What message does the poet convey in the poem television
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'television' by Ronald Dahl is a long, did actic poem written in light tone with a message that is relevant in our times . it is an earnest appeal to parents to wean their children away from watching television to reading of book . in their craze for the 'idiot box' , children have lost their innocence. they have become unruly and disobedient. they are no longer rintrested in the world of fantasy in children's stories . the poet is saddened that watching television in excess makes children dull and unimaginative. so ten parents must throw away the television set out of their homes and should replace it by a set of books. they will at first face bitter opposition but later they will be thanked for this thoughtful , good action . Dalh's opposition to TV watching is because of it being passive process during which we are not actively engaged with the material as we are during the process . this passivity makes our brain slow and strained
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In the poem, the poet is trying to show the parents how unhealthy a television is in our children's lives and is asking us to uninstall the television set. In place of it, the poet has asked us to install a book shelf with books in it, for the children.
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