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Uncle podger hangs a picture - Jerome K. Jerome

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Character sketch of Uncle Podger 'Uncle podger hangs a picture' has written by Jerome K. Jerome. This short story is taken from the 'Three men in a boat'. It's a comic novel.      Uncle Podger is the protagonist of story. The whole story revolves around him. Uncle Podger is an abusive character. He involves all the other family members in that works. He blame other family members when he forgot his hammer and nail. He blame them for not finding her hanker chief. Uncle Podger create many troubles in hanging a picture. He is an absent minded person. He forgot that things that he put by himself. Like, hammer, nails, hanker chief etc. He is a comic characters who creat situation. He is  not capable to do that work.      So Uncle Podger is very funny character. 

Prayer Before birth - Louis MacNeice

 Prayer  Before Birth 1. Justify your understanding of the poem prayer Before Birth. The poem “Prayer before Birth” is written by Louis MacNeice. The poem is a prayer by a child who is not yet born. He wishes to be saved from those who destroy the finer feeling of man and make him a machine. He is afraid of the blood shed in the world and prays that he may be saved from blood baths. He wants nature as his companion and not human beings without humanity in them. He wishes to be treated like a human being with feeling and intelligence and not like a trial object that can be thrown in any direction. If his humanity is to be destroyed after his birth he would prefer death to life. This is a very moving cry from a child not yet born. He is praying that please give me enough force to fight off those who would try to rob me off my tender nature. He wishes that others don’t use him for their own purposes. He says that if these prayers are not possible, then he would like to be killed ...