Question

Q.8 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

But let us hope that the hostilities between us may never return. We would have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

a. From where has the extract been taken? Who is referred to as 'us' by the speaker?

b. Why does the speaker hope that the hostilities between us may never return? What hostilities is he referring to?

C. What does the speaker have to say about revenge in the extract?

d. What happens when the young Red Indians get angry? What does their action signify?

e. What opinion do you form of the speaker from the above extract? ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Q.8 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

But let us hope that the hostilities between us may never return. We would have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

a. From where has the extract been taken? Who is referred to as 'us' by the speaker?

b. Why does the speaker hope that the hostilities between us may never return? What hostilities is he referring to?

C. What does the speaker have to say about revenge in the extract?

d. What happens when the young Red Indians get angry? What does their action signify?

e. What opinion do you form of the speaker from the above extract?

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