Project ForgeWhile teaching a creative writing class in India, I was surprised at receiving stories from the students that were all set in distant places: in the American West with cowboys and in Manhattan penthouses with clinking ice cubes. This was, till an eminent Caribbean writer gave the writers in the once-colonised countries the confidence to see the shabby lives around them as worthy of being "told".
The writer of this passage is surprised by the creative writing assignments of his students, because _________.
- ASome of the students had written stories set in foreign places
- None of the students had written stories set in India
- CNone of the students had written about ice cubes and cowboys
- DSome of the students had written about ice cubes and cowboys
Explanation
The passage says the students' stories were ALL set in distant places (American West, Manhattan), despite being written by students in India — the surprise is that NONE of them set their stories in India, their own context.
Source: GATE ME 2019 Session 2 (Set 3) (2019)
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