Class 12 English Flamingo & Vistas Summary
(Selected Chapters)
Flamingo – Prose (Chapters 1–5)
The Last Lesson – Alphonse Daudet: Value of language and identity, regret when it’s lost.
Lost Spring – Anees Jung: Harsh realities of child labour and poverty; lost childhood dreams.
Deep Water – William O. Douglas: Overcoming fear through courage and determination.
The Rattrap – Selma Lagerlöf: Compassion and kindness leading to redemption.
Indigo – Louis Fischer: Gandhi’s leadership in Champaran; freedom through non-violence and
truth.
Flamingo – Poetry (Chapters 1–4)
My Mother at Sixty-Six – Kamala Das: Fear of losing loved ones, inevitability of aging.
An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum – Stephen Spender: Educational inequality and
social injustice.
Keeping Quiet – Pablo Neruda: Silence and reflection as a way to bring peace and harmony.
A Thing of Beauty – John Keats: Beauty as a source of eternal joy and relief from suffering.
Vistas (Chapters 1–4)
The Third Level – Jack Finney: Escapism, stress of modern life, nostalgia.
The Tiger King – Kalki: Human arrogance, irony of fate, destiny’s power.
Journey to the End of the Earth – Tishani Doshi: Environmental awareness, fragility of
ecosystems, Antarctica’s lessons.
The Enemy – Pearl S. Buck: Humanity and compassion rising above nationalism during war.
