Main idea of Overcoat by Ghulam Abbas
Main idea of Overcoat
Q8. What is the central idea of the story “Overcoat”?
Ans. The basic theme or central idea of this story is that most of the people pretend to be rich and tries to hide their poverty and miseries because they are looked upon by the elite class, who has merely made the physical appearance to be final yardstick of measuring character and status in the society. But we should judge people around us morally not materially as
“Our true beauty is defined by our soul;
our appearance is just a camouflage we use to hide our true beauty,
our true identity…”
Note: Personalizing the additional education of children enhances the benefits: participation in variative development programs on the basis of voluntary choice of children (families) in accordance with their interests, inclinations and values; the choice of the mode and pace of development of programs, the building of individual educational trajectories (which is of particular importance in relation to gifted children, children with disabilities); the right to trial and error, the possibility of changing the program, teachers and organizations; Informality of the content of education, the organization of the educational process, the way of educational organizations of additional education; flexible, shaping the nature of the evaluation of individual educational outcomes; close connection with practice, orientation on creation of a specific personal product and its public presentation; the opportunity in practice to apply the acquired skills and knowledge; the uneven character of associations; the opportunity to choose a teacher, mentor, coach.
