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    The Railway Children (Chapter 7)

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    Bobbie discovers from a newspaper article that her father has been imprisoned for being falsely accused of selling government secrets. Her mother explains that he has been wrongly imprisoned. Bobbie refuses to believe her father is guilty and decides to write a letter to an old gentleman friend asking for his help to clear her father's name.

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    The Railway Children (Chapter 7)

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    Bobbie discovers from a newspaper article that her father has been imprisoned for being falsely accused of selling government secrets. Her mother explains that he has been wrongly imprisoned. Bobbie refuses to believe her father is guilty and decides to write a letter to an old gentleman friend asking for his help to clear her father's name.

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    Bobbie discovers from a newspaper article that her father has been imprisoned for being falsely accused of selling government secrets. Her mother explains that he has been wrongly imprisoned. Bobbie refuses to believe her father is guilty and decides to write a letter to an old gentleman friend asking for his help to clear her father's name.

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    The Railway Children (Chapter 7)

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    Bobbie discovers from a newspaper article that her father has been imprisoned for being falsely accused of selling government secrets. Her mother explains that he has been wrongly imprisoned. Bobbie refuses to believe her father is guilty and decides to write a letter to an old gentleman friend asking for his help to clear her father's name.

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    Roberta's father was falsely accused of being a spy and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Roberta believes in her father's innocence and decides to write to the old gentleman for help in clearing her father's name.

    Mother told Roberta that two men came to catch Father. They found some letters in his desk and said he was a spy. Father was sent to jail for 5 years.

    Bobbie does not tell Peter and Phyllis the worrying truth about their father because she is responsible and does not want them to be sad and worry.

    The railway children

    Chapter 7

    Synopsis
    Bobbie discovers the reason for her fathers
    disappearance when she reads the
    newspaper article. Deeply upset, she refuses
    to believe that he is a spy and is imprisoned.
    Her mother attempts to explain that her father
    has been falsely accused for selling
    government secrets to another country.
    Bobbie believes in her fathers innocence
    and decides to write to the old gentleman to
    clear his name.
    character
    Characters in a novel are the vehicles by which the
    author conveys to us his or her view of the world.
    Keys points to note:
    We learn about individual characters from their own
    words and actions , from what other characters say
    about them and the way others act towards them.
    Characters help to advance the plot.
    Believable characters must grow and change in
    response to their experiences in the novel.

    Characters
    Roberta(Bobbie)

    Determined
    She did not give up in finding a way
    to help secure her fathers release
    from prison. She was persistent even
    when her mother had given up.
    Clever
    She secretly wrote a letter to her
    friend, the old gentleman asking his
    help to clear her fathers name.
    Perks(A railway porter)
    Friendly
    He gave a heap of newspapers that
    passengers left at the railway station
    for Bobbie.
    Mother
    Thinking positively
    She never give up to clear his
    husband name even though it was
    hard
    Father
    He was wrongly accused of being a
    Russian spy and was sentenced to 5 years
    in prison.
    Settings
    The setting of a novel encompasses a number of
    different, but linked elements:
    time-day or night, summer or winter, the historical
    period(an actual date)
    Place-inside or outside , country or city , specific town
    and country , real or fictional
    Social-the minor characters who take little part in
    advancing the plot , but whose presence contributes to
    the realism of the novel
    Mood and atmosphere-
    eerie,dangerous,menacing,tense,threatening,relaxing,no
    staligic,happy,light_hearted etc.
    Settings
    Place--The Railway Station and The White house

    Social--Edwardian type of clothes
    Vocabulary
    Spysomeone whose job is to find out secret
    information about a country or an
    organization
    Terribleused for emphasizing the degree to
    which something bad is true
    Waiting rooma room where people wait
    for a train
    Tea-timethe time in the late afternoon or
    early evening when you have tea
    and a light meal in the UK.
    Start to 1
    st
    question .
    1. Mother told Roberta the whole story. What is the
    story about?
    Two men came to catch Father. They found some
    letter in his desk. They said he was a spy. Father was
    sent to jail for 5 years.
    2) What does the phase and it was like a terrible
    dream mean?
    It means Bobbie learns that her father was a spy and
    will be prison for 5 years.
    3)Where did the magazines came from?
    The magazines came from the people who left on
    trains or in the waiting room.
    4) What is the meaning of waiting room?
    The meaning of waiting room is a room where
    people wait for a train.
    5)What was the content of a letter that Bobbie wrote?
    Bobbie asked the old gentleman to help her for
    find out the name of the real spy.
    6)Why Bobbie does not tell Peter and Phyllis the
    worrying truth about their father?
    Bobbie does not tell Peter and Phyllis the worrying truth
    about their father because Bobbie is responsible and dont
    want them to be sad and worry.
    7)He is good and honest and hes done nothing
    wrong ? Which character said this?
    Mother said .
    8)Where does Bobbie see the news about her father.
    Bobbie see the news on the cover of an old newspaper from
    the heap.
    9)Which literary devices is use in below sentences?
    The words seemed to jump at her
    Personification
    10)Bobbie writes a letter to who for help to clear
    her fathers name?
    The old gentleman
    The
    End

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