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Answer the following questions in about 150  words each:

Q1. Based on your understanding of the story " Should Wizard Hit Mommy" , analyse the character of Jack and bring out the positive and negative values reflected through him. 

Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each:
Q1. What was the basic scheme of all Roger stories that Jack told Jo? 
 

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Long Answer question Q1
Jack is a very loving and caring father, judging by the effort he puts in to spend time with his daughter, Joanne. He makes up stories before Jo sleeps in the evening and before Saturday naps. His made-up stories are proof of his creativity, his wonderful imagination and the essential goodness of his heart. He seems to have been ostracised and possibly bullied in school, evident when he identifies personally with the experiences of Roger the Skunk. He can be slightly impatient because he doesn’t like Jo interrupting him in the middle of his story. He also seems to be a bit tired of life because when he acts like the old wizard, he enjoys it more because he feels the role of an old man suits him. Jack is irritated when Jo doesn’t seem to take his story very seriously although he is talking about his past (which Jo isn’t aware of). He doesn’t like it when women take him for granted and prefers them hanging onto his every word. This can be a sign of his inferiority complex, stemming from his childhood experience. Even though perhaps he resents his mother slightly for having put him through some difficult childhood experience (which we aren’t clear about), he is quick to defend Roger Skunk’s mother as if it were his own. He is quick to point out his firm belief that all parents know what is right for their children. When he sees Jo’s reaction (to how the mother skunk made the wizard give back the skunk smell to Roger skunk), Jack feels a bit torn between asserting his parental authority, stressing that parents always know best and feeling sad to put that burden on his daughter. Perhaps, it is his belief that parents know best which helped him cope with the struggles of his childhood – this could be why he is stubborn in hanging onto that belief.
 
Short answers
Q1. All of Jack’s stories follow the same structure – a small creature, always with the name Roger, has some problem and takes it to the wise owl, who tells the animal to go to the wizard. The wizard will then perform a magic spell that solves the problem, demanding in payment a number of pennies greater than what Roger creature has, but also telling Roger where to find the extra pennies. Then the story goes on to say how Roger is very happy and that he plays many games with other creatures and goes home to his mother, in time to hear the whistle of the train that brings Roger’s father home from Boston. Jack ends the story by usually describing their supper.
 
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