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SOUND

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 *Sound* Sound is the energy  things produce when they vibrate (move back and forth quickly). *Is Sound a Wave* A wave is a disturbance produced in a medium as the particles of the medium vibrate. The particles produce motion in each other without moving forward or backwards. This leads to the propagation of sound. Hence sound is often called a Wave. *Sound Waves Are Mechanical* A wave that is produced when objects of the medium oscillate is called Mechanical Wave. The sound waves are therefore, mechanical waves. *Aspects Of Sound*:-  There are two different aspects to sound: there's a  *physical process*  that produces sound energy to start with and sends it shooting through the air, and there's a separate  *psychological process*  that happens inside our ears and brains, which convert the incoming sound energy into sensations we interpret as noises, speech, and music.  *How sound travels* Sound travels in mechanical waves. A mechanical wave is a...
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The Birth

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  Birth  by  AJ Cronin ‘Birth’ is an extract from ‘The Citadel’ by A J Cronin . It was published in 1937. It will be easy to understand ‘Birth,’   if we first understand “The Citadel” in short. THE CITADEL In October 1921, Andrew Manson, an idealistic and enthusiastic , newly qualified doctor, arrived from Scotland to work as an assistant to Doctor Page in the small Welsh mining town of Blaenelly.  He was shocked to see the insanitary conditions , he tried to improve matters and got the support of Dr. Philip Denny, a cynical semi-alcoholic. Then he obtained a post as an assistant in a miners’ medical aid scheme in ‘Aberalaw’, a neighboring coal mining town in the South Wales coalfield. He married Christine Barlow, a junior school teacher. Dr. Andrew Manson moved away from his strong medical ethics and was lured by money. He drifted away from his wife for a while. A patient at his Hospital died and Manson was accused by the Medical Council. Manson returned t...
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Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

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  Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich Explanation :SHAHID IQBAL -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aunt Jennifer's Tigers Introduction:- Aunt Jennifer's Tigers is one of Rich's earlier poems that reflects a core theme that occurred in Rich's work throughout her write-ups: her unwavering support for women's cause. It presents us with the life of a suppressed woman and offers a vision of her future immortality through art. What is Aunt Jennifer's Tigers About?:- Women's issues affect all people—not just women. So it's addressed to us all. We all have a (symbolic) Aunt Jennifer: a woman whom we admire, but who has perhaps been held back in life because of her gender and assumed gender-role. Adrienne Rich wrote the poem in 1951, which was a time in which there were fewer options for women in terms of careers, family planning and being self-reliant. "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," tells the story of, and imagines ...
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