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1- )What do you know about Augusts Pokewhistle?
He was an artist who painted pictures and drew drawings

2- ) What did the speaker think the stranger was?
He thought he was a doctor sent by some interfering so-called friend

3- ) How did the stranger find Augusts?
He was sick and disheartenedمحبط.

4- ) How does he describeيصف his friends? Do you think he was right?
He described them as interfering and ‘so-called’ friends.
He should not be criticalمنتقد of other people or ungrateful جاحد to his friends.

5- ) Why did Augusts think the stranger couldn’t help him?
Because he thought that he couldn’t know his illness unless he told him his story of life.

6- ) What was Augustus interested in when he was seven?
He was interested in drawing things.

7- )When did he get a prize?
At the age of seven.

8-) How was Augustus Pokewhistle brought up?
He was delicately brought up and he wasn’t an ordinary boy.

9- ) How did his parents do to help him to be a painter?
They provided him with pencils and paper and gave him the opportunity of studying under great painters.

10- ) why did he get a prize?
Because he drew an animal although he intended his drawing to represent sunset over London.

11-) When did he start his work as a painter of people?
He started his work at the age of twenty-one

12-) Why do you think that Augustus Pokewhistle's business as a painter of people didn't do well?
Because He only painted his own face and he didn't sell any pictures.
13-) Why do you think the narrator الراوىstill couldn’t sell any picture of the country الريف?

Because he painted all the views from the front and back windows of his room.

14- ) What did he do to paint for money?
He sent funny pictures to newspaper and magazines.

15-) What was the result of drawing for newspaper ?
He got his drawing back and couldn't sell any pictures.

16-) Why did he decide to forget his soul and paint for money?
Because he became hopeless يائس, almost hungry and without money.

17-) What made Augustus describe drawing for newspapers as "selling his soul"?
He thought that the true artist preferredيفضـل to die يموتrather than do such a thingعن فعل هذا الشىء.

18-) What was his last attempt to get money?
It was to draw for advertisementsاعلانات

19-) Why did he get bottles and wool in the post?
Because the advertising agenciesوكالات الاعلان sent them for him.

20-) Why was the man from the furniture shop محل الاثاثsure that Augustus will rise ينهضfrom his bed?
Because he came to take the bed which it was not paid forلانه جاء ليأخذ السريرالذى لم يدفع ثمنة
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"Quotation"
1) ‘You are the doctor, I suppose,’ said, smiling from his bed at the immense man who had arrived secretly while he slept.
1. Who said this? To whom?
This was said by Augustus Pokewhistle to the stranger.
2- What was that man?
He was from the furniture shop
3- By whom did Augusts think the man was sent?
By interfering and ‘so-called’ friends to save him from suffering

2"May I mention that there is a certain repetition in your remarks? Let me finish, and then you can say "but" as often as you like."
1- ) who said this? To whom?
This was said by Augustus Pokewhistle to the stranger.
2- ) what did Augustus want to finish?
He wanted to finish telling the story of his life.
3- ) why did the stranger interrupt him several times?
He wanted to tell him that he wasn’t a doctor but a man from the furniture shop who came to take the bed.
4 -) What did you concludeتستنتج about this statementالجملة?
Augustus Pokewhistle was self conceitedمغرور person and an arrogantمتغطرس.

3)"I know what you are going to say-if 1 had had the soul of a true artist, 1 would have died rather than do such a thing."
a - Who said this statement? To whom did he say it?
b - What thing did he refer to when he said this statement?
c - Do you think he is a true artist?

4) "I soon found that selling one soul for money is not So easy as it sound”
a-Who said this statement and to whom?
This was said by Augustus Pokewhistle to the stranger.
b - What did he mean by saying "selling one's soul"?
He meant that true artist shouldn’t draw things for money and againstضـد his principlesمبادىء.
c - What did he do when he sold his soul?
He gave up struggle and decided to take to his bed ,never to rise again.
d) Why did he get bottles and wool in the post?
Because the advertising agencies sent them for him as a return for his drawings.

5)"And I feel certain that you will, because I've come to take it away"
1- Who said this statement? To whom did he say it?
This was said by the stranger to Augustus Pokewhistle
2-What was the visitor certain of?
He was sure that the man will rise from this bed.
3-What was he going to take away? Why?
The bed as it wasn't paid for.
)‘At the age of seven I won a prize for a drawing of an animal'
- Who said this statement? To whom did he say it?


** Do you think that Augustus Pokewhistle has a good reason for never rising from his bed?
No. He has to continueيستمر his businessفىعملة and he mustn't lose hope. He has to try again and again and overcomeيتغلب the feelingشعور of failureالفشل. He must have a strong will إرادة قوية.

**"1 am an artist. 1 paint pictures and 1 draw drawings"......
After reading this story, do you think Augustus Pokewhistle is justifiedلدية مُبَرَّر in making this statement?
I think he is not a true artist because all his drawings were not sold. At the age of seven he got a prize جائزةfor a drawing for animals although he meantقصـد to draw sunsetغروب الشمس.

**"Although it may seem impossible, I could no Longer get any pleasure out of it after 1 had finished the eleventh, and this proves that one can get tired of even the most heavenly beauty......"
A) What does this statement tell us about Augustus Pokewhistle?
This statement tells us that Augustus is disheartened محبطconceitedمغرور He no longer found pleasure in drawingلم يعد يجد متعة فى الرسم.

** Describe the career عملof Augustus Pokewhistle as an artist?
Why did Augustus Pokewhistle decide not to rise from his bed?
• At the age of twenty one, he began business as a painter of people and painted eleven pictures of himself. Nobody bought any of them.
• He turned from painting people to painting the country. He painted seven times the view from the front window and nine times the view from the back window but he couldn’t buy them.
• He drew funny drawing to the newspapers .he sent thirty or forty drawing to the papers everyday but he got no money because they were sent back to him.
• He tried drawing for the advertisements. He sent them by the hundred. He received nothing but bottle and wool صوف in the post.

Complete:
1. Augustus Pokewhistle thought the stranger couldn’t help him because he should have known the story of his life to understand his illness.
2. Augustus was an artist who painted pictures and drew drawings.
3. Augustus thought the stranger was a doctor sent by some interfering so-called friend to save him from his suffering.
4. Augustus tried to show the stranger that he was a gifted painter who was unlucky and that he had to take to his bed at the height of his youth and talent.
5. Augustus won a prize because he made a drawing of an animal, though he intended to represent sunset.
6. His parents encourage him to be a painter. They provided him with pencils and paper and gave him the opportunity of studying under great painters.
7. Augustus started his work at the age of twenty-one.
8. Augustus decided to stop painting people. Because nobody wanted the pictures of his own face.
9. Augustus was not a true or a giftedموهوب artist .He developed تطورinto a self-centred أناني depressed painter رسّام مُكْتَئب. He was a much conceitedمغرور person.
10. Augustus decided to forget his soul and paint for money because he became hopeless and with out money.
11. He was not satisfied يرضىwith drawing for newspapers because that was againstضـد the soul and principlesمبادىء of a true artistالفنان الحقيقى who should represent يمثلthe heavenly beautyالجمال الالهى in his drawings.
12. His last attempt to get money was to draw for advertisements.
13. Augustus didn't have a good reason for never rising from his bed because he has to continue and overcome the feeling of failure.
14. The man from the furniture shop was sure that Augustus will rise from his bed because it was not paid for.
15. The stranger was uncaring about Augustus’s state.
He was unwilling غير راغب to listen to his complaintsشكوى.