Read and Write
A. Answer these questions.
1. Why does the poet call the newspaper a collection of half-injustices?
2. The poet creates two contrasting images in the first stanza. What are these?
3. Why has the newspaper been compared to a court?
4. What does the newspaper sell? How?
5. Why does the poet call the newspaper a game?
6. What is the newspaper a symbol of? How?
Note : These questions are from the English coursebook of class 8th called "stepping stones, Chapter no. 13 Newspaper is a collection of half injustices by Stephen Crane.
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Answer:
A1. Every generation leaves its mark through the tales which are written during their time. It is a collection of stories of injustice of everything that our lives are made of. Newspaper is a symbol of: Market- Its unfair people sell cheap things for more adulterated goods as real.
A2. In the first paragraph, the poet has created the contrasting picture of 'merciful' as well as 'sneering' men. These are people who either sneer at the stories carried by the newspaper or are sympathetic towards them.
A3. A newspaper is like a court because everyone is kindly and unfairly tried by a group of honest men who are too caught up in their righteous indignation.
A4. A newspaper is a collection of injustices is a poem written by Stephen Crane. In this poem Stephen compares a newspaper with court, market, game and symbol. Newspaper is a court where people are unfairly tried to showcase the criminality of a person. A newspaper is a market where people can sell their freedom by their wisdom, then you can find the people getting victory by using their errors.
A5. A newspaper is like a game because one person's errors bring victory to a player while another's skill wins death. A mistake made by a scribe can change the outcome of a particular game while another person's skilled reportage could herald someone's death.
A6. According to dream books, an image of a newspaper symbolises from far away deceit or popularity. An old or torn newspaper is telling the dreamer that he shouldn't believe so much on public's opinion and should think more ...
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