Question 4 “…whenever we are told to hate our brothers…” When do you think this happens? Why? Who ‘tells’ us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say?
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Answer: It happens when some short-sighted political leader or hater of mankind wants to inflict war on the innocent people of a country.
There could be many reasons behind this war such as religious fanaticism, greed to acquire land, or to take revenge of a past defeat, etc.
Biased leaders, who might impose their ideologies on the people of their country and appeal them to hate the people of an enemy country.
We should not accept anyone’s ideology. We should judge people according to our own understanding based on truth and righteousness.
The poet advises us not to hate our fellow brothers and sisters living in any country. According to the poet they are people like us and share so many things with us. According to him when we hate them or take up arms against them, we actually harm our own selves.
Whenever there is war leader tell people to hate the other country. They tell us to do because of their personal games. But we should not act as a puppet in their hands and do as they say. We should understand that war is analizes the situation before jumping to confussion. The says that if we fight against them, we kill and condemn ourselves.