(B) What does the author mean by ‘Liberty-drunk’ in the essay ‘Rule of the Road’
by A.G. Gardiner?
Answers
Answer:
By liberty-drunk, the writer meant that the people are only concerned about their own liberties and not the responsibilities and the limitations that their liberty. ... The rule of the road is that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the liberties of everybody must be curtailed.
Answer:
By ‘liberty-drunk’ Gardiner means to refer to people who feel self-entitled towards their personal liberty.
Explanation:
In the essay ‘Rule of the Road’ Gardiner refers to a woman who invokes her personal liberty to get her way through the streets. Through the essay, the author tries to establish that even though personal liberty is to be respected, it is not something that should arise at the expense of the larger society that one is part of.
If everyone attempts to exert their personal liberties then society would be in the throes of anarchy.