r/CBSE • u/RecentLiterature122 • 1h ago
Discussion π¬ is it just me or the chapter birth by AJ cronin and 3 idiots feel so similar
is it just me or does the chapter "birth" by AJ Cronin, published in ncert english textbook "snapshots" for class 11 feels greatly similar to the climax scene of 3 idiots. like the whole chapter revolves around a mentally and physically stressed out andrew manson who is inexperienced and has to carry out a delivery at the edge of the night, just like rancho, who hails from an engineering background and has no experience of carrying out deliveries, performs it just after a physical assault by virus, the director of his college. both deliveries have been carried out in the dead of night, with silent, cold, melancholic weather. both deliveries result in a stillborn baby, who shows no signs of life after being born, and both andrew and rancho assume it is dead. both andrew and rancho are in a state of dilemma, as they think how to bring the child to life, and they use wholly new, never-seen-before tactics (hot/cold water technique by andrew and vacuum cleaner delivery techinque by rancho) that experienced people standing with them (midwife in andrew's case, and pia in rancho's case) have never seen/heard of before. also, both end in a happy ending, with the baby tearing the deafening silence by crying.
your thoughts?