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This kind of story can be further termed as wishful story. Wishful story means you design a story according
to your wish.
Finally the road and bridge was completed which brought prosperity and made the village as
modern village. Again the story revealed a small effort and big achievement which is not possible in
practical life.
The Practical interpretation of the said story with context to subjective interpre-
tation and psychological interpretation
The above evaluation is the subjective one. Now I will take pleasure to offer the psychological
and actual interpretation which can make and break the story or may not allow the story to
become psychologically desirable one :
Please see, the candidate has not perceived the situation and scene of the situation properly and has
not used/applied his imaginative imagination to observe that what this particular situation demands :
● There is no similarity between the situation and the point of start. Now the situation of the scene is
that a person being alone is going ahead while facing the cyclone and heavy rain that too in night.
● Candidate has not forced his intellectual imagination to imagine that what this particular situation
demands and what the candidate has perceived or has written in his story.
Desirable interpretation that what the candidate has written and what he is expected to write
as per the demand of the situation :
What the candidate has perceived ? and written ? What he is expected to perceive to make his story
imaginative and acceptable ?
The candidate has perceived that a remote village has not The candidate has perceived a longterm goal where
progressed and no one has thought ever to do so except as the demand of the situation is to perceive short
him where as the demand of the situation is some thing term goal.
else.
The selection system would like to see you in the toe of a Company Commander. A Company
Commander is a crisis leader; saviour, trouble shooter. To prove your self as a leader of crisis certain
leadership qualities are required. These qualities can only be revealed during the crisis, hardships.
Therefore the profile of a defence officer is

(1) (2)
Reactionary Visionary
If you are only a visionary not the reactionary perhaps you may or may not be even the last person
to be taken in the armed forces officers cadre. In the above story the candidate has perceived a visionary
task related to longterm goal which will not facilitate him to react and reflect the crisis managing
qualities.
How to Imagine and Perceive Adequately : Situation itself will tell you that what does it want.
Whether it requires reactionary concept or visionary one. The question is not only limited to write a
story but to react on a story and that reaction stimulates you to form a plot and when you will perceive
adequately, you will react adequately then formation of plot will go in your favour. In above scene the
candidate has perceived a longterm goal related to the development of the village whereas the candidate
should have perceived the shortterm goal related to some crisis, problem, risk, challenge, trouble as that
particular situation requires. Please observe the situation. An young man is challenging the difficult,
challenging and problematic and climatic conditions that is heavy rain with cyclone, and he is fighting
the situation that means some problem is so critical and urgent which requires immediate disposal. If
the problem is not urgently disposed of then there is 100% chance of a big havoc or loss of human life.
A candidate should react on it and should make a plot manifesting an urgent problem which should
warrant immediate disposal through that he can reveal the qualities of a crisis leader.