THE ELEPHANT AND THE TRAGOPAN

• English
• Secondary Education
• Age 13

THE ELEPHANT AND THE TRAGOPAN

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Why is the forest important to the Tragopan?

1. It’s the only place where he feels powerful
2. It is his home and a vital ecosystem that supports life
3. It is a resource he can exploit for his own survival
4. It provides the Tragopan with food and shelter, but he has no emotional connection to it

How does Vikram Seth use the Elephant and the Tragopan conversation to highlight environmental issues?

1. Through showing the Tragopan’s ignorance of his surroundings
2. By creating a metaphor for the conflict between industrialization and conservation
3. Through emphasizing the need for the Elephant to use resources efficiently
4. By showing the futility of resisting deforestation

What does the Elephant’s refusal to listen to the Tragopan symbolise?

1. The triumph of nature over human intervention
2. The inability of authority to empathize with those it governs
3. The success of the weak in defeating the powerful
4. The balance of power in nature

Discuss the significance of the forest as a setting in the story. How does it contribute to the overall message of the narrative?