Question

What is ghastly junk reference in the poem television. Do you agree with the reference

Answer 1

Explanation:

With all that shocking ghastly junk. Explain the phrase “that shocking ghastly junk” in Roald Dahl's poem “Television”. 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.

Answer 2

• Through the phrase “that shocking gastly junk” the poet wants to emphasize the negative impact of television on children.He means to say that children’s mind gets filled with useless stuff that is being telecast on it.

OR

• 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.