“A Corner In My Soul”

By Saju Abraham
The meaning of the poem "A corner in my corner of the soul" . This is so, because he believes
soul"? that this part of him is pure and untouched.

We need to stop being superficial and lead Its still related to his faith and his creator.
pretentious lives and instead should be in touch Thats what helps him to pave his way for the
with our conscience. That will make life worth living, correct direction in life.
in times of joy and sadness. In the poem "A corner in On other instances, when he is sad, this
my soul" by Saju Abraham, there is a diverse theme corner helps him to give him hope and removes
which explains many important aspects of present the mist from the greater picture.
time.
This part of his soul which is not corrupted
What is the theme of “A Corner In My Soul” may be regarded as his conscience just like in the
by Saju Abraham? story of Pinnochio. Just like that character, he
thinks of this corner as his true friend.
In the poem "A corner in my soul" by Saju
Abraham, there is a diverse theme which explains
many important aspects of present time.

What are the insights of the poem?

In this poem the poet shares his insight on
several concepts of human life in the current time, i.e.
the present time, as of today.

What is the message that Saju Abraham wants

to portray?
He talks about how reality is different from
what its supposed to be, because in reality people
forget what is of importance. For instance people
tend to live with materialistic values. They promote
such aspects rather than protecting truth and ethics
and having morality in life.

What is the ultimate message the poet gives?

The poet ultimately gives the message of staying true
to ones'self in this world.

Due to this people end up conducting

unethical and immoral acts.

On that note, the poet indicates how even

with all of this, there is still a part of him, a part of
his soul, which is unaffected by the world.

Several times in life, when he faces a

paradox or a dilemma of some sort he feels as if he
doesnt know what t do, that is the time when he
turns towards his soul. That is when he seeks his "
di·lem·ma rush
/diˈlemə,dīˈlemə/ /rəSH/
noun Verb

:a situation in which a difficult choice has to be :move with urgent haste.

made between two or more alternatives,
especially equally :undesirable ones.
:a difficult situation or problem sol·ace

cross·roads /ˈsäləs/

/ˈkrôsˌrōdz/ noun

noun 1. :comfort or consolation in a time of distress or

sadness.
:an intersection of two or more roads.
:a point at which a crucial decision must be strike
made that will have far-reaching consequences.
/strīk/
"we stand again at a historic crossroads"
verb
NORTH AMERICAN :a road that crosses a main
road or joins two main roads. :hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or
a weapon or other implement.
soak

/sōk/ sor·row
verb /ˈsärō,ˈsôrō/
:make or allow (something) to become noun
thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid
:a feeling of deep distress caused by loss,
disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by
in·tro·vert oneself or others.
/ˈintrəˌvərt/
noun

:a shy, reticent person.

PSYCHOLOGY:a person predominantly

concerned with their own thoughts and feelings
rather than with external things.

rob

/räb/

verb

:take property unlawfully from (a person or

place) by force or threat of force.

rare
/rer/
adjective

:(of an event, situation, or condition) not

occurring very often.
 “Struggles
With Meaningless Things”
By Yosuke Tanaka

cha·os bound1
/ˈkāˌäs/ /bound/
noun verb

:complete disorder and confusion. :walk or run with leaping strides.

folk
bind·er
/fōk/
/ˈbīndər/
noun
noun
INFORMAL: people in general.
:a cover for holding loose sheets of paper,
magazines, etc., together.
var·i·ous
/ˈverēəs/
adjective slovenly

:different from one another; of different kinds or adjective

sorts.
slov·en·ly | \ ˈslə-vən-lē also ˈslä- \
Rid
|untidy especially in personal appearance
/rid/

verb
gritty
:make someone or something free of (a
adjective
troublesome or unwanted person or thing).
grit·ty | \ ˈgri-tē \
pile1 :having strong qualities of tough
/pīl/ uncompromising realism

noun

:a heap of things laid or lying one on top of Swoop

another.
verb

\ ˈswüp \

:to move with a sweep

 “To God Belongs
What He Has Taken”
By Jensen Beach
What is the meaning of “To God Belongs What He Has Taken”?
Since God is the Creator, everything He created is His.

Caught Subtle

:capture (a person or animal that tries or would :(especially of a change or distinction) so

try to escape). delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or
describe.
Fantasy
Fiction
:the faculty or activity of imagining things,
especially things that are impossible or :literature in the form of prose, especially short
improbable. stories and novels, that describes imaginary
events and people.
Stranger
Experiences
:a person whom one does not know or with
whom one is not familiar. :practical contact with and observation of facts
or events.
Confrontation
Deftly
:a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation
between opposing parties. :in a way that is neatly skillful and quick in
movement.
Relief
Universal
:a feeling of reassurance and relaxation
following release from anxiety or distress. :of, affecting, or done by all people or things in
the world or in a particular group; applicable to
all cases.
 “The Human Niche”
By Philippe Rochat

What is the human niche? What is a niche in a community?

The human niche, then, is the context for the Niche. Look around your community. It is
lived experience of humans and their communities, filled with people doing lots of different jobs.
where they share 'kinship' and social and ecological A niche is the role played by an organism in the
histories, and where they create and participate in natural world. Animals and plants all have a special
shared knowledge, social and structural security, and role in making natural communities work and stay
development across the lifespan. healthy.

What is the difference between a habitat and a

What does a niche include?
niche?
More formally, the niche includes how a
population responds to the abundance of its resources A habitat is the general place where an
and enemies (e. g., by growing when resources are organism lives and a niche is the range of physical
abundant, and predators, parasites and pathogens are and biological conditions in which a species lives and
scarce) and how it affects those same factors (e. g., the way the species obtain what it needs to survive
by reducing the abundance of resources through and reproduce.
consumption
What do niche and habitat have in common?
What is niche evolution? Habitat and Niche. Every species has a
definite place in its ecosystem. The presence of a
An evolutionary niche is the set of things species is an important element in an ecosystem,
that allows a species to survive against others - the affecting many other elements. ... In contrast, the
prey it eats, the living space it occupies etc. ecological niche of an organism describes the role of
the organism and how it interacts with the
environment and other organisms.
What is a example of a niche?
Why is niche important?
For example, a garden spider is a predator
that hunts for prey among plants, while an oak tree
A species' niche includes all of its interactions
grows to dominate a forest canopy, turning sunlight
with the biotic and abiotic factors of its environment.
into food. The role that a species plays is called its
It is advantageous for a species to occupy a
ecological niche. A niche includes more than what
unique niche in an ecosystem because it reduces the
an organism eats or where it lives.
amount of competition for resources that species will
encounter.
What is the niche concept?
What is niche diversity?
The fundamental niche of a species includes
the total range of environmental conditions that are Role of an organism in its environment.
suitable for existence without the influence of Includes where it lives, its food, predators,
interspecific competition or predation from other competitors, etc. Coral reef is the most diverse niche.
species. The realized niche describes that part of the Flat desert would not bediverse. niche diversity.
fundamental niche actually occupied by the species.
 human

noun ethology

hu·man | \ ˈhyü-mən , ˈyü-\ noun

: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo ethol·o·gy | \ ē-ˈthä-lə-jē \

sapiens) : a person : MAN
a branch of knowledge dealing with human
character and with its formation and evolution

niche the scientific and objective study of animal

behavior especially under natural conditions
noun

\ ˈnich also ˈnēsh or ˈnish \

graze
:a place, employment, status, or activity for
which a person or thing is best fittedfinally verb (1)
found her niche
\ ˈgrāz \
:a habitat supplying the factors necessary for
the existence of an organism or species to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or
phytoplankton

species
phenomenon
noun
noun
spe·cies | \ ˈspē-(ˌ)shēz , -(ˌ)sēz\
phe·nom·e·non | \ fi-ˈnä-mə-ˌnän , -nən\
a class of individuals having common attributes
and designated by a common name :an object or aspect known through the senses
rather than by thought or intuition

aesthetic
spontaneous
adjective
adjective
aes·thet·ic | \ es-ˈthe-tik , is-, British
usually ēs-\ spon·ta·ne·ous | \ spän-ˈtā-nē-əs \

of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the :proceeding from natural feeling
beautiful or native tendency without external constraint

profound reverberate

adjective verb

pro·found | \ prə-ˈfau̇nd , prō-\ re·ver·ber·ate | \ ri-ˈvər-bə-ˌrāt \

having intellectual depth and insight :to become driven back

difficult to fathom or understand :to become reflected

“Young Adult Science Fiction
In The Post Human Age”
By Jeffrey Kaplan
 human bio·tech·nol·o·gy | \ ˌbī-ō-tek-ˈnä-lə-jē \

noun :the manipulation (as through genetic

engineering) of living organisms or their
hu·man | \ ˈhyü-mən , ˈyü-\ components to produce useful usually
: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo commercial products (such as pest resistant
sapiens) : a person : MAN crops, new bacterial strains, or novel
pharmaceuticals)

genetic
adolescent
adjective
noun
ge·net·ic | \ jə-ˈne-tik \
ad·o·les·cent | \ ˌa-də-ˈle-sᵊnt \
variants: or less commonly genetical \ jə-ˈne-
: a young person who is developing into an ti-kəl \
adult : one who is in the state ofadolescence
:relating to or determined by the origin,
development, or causal antecedents of
something
fiction
DNA
noun
noun
fic·tion | \ ˈfik-shən \
\ ˌdē-ˌen-ˈā \
:something invented by the imagination or
feignedspecifically : an invented story : any of various nucleic acids that are usually
the molecular basis of heredity, are constructed
of a double helix held together by hydrogen
nurture bonds between purine and pyrimidine bases
(see BASE ENTRY 1 SENSE 6B) which project
noun inward from two chains containing alternate
links of deoxyribose and phosphate, and that
nur·ture | \ ˈnər-chər \
in eukaryotes are localized chiefly in cell nuclei
:TRAINING, UPBRINGING
:deoxyribonucleic acid

lurk
clone
verb
verb
\ ˈlərk \
cloned; cloning
:to lie in wait in a place of concealment
:to propagate a clone from
especially for an evil purposesomeone out
there lurking in the shadows :to make a copy of
:to move furtively or inconspicuouslyshall
I lurk about this country like a thief?— Henry
Fielding fascination

:to persist in staying noun

fas·ci·na·tion | \ ˌfa-sə-ˈnā-shən \

biotechnology :the quality or power of fascinating

noun :something fascinating