CLASS 12 · FLAMINGO · CHAPTER 13
Original concise and expanded responses to all eight textbook questions in Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.
8 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
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Question Think It Out 1
Explain what their natural home suggests.
Connect their graceful manner with confidence.
The tigers belong confidently in their green world and move proudly without fear.
Question Think It Out 2
Notice the physical difficulty.
Connect the hand movement to her emotional burden.
Her trembling suggests fear and strain; the heavy needle reflects the burden she feels in her marriage.
Question Think It Out 3
Separate literal ring from symbolic weight.
Explain what kind of burden the image suggests.
The ring symbolises the burden and control she experiences in marriage.
Question Think It Out 4
Notice the poem leaves the exact source unstated.
Use the wedding ring and frightened hands as clues.
She fears the pressure and control of her marriage and the expectations surrounding her.
Question Think It Out 5
List the hardships suggested.
Explain both meanings of “ringed.”
Her ordeals are fear and marital restrictions; “ringed” means surrounded by them and recalls her wedding ring.
Question Think It Out 6
Compare the tigers with Aunt Jennifer.
Explain how her art gives expression to a different self.
The fearless tigers express the freedom and strength Aunt Jennifer lacks in her own life.
Question Think It Out 7
Identify each central object or image.
Explain the idea each one represents.
Tigers stand for freedom; the ring for marital burden; trembling hands for fear; and the panel for art that outlasts its maker.
Question Think It Out 8
State your response and support it with a detail.
Describe the speaker’s compassionate tone.
Yes. The speaker shows compassion for her hardship and respect for the freedom expressed in her art.