Sunday, August 5, 2012

The making of a scientist

The text “The making of a scientist” is about the personal experience of the writer as a scientist. He talks about how he became a scientist, what qualities did he possess, what sort of facilities and environment did he need and other factors that influenced him to become a scientist. So the text is descriptive in itself. The things that he mentioned are self explanatory and have no implied meaning. It can be easily comprehended what the writer wants to say. Therefore there is very less to interpret.
But the things that he says are true. We really need to be curious. The more curious we become the more knowledge we gain, the deeper we get into that subject matter. He also talks about the need of good environment, supportive family and complete freedom which are very true. So there are a lot of things to learn from the chapter and implement in our life. Thus we can say that there is less to interpret and more to assimilate from the text.

‘The Making of a Scientist’ is an essay written by V.S.Ramachandran.Since it is a narrative essay it shares a lot of ideas and opinions to the audience.Also,the writer talks about the past incidents,which motivated him to become a scientist.Not only that,through this essay the writer also wants to motivate us to do something in life or to say in another words,to become something in life.So basically it inspires us to look forward in making our future,there is very less to interpret in it.
But,on the other hand,the essay creates a space in our mind which makes us to think about our future.Also it gives us a understanding that parents should also be encouraging their children and should provide them a suitable environment so that children can prosper well.It also inspires us to be something in life,to move forward in life with an ambition.Hence,it has got a lot of things that we can assimilate in our life.

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