L-9 IN CELEBRATION OF BEING ALIVE
- DR. CHRISTIAN BARNARD
SHORT Q/A
Q.1. According to Dr. Barnard, what is the
business of living?
Ans.
The business of living is a celebration of being alive. According to Dr.
Barnard, the business of living is the celebration of being alive.
Q.2. What do the people with brave and
positive S attitude teach us?
Ans.
They teach us to move forward in life and the business of living is joy. They
teach us the real art of living-the way life should believed.
Q.3. In which incident were Dr. Barnard's
gloomy thoughts rooted?
Ans.
In an accident in which he and his wife were injured. Dr. Barnard's gloomy
thoughts were rooted in an accident he had a few years ago.
Q.4. What was Dr. Barnard's father's
attitude towards life?
Ans.
God tests us when we are in suffering. He was a firm believer in God's doing.
He held the view that God tests man. Suffering is not bad. It enables man and
makes him a better person.
Q.5. What introduced Dr. Barnard to
suffering of the children?
Ans.
His brother’s birth with an abnormal heart. Dr. Barnard was introduced to the
suffering of the children when he came to know that his brother died of heart
problem several years ago.
Q.6. Why couldn't Barnard's brother
survive?
Ans. Because of improper treatment for heart
surgery. it is because during those days they did not have sophisticated heart
surgery.
Q. 7. Why does Dr. Barnard consider the
suffering of the children heart, breaking?
Ans.
Because they have total faith in the ability of doctors to cure them. Children
have their trust in doctors and nurses for l If they can't they accept their
fate. They go through painful surgery, and afterwards they don't complain.
Painful.
Q. 8. What made the driver and the mechanic
choose their roles?
Ans.
The mechanic was blind and the driver had only one arm. The choice of roles was
easy because the mechanic was a totally blind and the driver had only one arm.
Ans1
The two boys were disabled/ handicapped. One is blind and the other had one
arm. But they enjoyed their life. They taught the lesson about the business of
living. The writer realized that it is not important what you have not. The
important thing is what you have been left with.
Ans2
One day while crossing road the writer and his wife met with a serious accident.
Dr. Barnard reacted sadly. They had to remain in the hospital. He asked himself
that why this happen to them. He had work to do. His wife had to look after
their baby. In this way, he experienced not only agony (pain) and fear but also
anger.
Ans3
Dr. Barnard’s brother suffered from heart disease and died. His father showed
him a half-eaten biscuit covered with fungus. It had two try tooth marks in it.
It was the last biscuit he had eaten. He was born with an abnormal heart. There
were no heart specialists then. The boy suffered a lot and died. This was the
first introduction of Dr. Barnard to the suffering of the children. This made
him sensitive.
Ans4
In the hospital he learnt a great lesson from the two children. One is blind
and the other had one arm. But they enjoyed their life. They taught the lesson
about the business of living. He learnt that suffering is necessary, and being
alive is important. He also learnt that the business of living is the
celebration of being alive.
Ans5
One day the nurse had left the breakfast trolley for some time. These two got
hold of this trolley and drove it. The mechanic was a blind child. He pushed
the trolley. The driver was sting on the lower deck of the trolley. He had only
one arm. He directed the trolley with one arm. The other patents enjoyed the
scene.
Ans6
When he was seven one day his parents quarreled. His mother lung a lighted lamp
at his father. It missed the mark and broke on the boy’s head. He caught free.
As a result of this he became blind. Secondly, his face was disfigured.
Ans7
Sufferings and pain are the part of life. In the hospital Dr. Barnard learnt a
great lesson from the two children. One is blind and the other had one arm. But
they enjoyed their life. We must move forward in the life and not to weep and
cry. Business of living is the real joy. The business of living is the
celebration of being alive.
Ans8
The lesson is based on the idea that pleasure and pain are the part parts of
human life. It is not important what you have not. The important thing is what
you have been left with. We must move forward in the life and not to weep and
cry. In the hospital he learnt a great lesson from the two children. One is
blind and the other had one arm. But they enjoyed their life. Business of
living is the real joy. The business of living is the celebration of being
alive.
This
lesson is based on the idea that pleasure and pain are part of life. Dr.
Barnard and his wife met with an accident. They were admitted in the hospital.
He could not understand why he and his wife had to suffer. Then he thought of
two boys: a blind boy whom he called the mechanic and a boy with only one arm
whom he called the driver. Both were happy, despite being handicapped. These
children taught Dr. Barnard that we should stay happy with what we have.
Points to remember
1) The author of the chapter is Christian
Barnard.
2) He was a South African surgeon.
3) He designed artificial heart valves.
4) One day he and his wife met with an
accident.
5) His eleven ribs were broken and got a cut
in the lungs.
6) His wife's shoulder was fractured.
7) Dr. Barnard's brother died with a heart
problem.
8) Barnard remembers his two child patients
whom he called mechanic and driver.
9) The mechanic was a blind child.
10) The driver had only one arm.
11) The mechanic had become blind when he was
accidently hit with a burning lantern. 12)
He got third degree burns.
13) The driver was suffering from the tumour of
the bone.
14) According to Dr. Barnard the business of
living is the celebration of being alive.
