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Answer the following in 100-200 words:

"Patol Babu, Film Star," by Satyajit Ray emphasizes the valuable contribution of a mentor in changing a negative mind-set into a positive one. Describe how Mr. Pakrashi's advice helps Patol Babu in performing his role.

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Time humbles even the greatest of the great. One should cultivate the quality of humility. Describe how time has reduced the mighty Ozymandias to nothing.

 

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In the story "Patol Babu, the Film Star" the writer Satayajit Ray, takes the readers through an evenful day in the life of an ordinary man, Patol Babu. He was a middle aged, unemployed, pompous, day dreamer, who lived in the past. In his younger days, he was an acclaimed actor in a small theatrical unit in his neighbourhood. For Patol Babu, the walk-on role offered by his nephew in a Baren Mullick film became a nightmare because he could not come to terms with the fact that all he had to do was collide into the hero, Chanchal Kumar and say 'Oh'. He was about to give up after this insult, but the words of his mentor, Gegon Prakrashi stopped him. Mr. Parkrashi said that no matter how small the role is, it is the moral duty of an actor to give his best and make the play successful. These words motivated him to give his heart and soul into a two-minute role. Our role models and mentors are often our guide to success, they build our characters and give us values to live better lives. It is our duty to remember them in our moments of crisis. Patol Babu had done the right thing by following his mentor?s path and living up to his ideals.

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Time is the ultimate conqueror. Be it poor or rich, a king or a pauper, time will conquer with its claws of death and rule over the mortal body. The materialistic world takes longer to perish but it is also not spared by the dust that accumulates over a period of time and ultimately buries it. Man is foolish to think that he can surpass time by building huge statues like that of Ozymandias. Ozymandias was a powerful king who believed that he would remain immortal by building palaces and huge statues. The statue of Ozymandias is gone, all that remains is 'colossal wreck' bypassed by travellers. On the lifeless stone is etched his cruel expression depicted his pride over his conquest, which have   now vanished. 'Look upon ye mighty and despair', these words on the pedestal are ironical, as the entire empire is now erased by time and all that remains is 'lone and level sand'. So one must not be proud of their worldly, materialistic possessions as one day they would also disappear like the very- man who accumulated them.