who are they to question who their king is.

Summary 

Vikram Seth through this sonnet writes a parody on individuals with power. He has amusingly proposed the possibility that it makes no matter to people who their lord, ruler, or head of state is as long as he allows them to live in peace, freedom, and leniency.

A long time ago, there existed a city known as Melon City. Where a peace-loving and simple lord reigns supreme. For the edification of individuals, the Lord reports the growth of a bend across the road. The lord passed beneath the bend once it was completed, and his crown fell to the ground. Furthermore, he became enraged and felt compelled to rebuke the central maker for lowering the curvature by hanging them.

As a result, they erect the hangman's tree, and the fighters apprehend the developer for execution. The manufacturer got down on his knees and pleaded for mercy. He went on to say that it was the labourers' fault. As a result, the kin exonerates the developer and demands that the workers be hanged. Workers fought with the lord while they were being hanged, claiming that it was an artisans issue because he supplied the wrong size brick.

It was the designer's fault, according to the bricklayer. Along these lines, everyone assigns blame to someone else. Nonetheless, the engineer said that the plan was altered by the Lord.

As the debate about who should be hanged heated up, the monarch got increasingly perplexed. As a result, he is known as the wisest man in the land. A man on his deathbed was transported to the Lord in this manner. The astute guy advised the lord to drape the curve like a crook. As a result, a massive scaffold was erected to support the curve. Nonetheless, the counsellor stated that we are unable to drape the curve because it has become unadulterated as a result of touch with the ruler's head.

By this time, the group was nervous and anticipating a hanging. Fearing rebellion, the lord requested that anyone be hanged at any time to calm the crowd. As a result, everyone who was available sought to tighten the high-set noose. But it was only the ruler that fits it perfectly. In addition, the killer hanged him at his request. When the city grew, it had an odd ritual of electing a new lord. The deal was that anyone who drove through the streets the next day would choose the lord. When the gatekeeper asked a bystander the following morning who should be the ruler, he replied, "Melon." Because the walker was a knucklehead who answered every question with a single word: "Melon."

As a result, they make the melon their ruler. Furthermore, they refer to the city as "Melon City" from that day on. And everybody who inquires about the meaning of the city's name is told this narrative by locals.

Why Should Students Read NCERT Books?

There are several advantages of referring to textbooks like Snapshot book of Class 11 framed by the National Council of Education, Research and Training. Some of them have been given below – 

Promotes Comprehensive Learning – NCERT Books like English  book Class 11 Snapshot enable students to prepare for their Examination in a holistic manner. The textbooks thoroughly explain the fundamental concepts as well as complex topics and theories. The explanations provided are in easily understandable languages so students have no problem grasping the basic concepts of a complicated question. It also helps them to memorise as well as revise the critical formulas and theories quickly before an Examination. 

Framed By Subject Experts – NCERT textbooks, as well as the syllabi for books such as Snapshot book Class 11, are prepared by scholars and academicians who have a wide array of experience in the field of teaching. 

Therefore, they have quite a good idea regarding the problems that most students face while reading a subject. Even so, they design the textbooks after extensive research, keeping in mind the learning needs of a student. Thus, referring to NCERT textbooks will enable students to understand a topic quickly.

Suitable for Exam Preparation – NCERT books for Class 11 English  Snapshot are ideal for Exam preparations since they explain all the fundamental concepts in a straightforward manner. As a result, students do not need to refer to any other books, which saves a significant amount of time before an Examination. Moreover, these textbooks strictly follow the curriculum prescribed by CBSE; therefore, students will not have any confusion regarding Exam syllabus.

Chapter Based Exercises – These textbooks, like Snapshot book Class 11, also contain in-depth Exercises at the end of every Chapter to test a student's comprehension. The Exercises are based on the question paper pattern set by CBSE. 

Therefore, practising these questions will enable pupils to ace their Exams. Furthermore, students appearing for Exams like JEE, NEET, UPSC can also refer to these Exercises to improve their level of accuracy.

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