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An account of reflections is more important than a description of reality according to the author. Why?

For the author, the deep hidden truths of human realities can only be reflected through characters composition by writers. According to her the future authors will look into the depths and explore the realities and will pursue their phantoms and leave behind the age-old descriptive depiction of reality.


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What is the author’s perception of the limitations of knowledge and learning?

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Describe the unbroken flow of thoughts and perceptions of the narrator’s mind, using the example of the colonel and the clergy.

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Looking back at objects and habits of a bygone era can give one a feeling of phantom-like unreality. What examples does the author give to bring out this idea?

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How does the imagery of (i) the fish (ii) the tree, used almost poetically by the author, emphasising the idea of stillness of living, breathing thought?