Chapter 21 - My Watch

Identify some of the improbable images the author has used to effect greater humour.

 'The author's treatment of the subject matter makes the readers identify themselves with the experience.' Comment on the statement.

. How is humour employed to comment on the pains that the author took to get his watch set right.

Explain these lines
(a) 'I seemed to detect in myself a sort of sneaking fellow-feeling for the mummy in the museum, and a desire to swap news with him.
(b) Within a week it sickened to a raging fever and its pulse went up to a hundred and fifty in the shade.
(c) She makes too much steam–you want to hang the monkey wrench on the safety valve!

 What was Uncle Williams' comment on the 'tinkerers' of the world?

 Why did the author finally give up on his watch?

What were the attempts made by the author to get his watch repaired?

What was the importance of the watch to the author?