Television - Workbook/Textbook Solutions of Treasure Trove of Short Stories and Poems ICSE - MSB Publication
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EXTRACT-1
(i) 'We'
are referred to the parents who are unaware of the bad effects of
television, which is affecting their children's future, and killing
their precious time.
(ii) The
ignorant parents of the children who are addicted to television, are
being referred to, by the poet, as he wants to inform them of the bad
effects of watching television.
(iii) 'Idiotic
thing' refers to the television set. It is being called 'idiotic' as
all it does, is kill the children's precious time where they can study,
and learn something, instead of watching television.
(iv) The
poet tries to reason, and convince the parents, that the television set
is useless, and that the parents should not even install the television
in the first place.
(v) There
is some relevance of this advice in our present-day world, as the
television does waste our time, but then again, we can what is happening
around the world via new channels, we can also gain knowledge from
channels like Discovery, National Geographic, etc.
EXTRACT-2
(i) The
advice that was given by the poet to the parents earlier in the context
was to stop their children from wasting their time in front of the
tube, and not to install the television at all.
(ii) The
poet describes the television as an 'idiotic thing', saying that it is a
device with no benefits at all, and it only wastes our time, and money.
He says that books are better than television.
(iii) The
thing that the poet has observed in every house, is a television set,
which he hates to see, and does not understand why parents even install
it for.
(iv) According
to the poet, the 'eyes' of the children pop out when they keep watching
the television for too long, and with no stopping. In order words, he
tries to say that their eyes are harmed.
(v) In
the last lines of this context, the poet is using metaphor when he is
comparing the children with a dozen eyeballs. He uses this figure of
speech, to make the poem more amusing, and interesting.
EXTRACT-3
(i) The
children who continuously keep watching the television for long time
without taking a break, are being addressed to, in the poem.
(ii) The
poet's main concern are children, who are taking damage to their body
as well as their future by watching the television without studying, or
taking a break.
(iii) 'That
shocking ghastly junk' are addressed to the programs which appear on
the television, which the children love to spend their precious time on.
(iv) The
parents let their children watch television uninterrupted, since then
their children do not annoy or disturb them anymore, as their time is
mostly spent in front of the television.
(v) According
to the poet, watching television makes the children dull, as they are
only wasting their time on the tube, instead of reading books, or play
outside, which can provide actual benefit for them.
EXTRACT-4
(i) The
parents let their children watch television for so long, since their
kids do not disturb, or make interactions with them anymore, because of
the television, and so, in order to enjoy the freedom, they let them do
so.
(ii) The
poet says that watching excess of television makes children dull, and
dumb, and also damages their thinking power, since the television only
shows junk content which gives no knowledge at all.
(iii) According
to the poet, television is making children unimaginative, because it
contains no knowledge at all, and only shows content which contains no
educational value, thus, making them unimaginative.
(iv) The
activity, referred to later in the poem that sharpens the brain is by
reading books. As the poet says, books are the only source for
knowledge, and to get creative.
(v) No,
I do not agree to this because in this period, there are many
educational, business related, etc, types of shows that can often
educate us about the things, that we might not know. There are also new
channels that gives us the day to day general knowledge of what is
happening around the world.
EXTRACT-5
(i) The
parents' response to the poet's advice to them about their children
watching television is that, if they remove the television set, there
will be no means for the children to entertain themselves with.
(ii) The
poet reminds the parents of how they used to entertain themselves, back
in the day, when they were children themselves, and tells them that
they did so by reading books.
(iii) The
exclamations, 'Great Scott' and 'Gadzooks' used by the poet in the
extract, is used to express the shock, and annoyance of the poet on the
parents who do not stop their children from watching television.
(iv) The
poet uses all capital letters in this line, so as to emphasis the point
that when the parents, and he were children, they spent their time by
reading books.
(v) The
poet recommends reading of books to the children, as he believes that
books are the only source of knowledge, and for the minds of children to
be more creative.
EXTRACT-6
(i) The
anxiety which the poet has show regarding watching of television by the
children is that, they start to feel uncomfortable without the tube,
since they are addicted to it.
(ii) The
poet wants the children to read books, to make use of their time, and
learn something, instead of watching television, which only wastes time,
and kills imagination.
(iii) The
poet says that the reading of books is better than watching television
by informing us that when we read books, we learn something, and also
get creative, which, watching the television cannot do.
(iv) The
stories about Mr. Tod, and his dirty dog, the squirrel Nutkin, the
small pig named Bland, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, were very amusing, and
thus, captivated the young minds in the past.
(v) No,
I do not agree with the poet, since although books are the source of
entertainment, and knowledge. We can never know about the things
happening all over the world without the news on TV. Books can not
update us with every day to day events just in minutes.
EXTRACT-7
(i) The
poet recommends reading books to children, because he says that books
can also entertain us, and increases our creativity. He says that, we
can also learn something from books.
(ii) The
stories about Mr. Tod, and his dirty dog, the squirrel Nutkin, the
small pig named Bland, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle were very fascinating, and
thus, interested the children in the past.
(iii) Since
the 'Penelope' is a sweet smelling dish. The poet uses this term to
describe the fun, and joy in reading story books, by giving this example
from a famous story book.
(iv) He
was a famous British writer, who was very popular, and loved by most of
the children, for his amusing stories, like Mr. Tod, and his dirty dog;
squirrel Nutkin, etc.
(v) The
animal characters in the stories of Beatrix Potter, used by the poet
here, to express the examples of good books, are Mr. Tod and his dirty
dog, squirrel Nutkin, Pigling Blang, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle.
EXTRACT-8
(i) 'We'
are referred to the people which side with the poet, on thinking that
the television is a useless thing, and that we should go back to the
means of entertainment in the past, which were books.
(ii) The
advice that is repeated here is to throw away the television, and make a
bookshelf in its place, because he believes that TV is making children
dull, and unimaginative, and he wants to stop this from happening.
(iii) The
'dirty looks' as said by the poet in the extract refers to the angry,
and annoyed children, who will give cold stern stares to their parents,
when they un-install the TV set.
(iv) The
impression of the children mentioned here by the poet, are the type of
children who are very rude, and do not listen to their parents, even
when they are doing something for their own good.
(v) No,
I would not react violently, but instead, try to reason to them, and
not watch television excessively, and make a fixed time to watch the
tube.
EXTRACT-9
(i) The
parents of the children, who watch television for no fixed time, are
being addressed to here. They are being referred here, as they are
responsible for their children to become dull, and dumb.
(ii) The
action of the parents to remove the television, and force them to read
books, would evoke protest by their youngsters, since they have become
addicted to the tube, and can not live without it.
(iii) The
parents should ignore the angry looks of their children, the kicks, and
hits from sticks by their children, and even biting them while they
remove the television set.
(iv) The
poet uses the exclamation-'oh boy, oh boy', to express the suprise, and
amusement, which the parents are going to feel when they see their
children reading books.
(v) If
the youngsters start reading books, they would be actively engaged with
the stories. They would be thinking, and imagining the stories on their
own, and thus, their brains would become sharper.
EXTRACT-10
(i) According
to the poet, in the absence of the television set, the children will
want to spend their time. So, they will read, and when they do so, they
will completely forget about watching television.
(ii) When
the television set is removed, the children will try to entertain
themselves by reading some good books, and when they will do that, they
will totally forget about watching television.
(iii) Once
the children begin to read the books, their mind become filled with joy
at the wonderful, and fantastic stories, and they would imagine these
stories themselves.
(iv) According
to the poet, once the television set is removed, and they start reading
books, they will eventually forget about the TV set, and start on to
enjoy themselves, even while reading books.
(v) A. He thinks that TV makes the young, very lazy, and they do not want to do any activity, other than that.
B. He assumes that it blocks their minds, and imagination, making them dull, and dumb.
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