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Suitor and papa summary
The 'suitor and papa' is the story of a young man Pyotr Petrovich Milkin who spent the whole day with Nastya, one of Kondrashkin's daughters. Seeing this most people
thought that Milkin and Nastya would be sure to marry. Milkin's friends started
asking him for a stag party(a party was attended only by a man) because they
had come to know that Milkin was getting married. But
Milkin was not serious about getting married. Well he had been very close with
Nastya, eat dinner almost every evening, walked together, and also gave bunches of flowers to her but Milkin had no plans of marrying
Nastya. Seeing that his friend's and Nastya’s family would force him to marry
the girl who loved him. Then Milkin decided to left the place. So, he goes to
Nastya's home to meets her father Kondrashkin. He told him that he would be leaving the place next day. Kondrashkin was shocked. He said that it
was unfair. He requested Milkin to propose Nastya.
At this point, Milkin presents a number of reason to run away from the matter. Milkin
admitted that he would find no better girl than Nastya if he wished to marry
but he said that his conviction and view were different from Nastya. Their view
cannot match each other. Kondrashkin counter this argument by saying that all
men and women have different views and convictions. He would never meet
any women who shared the same views and convictions. Milkin said that he was unworthy for Nastya
because he was a poor man. The Kondrashkin reminds Milkin that
he was a salaried man. Milkin fails again so he comes with another reason that he
was a drunkard. Kondrashkin said that he didn’t believe
that Milkin took a drink. At this point, Milkin realized that Kondrashkin was
determined to get him married to Nastya. Suddenly he said that he took a bribe. The
Kondrashkin reminds Milkin that everyone in this world took a bribe. Milkin feels like being defeated. Next Milkin goes a little
more dramatic and said that he could be arrested at any time for robbery. At
this kondrashkin goes silent for a while and predicts that Milkin will be sent
Siberian jail if he caught. He said that Nastya will follow him to jail as her
love is pure.
Milkin now
understand that the two were playing the same game – the man was forcing him to
marry his daughter at any cost. Milkin
brain tinkles once again and he said that he was a
runaway convict. Kondrashkin asked Milkin
why he had not been arrested yet. Milkin
said that he had been living in somebody else identity. Kondrashkin considers
it. He was suddenly cheered. He asked Milkin to marry Nastya because he believed
that the police would never find him until death. Milkin makes another attempt
he said that he was a mad man. Kondrashkin said that mad man cannot argue so
logically and sensibly as Milkin did.
Milkin rise
and goes out to get a doctor’s certificate to prove his madness. Milkin meets
Dr. Fituyev, a psychiatrist. The doctor doesn’t find anything wrong with
Milkin. Milkin urges the doctor to certify him mad to avoid getting married.
Dr. Fituyev said that he could not certify him because anyone who doesn’t want
to get married is a wise man. Dr. Fituyev said that he would give him a metal
fitness certificate if he needs. Milkin has no way out. He sits down helpless.
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Suitor and papa question answers
COMPREHENSION
1. Why did
Pyotr's friends ask for a stag party?
Ans: Pyotr's
friends ask for a stag party because Pyotr's friend had come to know that Pyotr
was getting married.
2. When did
Pyotr realized that everyone expected him to marry Nastya?
Ans: Pyotr
realized that everyone expected him to marry Nastya when his friend had told
him that everyone knew that he spent whole days with Kondrashkin's daughters, eat
dinner almost every evening, walked together, and also gave bunches of flowers
to her. And Pyotr's friend had asked for a stag party also. So all these make
him realized that everyone expected him to marry Nastya.
3. Why did
Kondrashkin allows Pyotr to come to his house and meet Anastasia?
Ans:
Kondrashkin allowed Pyotr to come to his house and meet Anastasia because he
was in the hope that Pyotr would marry her and they loved each other.
4.
Kondrashkin accuses Pyotr of evading the issue and being dishonest why?
Ans:
Kondrashkin accuses Pyotr of evading the issue and being dishonest because
Pyotr wants to leave the place without marrying Nastya.
5. The more
Pyotr Petrovich tries to avoid ‘getting hitched’ to Anastasia, the more Kondrashkin
pushes him to commit himself. List Pyotr’s many reasons for not proposing to
Anastasia and Kondrashkin’s rebuttals.
Ans: Pyotr presents
a number of reasons to run away from proposing to Anastasia:
(i) Pyotr
said that his conviction and view was different from Anastasia. Their view
cannot matched each other. Kondrashkin counter this argument by saying that all
men and women have different views and convictions and never meet any women who
shared the same views.
(ii) Pyotr
said that he was unworthy for Anastasia because he was a poor man. The
Kondrashkin reminds Pyotr that he was a salaried man.
(iii) Pyotr
said that he was a drunkard. Kondrashkin said that he did not believe that Pyotr
took a drink.
(iv) Pyotr
said that he took a bribe. The Kondrashkin reminds him that everyone in this world
took a bribe.
(v) Next Pyotr
goes a little more dramatic and said that he could be arrested at any time for
robbery. At this kondrashkin goes silent for a while and predicts that Milkin
will be sent Siberian jail if he caught. He said that Anastasia will follow him
to jail as her love is pure.
6. When he
failed to convince Kondrashkin, what did Pyotr finally decide to do?
Ans: When he
failed to convince Kondrashkin, Pyotr finally decided, to bring a certificate
from his friend's doctor certifying him insane(mad).
7. Why did
Fituyev refuses to certify Pyotr as mad, despite being his friend?
Ans: Fituyev
refused to certify Pyotr as mad, despite being his friend because Pyotr was not
mad as he does not want to marry. The only wise man can say that he does not want
to marry. As Pyotr refused to marry then of course he is a wise man. A doctor
can not certify a wise man as mad.
8. Do you
think Pyotr really courted Anastasia? Why then he develops cold feet when it
came to proposing to her?
Ans: Pyotr
never courted Anastasia. On the contrary, she interested in him. But Pyotr was
not in a position to marry her. So he reductant in proposing her.
9. Do you
think Kondrashkin is right in pushing Pyotr, to his daughter at any cost?
Ans:
Kondrashkin is absolutely right in pushing Pyotr to his daughter at any cost.
Because he had seven daughters and Pyotr was his chance to one of them as Pyotr
spend lots of time with Nastya, eating, drinking, chatting to the girls all the
time. Pyotr behaved like a suitor.
REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT
1. When are
you going to throw your stag party?
(a) Who is
the speaker? Who is he speaking to?
Ans: One of
the friends of Pyotr is the speaker. He is speaking to Pyotr.
(b) What is
a 'stag party'?
Ans: A stag
party is a party for a man who is going to get married, to which only his male
friends are invited.
(c) How does
the listener reacted to the question?
Ans: The
listener i.e., Pyotr became red in shame and anger and şaid that it was a fool
who thought about his marriage.
2. You can't
drive over a new-made road, but after it's been in use for a while, the going's
smoother?"
(a) Who is
the speaker? Who is he speaking to?
Ans:
Kondrashkin is the speaker. He is speaking to Pyotr.
(b) Why does
the speaker say these words?
Ans: The
speaker says these words to motivate Pyotr to marry Anastasia.
(c) What
does he mean by these words?
Ans: He
wants to say that Pyotr will not be able to find a girl who is absolutely
fitted to him. After a few days of marriage, the rough edge would be rubbed
off and there will no difference in their life.
3. 'My
friend. I have a favour to ask you!' he said to the doctor. The fact is ...they
want me to get hitched at all costs. To avoid this calamity, I have decided to
feign insanity…Hamlet's device, after a fashion...’
(a) Who is
the friend being spoken to?
Ans: The
friend being spoken to his Doctor Fituyev.
(b) Why has
the speaker gone to his friend?
Ans: The
speaker has gone to his friend to obtain a certificate from him saying that he
is mad.
(c) What is
the 'calamity' that is likely to be fall the speaker?
Ans: The
'calamity' that is likely to befall the speaker is that Kandrashkin is pushing
Pyotr to marry his daughter at any cost. But the speaker(Pyotr) is unwilling to
do so. He was not in a position to marry Anastasia.
EXTRA QUESTIONS&ANSWERS
1. What did
one of Pyotr's friends ask him at the
summer-fall?
Ans: One of
Pyotr's friends asked him when Pyotr was going to give his stag party.
2. Why was
Pyotr blushed?
Ans: Pyotr
was blushed because one of his friends asked him when he was going to give the
stag party. Pyotr was blushed because of such an unexpected question from his
friend.
3. What did
Kondrashkin hope? Why?
Ans:
Kondrashkin hoped that Pyotr would marry his daughter Anastasia(Nastya) as they
had developed relations between them. At the same time, Pyotr behaved like a
suitor. He spent whole days with Kondrashkin. So Kondrashkin thought that both of them
were in love with each other.
4. How did
Pyotr try to evade from the issue?
Ans: When
Pyotr realized that everyone expected him to marry Nastya and even Kondrashkin
was compelling him into proposing to the daughter at any cost. But Pyotr was
unwilling to marry her and he presented a number of reasons to run away from this
matter like he said that he was a drunkard, poor, took a bribe. He even tried to
prove himself as a mad.
5. What did
Kondrashkin says about the doctor's certificate?
Ans:
Kondrashkin said that he would believe the doctor's certificate but never
believe Pyotr being mad.
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