Mio strand is in the province of suruga. its sand is yellow and fine, strewn with rose shells at the ebb tide. its pine trees are ancient and they lean all one way, which is the way that the wild wind wills. before mio rolls the deep sea, and behind mio rises fugi, the most sacred, the mountain of mountains. small marvel that the strange people should come to mio. of the strange people not much is known, even at mio, though it is sure they come there. it seems they are shy indeed, more’s the pity. they come through the blue air, or across the mysterious paths of the sea. their footprints are never, never seen upon the wet beach, for they tread too lightly. but sometimes in their dancing they sweep their robes upon the sand and leave it ribbed and ruffled; so, often enough, it may be seen at mio. this is not all. once a fisherman of mio set eyes upon a maiden of the strange people, and talked with her and made her do his bidding. this is a true thing, and thus it came about. the fisherman was out in his boat all night. he cast his net here and he cast his net there, but he caught nothing at all for his pains. it may be believed that he grew weary enough before the morning. in the cold of the dawn he brought his boat to shore and set foot on mio strand, shivering. then, so he says, a warm wind met him and blew through his garments and his hair, so that he flushed and glowed. the very sand was full of comfort to his chilly feet. upon the warm wind a fragrance was borne, cedar and vervain, and the scent of a hundred flowers. flowers dropped softly through the air like bright rain. the fisherman stretched out his hands and caught them, lotus and jessamine and pomegranate. and all the while sweet music sounded. “this is never mio strand,” cried the fisherman, bewildered, “where i have pulled my boat ashore a thousand times or flown kites upon a holiday. alack, i fear me i have sailed to the fortunate isles unawares, or come unwilling to the sea king’s garden; or very like i am dead and never knew it, and this is yomi. o yomi, land of yomi, how like thou art to mio strand, my dear home! ” after he had said this, the fisherman looked up the beach and down the beach, and he turned and saw fuji, the mountain of mountains, and then he turned and saw the deep rolling sea and knew he was at mio and no other place, and gave a long sigh. “ be,” he said, and lifting his eyes he saw a robe of feathers hanging upon the branch of a pine tree. in the robe were feathers of all the birds that fly, every one; the kingfisher and the golden pheasant, the love bird, the swan, the crow, the cormorant, the dove, the bullfinch, the falcon, the plover, and the heron. “ah, the pretty fluttering thing! ” said the fisherman, and he took it from the pine tree where it hung. “ah, the warm, sweet, fairy thing! ” said the fisherman; “i’ll take it home for a treasure, sure no money could buy it, and i’ll show it to all the folk of the village.” and off he set for home with the fairy feathers over his arm. read the passage on the left to answer the following questions: 18) what can be reasonably deduced about the traditional culture of japan from this portion of the story? a) japanese believe in something like heaven and call it "yomi." b) "strange people" are commonly sighted by sailors in japan. c) flowers are believed to fall as rain sometimes in japan. eliminate d) the mio strand is home to most japanese.

answer: role of women in family

explanation:

women are the pioneers of nation. indian culture attaches great importance to women, comprising half of world’s population. according to a report of secretary general of united nations, women constitute 50% of human resources, the greatest human resource next only to man having great potentiality.

women are the key to sustainable development and quality of life in the family. the varieties of role the women assume in the family are those of wife, leader, administrator, manager of family income and last but not the least important the mother.

1. as a wife

woman is man’s , partner and comrade. she sacrifices her personal pleasure and ambitions, sets standard of morality, relieves stress and strain, tension of husband, maintains peace and order in the household. thereby she creates necessary environment for her male partner to think more about the economic upliftment of family. she is the source of inspiration to man for high endeavour and worth achievements in life.

she stands by him in all the crises as well as she shares with him all successes and attainments. she is the person to whom he turns for love, sympathy, understanding, comfort and recognition. she is the symbol of purity, faithfulness and submission and devotion to her husband.

2. as an administrator and leader of the household:

a well-ordered disciplined household is essential to normal family life. the woman in the family assumes this function. she is the chief executive of an enterprise. she assigns duties among family members according to their interest and abilities and provides resources in-term of equipment and materials to accomplish the job.

she plays a key role in the preparation and serving of meals, selection and care of clothing, laundering, furnishing and maintenance of the house. as an administrator, she organizes various social functions in the family for social development. she also acts as a director of recreation. she plans various recreational activities to meet the needs of young and old members of the family.

3. as a manager of family income:

woman acts as the humble manager of the family income. it is her responsibility to secure maximum return from every pye spent. she always prefers to prepare a surplus budget instead of a deficit budget. she is very calculating loss and gain while spending money. she distributes judiciously the income on different heads such as necessities, comforts and luxuries. the woman in the family also contributes to the family income through her own earning within or outside the home. she has positive contribution to the family income by the work. she herself performs in the home and uses waste products for productive purposes.

4. as a mother:

the whole burden of child bearing and greater part of child rearing task are carried out by the woman in the family. she is primarily responsible for the child’s habit of self-control, orderliness, industriousness, theft or honesty. her contacts with the child during the most formative period of his development sets up his behaviour pattern. she is thus responsible for the maintenance of utmost discipline in the family.

she is the first teacher of the child. she transmits social heritage to the child. it is from mother that the child learns the laws of the race, the manner of men, moral code and ideals. the mother, because of her intimate and sustained contact with the child, she is able to discover and nurture child’s special traits aptitudes and attitudes which subsequently play a key role in the shaping of his personality.

as a mother she is the family health officer. she is very much concerned about the physical wellbeing of every member of the family, the infant, the sickly child, the adolescent youth, senescent parent. she organizes the home and its activities in such a way so that each member of the family has proper food, adequate sleep and sufficient recreation. she made the home a place of quite comfortable and appropriate setting for the children through her talent. besides, she cultivates taste in interior design and arrangement, so that the home becomes an inviting, restful and cheerful place.

the mother is the central personality of the home and the family circle. all the members turn to her for sympathy, understanding and recognition. woman devotes her time, labour and thought for the welfare of the members of the family. for the unity of interacting personalities, man provides the temple woman provides the ceremonies and the atmosphere.

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what makes a hero is someone who tries and acres and then to save people and it’s not their jobs to save them just a normal person that has no experts of saving people would jump in to action without it twice about doing it. me that’s the defection of a hero!

11 d

12 a

13 d

14 b

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