Pilgrimage and Scepticism
Pilgrimage and Scepticism
“The Bus” opens Jejuri, a sequence concerned with a journey towards a Hindu pilgrimage town. The traveller is drawn towards sacred meaning, but the poem immediately presents him as sceptical rather than confidently religious.
Step-by-step lessons on CIE IGCSE English Literature 2.2.3 The Bus by Arun Kolatkar. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the poetry and unseen-text skills before moving on to the longer, comparison-heavy essay questions on the set prose and drama texts.