Thinki

ngaboutt
hepoem
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Quest
ion1.

1.“Beneat
hal
luni
for
ms…”Whatuni f
ormsdoy outhi
nkt
hepoeti
sspeaki
ng
about?
2.Howdoesthepoetsuggestt
hatallpeopl
eoneart
har
ethesame?

Answer
:

1.Thepoetspeaksaboutthevari
ousdressesthatpeopl
eofvar
iouscountri
es
wearbutbeneaththem,thehumanbodyi ssame.
2.Thepoetsaysthatnobodyisdi
ffer
entandpeculi
ar.Nocount
ryisfor
eign.A
si
nglebodybreathesbeneat
halluni
for
ms.Mor eover,
thel
andisthesame
ever
ywhere.

Question2.
Instanza1,f
indfi
vewaysinwhichweal l ar
eali
ke.Pi
ckoutthewords.
Answer :
Inthefir
stst
anzathepoetsaysthatthereisnodif
fer
encebetweenthebodyofacit
izen
ofonecountryandtheci
ti
zenofanot hercountr
y.Wehav esamekindofbody;
wewear
sameki ndofcl
othes.Wewalkont hesamepl anet
,andtheendofeachindi
vi
dual
isthe
same.

Questi
on3.
Howmanycommonf eat
urescanyouf
indi
nstanza2?Pickoutt
hewor
ds.
Answer:
Thefol
lowi
ngcommonfeatur
esar
egiveni
nthestanzas:

1.sun
2.ai
r
3.water,
4.Peaceful
har
vest
srequi
redf
orhumansur
viv
al
5.samehands

Questi
on4.
“…whenev erwear etol
dtohateourbrot
hers….”Whendoy outhinkt hishappens?Why ?
Who‘ t
ell
s’us?Shoul dwedoaswear etoldatsucht i
mesWhatdoest hepoetsay ?
Answer:
Sometimessomesel fi
shpeopl
einst
igatetheinnocenttoharm other s.Theydoi tfor
thei
rownbenef i
t.Thecommonoror dinarymandoesnotunder standt hei
rtr
icksand
star
tshati
nghisf ell
owhumanbeings.Theyt el
lthem t
ocauser iots.Thepoetsay sthat
oneshouldnotfollowanybody’
sadvicewithoutbroodi
ngov eri
t.Thepoetr epeatedly
say
sthatt
her
eisnodi
ff
erencei
nthem andt
hef
orei
gner
s.Thepeopl
eoft
heent
ir
e
worl
daret
hesame.

Addi
ti
onalQuest
ions

Shor
tanswert
ypequest
ions

Question1.
Whatmessagedoest hepoetwanttoconv ey?
Answer :
Thepoetwant stosaythatther
eshoul dbenodiscri
minat
ionbetweenpeopleont
he
basisoftheirappearance,r
eli
gionorregi
on.Iti
sinhumantoteaseonebecauseofone’
s
di
fferentbackground.Thepoetwant sthatthepeopl
eshoulddiscour
agethi
s
malpracti
ceandl ovetheirf
ell
owhumanbei ngsfr
om thebott
om ofthei
rheart
.

Quest
ion2.
Howdoest hepoetprov
et hatther
earenoforei
gncount
ries?
Answer:
Thepoetprovesitwi
ththehelpofnatur
e.Every
oneshar
est hesamesun,ear
thandai
r.
Theyhavethesamebodyst ructur
eandit
sfuncti
oni
ngelements.Sot
hereshoul
dbeno
bi
asedatti
tudetowar
dsany one.

uest
ion3.
Whatdoesthepoetaskust orememberinthelaststanza?
Answer:
Thepoetwarnstheordinaryandinnocentpeopl
ewhoseemot i
onsandsenti
mentsarest
ir
redby
someselfi
shpeople.Theiri
mmor alactsandpoisonousv i
ewsdon’
tdeser
veatt
enti
on.

Question4.
Howar ewer esponsibl
ef orwar?
Answer :
Everyoneisresponsi bl
eforwar.Ifwestarthati
ngourbrethr
en,wewill
becomethe
causeoft ension.Andt hetensi
onisconvertedint
owaroneday .Sonobodyshoul
dhat
e
anddespiseany one.Ourbiasedandimpolit
ebehav i
ourtowardsthef
ell
owhuman
beingsbecomest hecauseofunnecessarywar s.

Questi
on5.
Howdoal lmenli
vingont heearthshar ethesamef ate?
Answer:
Allmenli
vingonthisearthl
iv
eanddi ethesameway .Theysharethesamef ate.
Beneat
hdi f
fer
entkindsofcolourfuldressesandf aces,allhav
et heheartofman.Whil
e
theyl
iv
e,theywalkont hesameear th.Afterthei
rdeat h,t
heywillbeburi
edunderthe
sameearth.Theapparentdif
ferencesofl andsandr acear eonlysuper
fi
cialandnotr
eal.
Question6.
Naturedoesn’ tdif
ferenti
atebet
weenmenofdi ffer
entlandsandraces.Doyouagr ee
withthegivenst atement?
Answer :
Naturenev erdiff
erentiat
ebetweenmenandmen.I tt
ranscendsthedif
fer
encesbased
ongeogr aphy ,r
aceorr el
igi
on.Thesungivesit
sheatandener gytoal
l.Si
milarl
y,al
lof
them needai randwat ertosurvi
ve.Di
ningpeacetheyprosperandhaveplentyoffood
toeat.Howev er
,longwar sstar
vethem.Theylabourhardtosurvi
vewiththesameki nds
ofli
mbsandhands.

Questi
on7.
Howcanwer ecogni
seandunderst
and‘commonl i
fe’i
nev eryl
and?
Answer:
All
humanbei ngsarewov enint
hewreathofhumanity
.Ifourvisi
onisnotcloudedby
narr
owi deas,wecanr ecogni
seandunderst
and‘commonl i
fe’
inever
yland.Allmenar e
bom andbr oughtupinthesameway .Theylov
e,hateandsleepinthesameway .Peace
andlovebindt hem t
ogether.

Quest i
on8.
Hatingourbr ot
hermeanshat ingoursel
vesandt aki
ngarmsagai nstt
hem means
fi
ghtingwi t
hourselves.Isi
ttr
ue?
Answer :
War sareimposedonl andsandpeople.Thepoisonofhatedividemenandnat ions.
Theygot owars,ki
llanddestroyoneanother.Hati
ngourbrothersmeanshat i
ng
ourselves.Si
milarl
y,rai
singar
msagai nstthepeopleofonelandmeansr ai
singar ms
againsthumani t
y.

Quest
ion9.
Howdowedef i
leandout r
agethe‘
humanear th’t
hati
sours?
Answer:
Hatebreedshatr
ed.Narrowideaspoll
uteanddefil
ethi
sear t
hwhichbelongstoallmanki
nd.
‘
Hell
soff i
reanddust’ar
eourowncr eati
ons.Theypoll
uteandoutragethe‘i
nnocenceofai
rthat
i
sourown’ .Weshouldrememberthatthemot herear
thbelongst
oal ll
andsandallpeopl
e.

Question10
Allgr
eatper sonst el
lustoli
vecordiall
yasbrothers.Butwepeopl etendtof i
ghtover
tr
ivi
alissues.Whydon’ twelivewithotherspeoplehar moniousl
y?Whatmakesusf i
ght
andhur tother?
Answer :
I
tistruethatmanypeopl ehavebeent ell
i
ngust olivehar moni
ouslysi
ncel ong.We
neverfoll
owt hei
rmessage.Weal soknowi tthatourgr eedtogetmor ewealthand
powercannotgi veuspeacefull
i
fe.Butsomedeep- rootedevil
sinoursocietymakeus
drawadi stincti
onbetweenpeople.Weknowt hatall customsandconv enti
onshave
beenmadebypeopl e.Godhasmadeal lpeopleequal .Butwemakedi ff
erences
betweenpeopl eforoursel
fi
shmot ives.Westarttohat eevenourfamilymember sdue
toouregotobemor epowerful.Bydoi
ngso,weatlastharm oursel
ves.Webecamet
he
obj
ectsofhat
rednessforsociety.I
nsoci
ety
,peopl
edisl
ikeselfi
shpeople.

Sobef or
egoingtohurtother
’sfeeli
ng,f
irstofal
lweshoul
dthi
nkwhet herdoingsuch
actwithother
sarejusti
fi
edbyot herpeopleorsoci
ety
.Weshouldlear
nt oli
vewith
othersasbrother
s.Weshouldlearntotolerat
e,f
orgi
veandcompromise.Onlyinthi
s
way ,
ourli
fewouldbehappyandpeacef ul.