hunger poem by jayanta mahapatra questions answers
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Question.1. Where does the speaker meet the fisherman at the beginning of the poem?
Ans. The speaker met the fisherman at the seashore. The speaker could not believe when the fisherman carelessly offered his daughter. He spoke as if he was not at all wrong; he took the speaker to the shack where he lived with his daughter. The shack brought forward their poverty.
Question.2. Picturise the fisherman and his daily life, as evident in the poem. Take the help of the phrases and words from the poem.
The fisherman in the poem ‘Hunger’ is a very poor man. He makes both the ends meet with much difficulty. He goes to the sea daily and catches fishes for his livelihood. But he is not able to fulfil the needs of his family. Every day he drags hid old net and lives a very miserable life. His body was so weak that his white bones thrash his eyes. His body clawed the old nets with much difficulty. The poet found his shack in a very bad condition. It was the symbol of his poverty.
Question.3. Describe the setting and background of the poem.
Ans. The setting and the background of the poem is sea-shore. The poet meets the fisherman on this sea-shore. Then the poet follows the fisherman across the sprawling sands. The fisherman has just come out of the sea and he could hardly find any fish. His physical appearance shows his utter poverty. He takes the poet toward his shack. The poet has very well described the shack which symbolizes the poverty of the fisherman, which compelled him to sell his daughter.
Question.4. Why is the daughter compared to rubber? Is she compared to anything else in the poem? Why?
Ans. The daughter in the poem is that of a very poor fisherman. Poverty has made her father stone-hearted. So he compels her to the tragedy. Whatever she does in the poem is just under compulsion. She is only fifteen years old. Therefore the poet has compared her to rubber. The cold rubber denotes lifelessness and senselessness. She follows the instructions of her father, but without any emotions. In the poem, the girl is also compared to a fish. Her condition is like a fish caught in the net and she could only slide unsteadily.
Question.5. What has compelled the fisherman to make his daughter sell her body? Does the title of the poem have any relevance to this? If so, what is the relevance?
Ans. The fisherman is a very poor man. He is so poor that his next meal is doubtful. He could not fulfil the needs of his family. These all conditions compelled the fisherman to make his daughter to sell her body. This is very tragic. No father could act in this way. He has lost all his moral values.
The title of the poem is very suitable. The cause of the tragedy is ‘Hunger’. The ‘Hunger’ is both of stomach and body. This hunger compels to compromise our values and ethos. The speaker is compelled by his hunger of body and the fisherman and his daughter are compelled by hunger of their stomach.
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The answer is as follows:
Q1. Where does the Narrator meet the fisherman?
Ans: The speaker meets him at the seashore.
Q2. How does the story describe the fisherman?
Ans: The fisherman is described as being in extreme poverty. He has to catch fish for his livelihood, he was very weak, his bones showed through and his white bones were said to thrash his eyes.
Q3. What could the speaker not believe?
Ans: The speaker couldn't believe how carelessly he offered his daughter.
Q4. What showed their poverty?
Ans: When the poet saw the fisherman’s Shack, it brought forward their poverty
Q5. What is the daughter compared to?
Ans: She is compared to rubber due to being lifeless and senseless as she was compelled to do what she does under the compulsion of her father.
Q6. How suitable is the title?
Ans: The title ‘Hunger’ is suitable as the fear of hunger compels the father to become stone-hearted and compromise on values. They were compelled to do all their deeds due to hunger.
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