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English Core · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q13
Justify the statement, 'It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life.' (Memories of…
Justify the statement, 'It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life.'
(Memories of Childhood)
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Humiliation faced by them in childhood, education as a tool to resist the oppression felt at young age
Zitkala-Sa
insults faced at Carlisle Indian school
tight fitting clothes, hard shoes, eating by formula, all these are a blow to her self-respect
felt like a coward, cattle
shingled hair
suffered extreme indignities
puts up a fight
Bama
felt angry, provoked on understanding the situation why the man was holding the packet like that
infuriated at the thought of discrimination
felt their people should not do petty errands for these fellows
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