The Little Girl

 

The Little Girl

Key Traits of Kezia:

Kezia, the central character in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “The Little Girl”, is a young, innocent, and sensitive child who initially struggles to understand her strict and intimidating father. Her character undergoes significant emotional growth throughout the story, leading to a deeper bond with him.

Additional Questions.

Q1. Why did Kezia stutter in front of her father?

Q2. Why was Kezia punished by her father?

Q3. When father came to know that Kezia had torn the papers, what did he do?

Q4. When did Kezia declare that there are ‘different kinds of fathers’?

Q5. What lesson does the story ‘The Little Girl’ teach?

Long Answer Questions

Q6. Explain the relationship between Kezia and her father at the beginning of the story.

 

Questions from the book

Q1. Why was Kezia afraid of her father?

Ans.  Kezia had an impression that her father was a very tough person, who never talked lovingly to her. He never played with her. He always found fault in her. That is why she was afraid of her father.

Q2. Who were the people in Kezia’s family?

 

Ans. Mother, father and Grandmother. Besides that she has a cook namely Alice.

 

Q. 3. What was Kezia’s father’s routine

     (a) before going to his office?

Ans. Before going to his office Kezia’s father would go to her room and would give her a casual kiss.

     (b)  After coming back from his office?

Ans. When he comes back from his office he asks to bring tea for him, also,   he asks for newspaper and slippers.

(c) On Sundays?

Ans. On Sundays he would sleep on sofa covering his face with his handkerchief.

 

Q4. In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father?

Ans. Kezia’s grandmother encouraged her to get to know her father better by asking her to go and talk to him. She also suggested her to make a pin-cushion on her father’s birthday to present him as a gift.

 

Q5. Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.

How did this happen?

 

Ans. Kezia wanted to please her father by presenting him a pin cushion on his birthday. While making the pin cushion for her father, she needed something to stuff it with. She did it with some important papers of her father. The father became very angry and punished Kezia for this. 

 

Q6.  Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father

was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?

 

Ans. For Kezia, Mr. Macdonald seemed to be a kind, playful and good-humoured father. He was different from Kezia’s father as he was very friendly with his children and spent lots of time with them playing in the garden.

 

Q7. How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?

 

Ans.  When Kezia got terrified by the nightmare, her father came forward to take care of her. He not only took her to his bedroom, but also tried to make her sleep with him. He wanted to comfort and sooth her but as he was already tired from the overwork of the day, he went to sleep even before Kezia could. Here, Kezia realises that after all he is also a human being and needs sympathy.

 

Answer to the Additional Questions

 

Q1. Why did Kezia stutter in front of her father?

Ans. Kezia remained fearful of her father. When she tried to speak to him, she became nervous and failed to say her words properly.

 

Q2. Why was Kezia punished by her father?

Ans. Kezia was punished by her father because she had torn papers on which father’s great speech for Port authority was written.

 

Q3. When father came to know that Kezia had torn the papers, what did he do?

Ans. When father came to know that Kezia had torn the papers, he asked her to hold her hand out. He beat her on her hands and instructed her not to touch anything that was not belonging to her.

Q4. When did Kezia declare that there are ‘different kinds of fathers’?

 

Ans. Kezia declared that there are different kinds of fathers when she saw one of her neighbours, Mr. Macdonald, playing with his five children. They all seemed happy. Kezia remembered her father who had no time to play with her.

 

Q5. What lesson does the story ‘The Little Girl’ teach?

Ans.  The story teaches that parents can’t be bad as little girl Kezia thinks. When there is a problem, it is the parents who come to the help of the children. Children should not form baseless opinions about their parents.

Long Answer Questions

Explain the relationship between Kezia and her father at the beginning of the story. How did it evolve by the end?

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