Question

it is essential to possess Intelligence and common sense to rule over others. comment in the contrast of the chapter the tale of melon City in about 200 words
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Answer 1

The story The Tale of Melon City by Vikram Seth is a narrative poem about how a melon, following a custom, was chosen to become the king of a state.

Explanation:

• Vikram Seth through this poem, satire on people in power. He expressed the notion amusingly that citizens who realize that as long as they can live happily, freely and leniently do not care about who the emperor, the monarch or the chief of state is.
• The poem is a sharp criticism of the old tradition that by word of mouth the kings offer punishment. At one point the word of the King was treated as Godlike and everything he meant was rule. A fair and placid king was expected to protect the innocent and punish the quality. Nevertheless, the jury process and the ever changing decision feature a fun of the whole process of fair trials and considered awards. 
• It mocks the ruler, ministers and wise men. They all behave foolishly. Nobody applies their mind and the poem has a sarcastic feel. The virtuous and fair king acted like a fool. He got an arch gate constructed above the highway for the onlooker's enlightenment. However, one day the King hit his crown against the arch and therefore he ordered hanging the guilty who was responsible for building such as low arch. But he changed his orders quite soon until he ordered his own execution
• The new ruler was chosen foolishly by another foolish person, because of which a melon was crowned king. The people had no interest in who ruled over them provided they were not harassed. Thus, this poem conveys the about the shortsightedness and foolishness of the bureaucracy and governing class and the indifference that the people (citizens) come to have concerning the govt and the governance they have.
• The poem also makes fun as to how rulers and govts. are chosen and how they dispense justice. From this we can conclude that it it is essential to possess Intelligence and common sense to rule over others.

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