If kargil war was fought to completion what would have been the outcome
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student-nameNeha asked in English
Fisherman in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their
brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.
(a) What are the fisherman harming whales, a metaphor for? 1
(b) What sort of war do humans wage? 1
(c) Under what circumstances would men abandon the practice of waging wars? 1
(d) What does the poet hope will be the true and most significant outcome of this circumstance? 1
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student-nameRashmi Mallik answered this
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a) This line refers to the fact that humans often willfully hurt innocent creatures. Whales have been mercilessly hunted for oil, meat etc. Neruda wishes that for once man could stop his wanton behavior, because of the harm it causes. It is also a reference to the deterioration happening in the environment or nature as a whole, due to the destruction caused by man.
b) Man has been waging wars against his fellow human-beings and even nature herself. However, Neruda points out that man fight such wars under the facade of bringing peace and prosperity. Nevertheless, wars can never bring the end that man wants, because it results only in destruction.
c) The poet believes that man should try living harmoniously with one another. If for once man can stop this bloodshed and become brothers, then wars would finally stop.
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