Read the following passage and answer the questions below it:My father's attitude was that this was but an inevitable phase of my growing up and he affected to take it lightly. But beneath his jocular, boys-together air, he was at a loss, he was frightened. Perhaps he had supposed that my growing up would bring us closer together whereas, now that he was trying to find out something about me, I was in full Night from him. I did not want him to know me. I did not want anyone to know me. And then, again, I was undergoing with my father what the very young inevitably undergo with their elders: I was beginning to judge him. And the very harshness of this judgment, which broke my heart, revealed, though I could not have said it then, how much I had loved him, how that love, along with my innocence, was dying.My poor father was baffled and afraid. He was unable to believe that there could be anything seriously wrong between us. And this was not only because he would not then have known what to do about it, it was mainly because he would then have had to face the knowledge that he had left something, somewhere. undone, something of the utmost importance. And since neither of us had any idea of what this so significant omission could have been, we took refuge in being hearty with each other.We were not like father and son. my father sometimes proudly said, we were like buddies. I think my father sometimes actually believed this. I never did. I did notwant to be his buddy; I wanted to be his son. What passed between us as masculine candor exhausted and appalled me.He thought we were alike. I did not want to think so. I did not want to think that my life would be like his, or that my mind would ever grow so pale, so without hard places and sharp, sheer drops. He wanted no distance between us; he wanted me to look on him as a man like myself. But I wanted the merciful distance of father and son, which would have permitted me to love him.

**(1.1)** How do the narrator and his father differ in their attitude to their father-son relationship?

**(1.2)** Describe the psychological turmoil the narrator had to undergo during his adolescence.

**(1.3)** How is the father portrayed here?

**(1.4)** Give meanings, in English, of the expressions in bold.

**(1.5)** Translate the underlined section of the passage into Bangla.

Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions below it:My father's attitude was that this was but an inevitable phase of my growing up and he affected to take it lightly. But beneath his jocular, boys-together air, he was at a loss, he was frightened. Perhaps he had supposed that my growing up would bring us closer together whereas, now that he was trying to find out something about me, I was in full Night from him. I did not want him to know me. I did not want anyone to know me. And then, again, I was undergoing with my father what the very young inevitably undergo with their elders: I was beginning to judge him. And the very harshness of this judgment, which broke my heart, revealed, though I could not have said it then, how much I had loved him, how that love, along with my innocence, was dying.My poor father was baffled and afraid. He was unable to believe that there could be anything seriously wrong between us. And this was not only because he would not then have known what to do about it, it was mainly because he would then have had to face the knowledge that he had left something, somewhere. undone, something of the utmost importance. And since neither of us had any idea of what this so significant omission could have been, we took refuge in being hearty with each other.We were not like father and son. my father sometimes proudly said, we were like buddies. I think my father sometimes actually believed this. I never did. I did notwant to be his buddy; I wanted to be his son. What passed between us as masculine candor exhausted and appalled me.He thought we were alike. I did not want to think so. I did not want to think that my life would be like his, or that my mind would ever grow so pale, so without hard places and sharp, sheer drops. He wanted no distance between us; he wanted me to look on him as a man like myself. But I wanted the merciful distance of father and son, which would have permitted me to love him.

(1.1) How do the narrator and his father differ in their attitude to their father-son relationship?

(1.2) Describe the psychological turmoil the narrator had to undergo during his adolescence.

(1.3) How is the father portrayed here?

(1.4) Give meanings, in English, of the expressions in bold.

(1.5) Translate the underlined section of the passage into Bangla.

**(1.1)** How do the narrator and his father differ in their attitude to their father-son relationship?

**(1.2)** Describe the psychological turmoil the narrator had to undergo during his adolescence.

**(1.3)** How is the father portrayed here?

**(1.4)** Give meanings, in English, of the expressions in bold.

**(1.5)** Translate the underlined section of the passage into Bangla.

Accepted Answer

**(1.1)** The father treats the changing relationship lightly and wants closeness: he wants the two of them to be 'buddies' and see each other as equals, with no distance between them. The narrator, on the other hand, rejects this friendship. He wants to remain a son, with the 'merciful distance' between father and son, because such a distance would allow him to love his father.

**(1.2)** In adolescence the narrator feels confused, secretive and emotionally torn. He does not want anyone, including his father, to know him, so he withdraws. At the same time, he begins to judge his father harshly, and this judgment breaks his own heart because it shows how deeply he had loved him. He also senses that his innocence and his childhood love are dying, and he fears that his own life and mind may become as ordinary as his father's.

**(1.3)** The father is portrayed as a loving but bewildered and insecure man. He pretends to take his son's growing up lightly, but he is actually frightened and baffled. He cannot admit that something is wrong between them, because he would then have to accept that he has left something important undone. He hides behind a hearty, boys-together manner and sincerely believes that they are friends.

**(1.4)** (The bold expressions are not marked, so the key expressions are explained.)
1. **affected to take it lightly**: pretended that it was not serious.
2. **at a loss**: confused, not knowing what to do.
3. **took refuge in**: found safety or comfort in something.
4. **masculine candor**: a frank, open, man-to-man way of talking.
5. **merciful distance**: a kind separation that gives respect and space.

**(1.5)** (The underlined section is not marked, so the last two sentences are translated.)
আমি ভাবতে চাইনি যে আমার জীবন তাঁর জীবনের মতো হবে, কিংবা আমার মন কখনো এতটা ফ্যাকাশে হয়ে যাবে, যেখানে কোনো কঠিন স্থান বা তীক্ষ্ণ, খাড়া গভীরতা নেই। তিনি আমাদের মধ্যে কোনো দূরত্ব চাননি; তিনি চেয়েছিলেন আমি যেন তাঁকে আমার মতোই একজন পুরুষ হিসেবে দেখি। কিন্তু আমি চেয়েছিলাম পিতা ও পুত্রের মধ্যকার সেই করুণাময় দূরত্ব, যা আমাকে তাঁকে ভালোবাসার সুযোগ দিত।

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