Does the author help us anticipate the ironical twist in the end during the course of the narrative?  If yes, give examples from the text to support your argument.

In Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It’, the author drops few subtle hints in the course of the narrative to prepare us for the unexpected twist that comes in the end. After boarding the compartment the girl failed to notice the narrator and was started  by his voice. This was rather strange as ...

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How was a game of deception played  between the narrator and the girl?

During the course of the journey, the narrator interacted cautiously  with the girl who boarded the train at Rohana. The narrator was attracted by the voice of the girl and conversed with her in such a way so that he could conceal  the truth of his blindness from her. The narrator pretended of studying the ...

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Describe the exchanges between Ruskin Bond and his last fellow passenger in the train.

In Ruskin Bond’s short story ‘The Eyes Have It’, a man boarded the train at Saharanpur. The narrator continued his pretense of studying the landscape. The new co-passenger broke into his reverie  and started that perhaps the narrator was disappointed as he was not as attractive a traveling companion as the girl who had just ...

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What were the chain of thoughts that ran through the narrator’s mind when the train approached the station?  How was it affected by the men’s conversation?

Throughout the train journey the narrator had painted a picture of the girl in his mind, and visualized every movement of hers. Though the girl felt relieved on hearing that it was a short journey,  the narrator wanted it to continue forever. Her voice reminded  him of The sparkle of a mountain stream and her ...

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Describe the parting of the girl from the network in the train.

On this way to Mussoorie, the narrator Met a girl on the train who accompanied him till Saharanpur. The narrator was totally blind at that time. He started a conversation with the girl but was very tactful while  interacting with her since he did not want her to discover that he was blind. The conversation ...

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