Question

1. Reference based
questions -
"He senses first
responsibility
In a world of possessions.
People will take
Balls, balls will be lost
always, little boy
And no one buys a ball
back.Money is external."
a. What does the boy feel in
losing the ball?
b.Explain the line:
"Money is external."
c.What lesson does the boy
learn?
d. Find a word from the
stanza that means 'of the
outside'.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans.1: When the boy lost the ball, he plunged in grief. He stood staring down the harbour where his ball was lost. The boy was affected profoundly by the loss of his ball because it had been with him for a long time.

Ans.2: Money is external because it can buy only material objects; it cannot buy everything that one loses.

Ans.3:The boy is learning to cope up with his loss of ball. he is experiencing grief and to grow up and learning to grow up in this materialistic world. he learns that there are so many things in life that are lost and cannot be brought back.

Ans.4: External