“The severed thumb was on the sod There was no tear in Buttoo’s ey – InterviewSolution

1.	“The severed thumb was on the sod There was no tear in Buttoo’s eye.”(a) Why was the thumb severed?(b) Why was there no tear in Buttoo’s eye?(c) What does it tell you about Buttoo?
Answer» Buttoo is truly more ‘royal’ in sensibility and nobler than the other students of Drona. He had once been rejected by Drona for not being from a royal family, and for being poor. But after his family, and for being poor. But after this incident, Buttoo appears richer and greater than any other person there, even his master

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