Question

What does ghastly junk mean in the poem television by Roald Dahl

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The word 'ghastly' means terrible or very bad. Poet says that the children sit and stare at the television screen until their mind is filled with those horrible junk content which is of no use and which corrupts the imaginative and creative faculty of their mind.The poet expresses his disgust for the junk content that the idiotic box called television displays to the audience. The word ‘ghastly’ means terrible or very bad. Poet says that the children sit and stare at the television screen until their mind is filled with those horrible junk content which is of no use and which corrupts the imaginative and creative faculty of their mind.

Answer 2

When when children's stare on the TV screen in order to watch program the get hypnotized they get only useless or harmful stuff as the television contain horrible or meaning less context.