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Describe The Funny Incident That Caused The Confusion in The House

In 'The Night the Ghost Got In', a series of misunderstandings leads to chaos in the narrator's home when strange noises are mistaken for a burglar or ghost. The family calls the police, but the grandfather misinterprets their arrival as a threat and accidentally shoots at them, causing further confusion. Ultimately, the police leave without resolving the situation, leaving the family in disarray.

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Describe The Funny Incident That Caused The Confusion in The House

In 'The Night the Ghost Got In', a series of misunderstandings leads to chaos in the narrator's home when strange noises are mistaken for a burglar or ghost. The family calls the police, but the grandfather misinterprets their arrival as a threat and accidentally shoots at them, causing further confusion. Ultimately, the police leave without resolving the situation, leaving the family in disarray.

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1. Describe the funny incident that caused the confusion in the house.

Prose : THE NIGHT THE GHOST GOT IN

Author : James Grover Thurber

Theme : Chaos in the house

Characters : The narrator’s family, Mrs. Bodwell, Joe, Reporter, Herman

Outline : Narrator - strange sound - thought - burglar or ghost - Mother - seek help -Bodwell
- called police- Grandfather misunderstood - General Meade’s men - shot - grand father -
walked - for water

It was about a quarter past one o’ clock in the morning. The narrator was in the bathroom. He
heard a strange sound. He was scared. He thought it was a burglar or a ghost. So, he went to
his brother, Herman’s room. They came out and looked downstairs. Nothing was there. They
heard the footsteps circling the dining-room table like a man running and it started up the
stairs towards them. So they rushed to their rooms and slammed the doors. The narrator’s
mother was aroused by the sound. They thought that there was a burglar in the house. So she
threw her shoe at their neighbour, Mr.Bodwell’s window to seek help. Mr. Bodwell called the
police. When the police broke into the door, the narrator’s grandfather mistook them as
General Meade’s men who were retreating. So he grabbed the gun from them and shot at the
police. The police left the house empty handed finally. Next morning, grandfather told that he
came to the dining room for water, the previous night. These are the incidents that caused the
confusion in the house.

2. Narrate the extensive search operation made by the policemen in the


house.

Prose : THE NIGHT THE GHOST GOT IN

Author : James Grover Thurber

Theme : Supernatural

Characters : Mr. Bodwell, Mrs. Bodwell, Joe, Reporter, Herman

Prose outline : police broke - opened - main door- search - operation - ruined - spilled -
objects - drawers- furniture- ransacked - tom - suitcase- zither - Guinea pig - sleep-Chaos -
grandfather misunderstood - deserters of general Meade’s army- grab -shot - Pitty - old man-
great disappointment- cops - empty handed
The narrator and his family heard a strange sound at his home. They thought that there was a
burglar in the house. They called for the police with the help of their neighbour. The police
broke open the main door. During the search, the police ruined the whole house. They spilled
all the things from the drawers, the windows were shut up and pulled down, furniture fell
with dull thumps. The floor was ransacked and clothes were tom. While pulling a suitcase,
they found a zither. Five or six policemen sprang for the attic door, where the narrator’s
grandfather was sleeping. Chaos came when Grandfather mistook the police as General
Meade’s men who were retreating. He managed to grab a gun from the police and shot at
them. It led to crack the rafters. Smoke filled the attic. They all finally got downstairs and
locked the door against the grandfather. It was a pity that the police could not get the gun
from the old man. With great disappointment, the cops left the home empty handed.

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