the great stone face ncert chapter 9 and 10 by sushant kumar

1. WRITTEN BY; NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

2. DIFFICULT WORDS
 IMMENSE – HUGE
 ENORMOUS – VERY BIG
 PERPENDICULAR – CLIFF OR ROCK FACE,RISING
VERY STEEPLY
 CLUSTERING – GATHERING
 BENIGN – KIND,GENTLE
 PROPHECY – STATEMENT THAT TELLS WHAT
WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE
 PENSIVE – THOUGHTFUL
 STIRRED - MOVED

3.  INHABITANS – PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VALLEY
DWELLERS
 LABOUR – WORK
 SYMPATHIES – FEELINGS OF SORROW
APPROVAL,UNDERSTANDING
 BEHELD – SAW
 RENOWNED – FAMOUS
 BANQUET – FEAST
 PROCLAIMED – SAID LOUDLY,ANNOUNCED

4. INTRODUCTION – one afternoon , a mother with her son, Ernest ,
was at the door of their cottage. They were talking about the
great stone face. It was clearly visible in the bright sunshine.
Thousands of people lived there. Everybody there, was familiar
with the great stone face. It was the work of the nature. One day
the great stone face smiled on Ernest and looked kindly . He
wished to hear its pleasant voice. He longed to see a man with
such a face in order to love him dearly. There was a man called
gather gold he had left his native many years ago he had became
quite rich man there. He decided to return to his native valley.
There was a rumour that gathergold looked like the great stone
face. Gathergold had the face of an old man with yellow skin.
The people considered him the image of the great stone face
Ernest gazed up the valley. The great stone face seemed to reject
gathergold as its likeness.

5.  Ernest had grown up to be a young man. Everyday, he
would go off by himself and gaze upon the great stone face.
He wondered why its likeness was delaying its appearance.
By his time gathergold had become poor and died without
establishing his likeness with the stone face. After son of
the valley had joined the army as a soldier many years
before. He had be come a general by then and came to be
known as blood and thunder on the battled. In his old age,
he desired to return to his valley. The people considered
him as the likeness of the great stone face. On his return,
was welcomed warmly. The gathering mistook him as the
greatest man of all time. Ernest failed to recognise any
likeness. Blood and thunder and the great stone face. His
heart assured him that the real face had still to come.

7. DIFFICULT WORDS & MEANINGS
 FURROWS – DEEP LINES
 OBSCURE – NOT WELL KNOWN
 UNAWARES –UNKNOWINGLY
 CUSTOMARY TOIL – USUAL WORK
 HOSPITABLY – GENTLY, KINDLY
 CORRESPONDED – BEEN INHARMONY WITH
 CUSTOM – HABIT
 HARMONISED WITH – CORRESPONDED WITH,
AGREED WITH
 SAGE – WISE MAN
 DIFFUSED – SPREAD ALL AROUND

8.  Ernest still lived in his native valley. he was simple hearted man.
He always worked for the betterment of the world. Though he
was considered to be an ordinary man yet he was humble and
rich in thoughts. With the passage of time ,Ernest became old.
He had wise thoughts in his mind. He had become famous all
over the world. Men came from distant places to see and speak to
him. A new poet had appeared on earth while Ernest had been
growing old. The poet was a native of Ernests valley but had
stayed in distant cities for a long period. The poet had heared of
Ernests character. One day, he came to his door. Ernest was
reading a book and glancing lovingly at the mountain from time
to time. Ernest gave him shelter for the night. The great stone
face looked kindly at the poet. The poet found Ernest ,wise
,gentle and kind.

9.  Ernest used to speak to his neighbours every evening.
The poet also accompanied him the poet listened to
his talk. He felt that Ernests life and character were a
far nobler kind of poetry than his own poems just then
,the poet saw the great stone face . He declared ernest
as the likeness of the great stone face every body
agreed with him. Ernest still hoped that someone
wiser and better than himself would appear sometime,
bearing a likeness to the great stone face.

10. The most important character is Ernest. In the beginning
of the book, he was a little boy who lived with his mother
in the village where he was born. Further through the
story he became a very old and wise man.
The most important character after Ernest was his mom.
She told Ernest the story behind the great stone face. She
told Ernest that great stone face was the piece of nature.
The first man the people thought who was the
look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a
shopkeeper. His name was Gathergold. He was
a very rich man and he had lots of diamonds and
pearls.

11. The second man the people thought who was the
look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a general.
The people called him Old Blood-and-Thunder. This
man had a strong will and a hard face, but not the
wisdom and the love of the Great Stone Face.
The third man the people thought who was the
look-a-like of the Great Stone Face, was a great
statesman. The people called him Old Stony. But
he also wasn’t the man that they were looking for,
because he did not have the warm smile .
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12. The end of the book was the most fascinating part.He
was inspired by one thing and that was the Great Stone
Face. He told the people of the village some important
things. The people where he talked to, saw that Ernest
himself was the Great Stone Face. But Ernest was still
hoping that some wiser and better man than himself would
appear, bearing the likeness of the Great Stone Face. I didn’t
expect that Ernest was the likeness of the Great Stone Face.

14. The whole story goes about the Great Stone Face The Great
Stone Face was a work of Nature. Rain and wind had cut into
the side of a mountain, now it looked like the face of a man.
It had a high forehead, a long nose and great lips. The Great
Stone Face: A big face of stone. The story goes about some
kind of love between this legendary story and Ernest
In the end of the story the people where he talked to, saw
that Ernest himself was the Great Stone Face. But Ernest
was still hoping that some wiser and better man than
himself would appear, bearing the likeness of the Great
Stone Face.