Comment on the dominant variety of prose (narrative, expository or descriptive) present in each of the following passages. Write a brief critical appreciation of each passage in about 250 words each:

a) My brother and I carried our father into the hospital, stamping on the goat turds which were spread all over the floor. There was no doctor in the hospital. The Ward boy, after we bribed him ten rupees, said that a doctor might come in the evening. The doors to the hospital’s rooms were wide open. A few men had spread a newspaper on the ground and were sitting on it. One of them had an open wound on his leg. He invited us to sit with him. My brother and I lowered our father onto the newspaper sheets. Two little girls came and sat beside us; both had yellow eyes and skin. Jaundice it seemed. We kept adding newspapers to the ground and the line of diseased eyes, raw wounds and delirious mouths kept growing.

b) It was perfectly true that the house was made out of trees. It was a fair-sized but elderly shack, made out of poplar poles and chinked with mud. There was an upstairs, which was not so usual around here, with three bedrooms, one of which I was to share with Chris’s sister, Jeannie, who was slightly younger than I , a pallid-eyed girl who was either too shy to talk or who had nothing to say. I never discovered which, because I was so reticent with her myself, wanting to push her away, not to recognize her, and at the same time experiencing a shocked remorse at my own unacceptable feelings.

c) Theologians don’t much like it when we attempt to peel away the accretions of myth, history, dogma, and sacrament that cloud the origins of their chosen faith. When we seek common threads among the world’s spiritual doctrines, we may be chided for taking a cafeteria approach to religion: a little from this one, a little from that one, as if we were downloading only our favorite songs from the Internet in order to make up our own “Best of” CD It is true enough that some New Age belief systems do little more than dabble in devotion, backing off quickly whenever spiritual discipline becomes too incompatible with one’s lifestyle. One cannot really be a part-time Buddhist any more than a self-described Christian can purchase salvation with one hour a week in church. But the irrefutable truth is that at the heart of each ofthe great religious traditions are three small words: God is one.

Here’s a breakdown and critical appreciation of each passage, focusing on their dominant prose variety:

### a) Narrative Prose

Commentary:
The passage is a vivid example of narrative prose. It tells a story through a sequence of events and sensory details. The narrative unfolds with a clear setting—an ill-equipped hospital—and the characters’ actions and interactions drive the story forward. The use of specific details, such as "goat turds," "newspaper sheets," and "jaundice," immerses the reader in the scene and evokes empathy for the characters' plight.

Critical Appreciation:
The passage paints a stark and poignant picture of a healthcare crisis in a dilapidated setting. The narrative’s power lies in its raw depiction of the dire conditions faced by the characters. The lack of a doctor and the unsanitary state of the hospital highlight the inadequacies ____ ____ _____ ________ _________ _____ ___ ________ ______ _______ _____ ______.
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