HEIR CONDITIONING BY M.

SHAMUGALINGAM

LITERATURE

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Grand Dad Did You Breath

Before Air Cons Were Invented
Was It Hard Staying
Alive Without Modern Inventions?
Grandma Weren’t You Flustered
As You Fluttered With Paper Fans?
Could You Communicate Before
Faxes And Long Distance Calls
Became Basic Necessities

Grandchild We Lived
Before Your Age. Because
Of Our Ignorance,
We Did Not Know
Pollution, Stress, Traffic Jams
Destruction Of Forests, Streams And Hills
We Feared God And Nature
Now Nature Fears You And
Money Is Your New God.

1. What does the young boy want to know from his grandfather?

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He wants to know if his grandfather’s life was difficult without modern

inventions.

GOOD..!!
2. Name two modern inventions mentioned in stanza 1.

Air con and faxes.

3. Which line in the stanza means that nature is being destroyed?

Line 15 Stanza 2.

4. Based on stanza 2, name two negative effects of modern inventions? Give a reason

for your answer.

Traffic jams and pollution because of too many vehicles on the road causes

traffic jams. Vehicles also give out smoke that caused air pollution.

5. State a phrase from stanza 1 that represents the past.

Before air cons were invented.

6. What is the main idea of the poem?

The main idea is about respecting our grandfather and grandmother.

7. How was life different for Grandfather?

In his younger days there was not much technology compared to today.

8. Do you enjoy reading the poem? Give a reason for your choice.

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Yes, I enjoy reading the poem because it shows the difference between the

older and the younger generations.

9. What do you think the grandchild must have imagined about his grandfather’s life

before he was born?

He thinks that his grandfathers life must have been difficult without modern

necessities.

10. What is the poem about?

The poem is about the different point of view about life between a

grandfather and his grandson.

11. Who is speaking in stanza 1?

The grandson.

12. Based on the poem what does the grandfather think about the modern day?

He feels that the modern day have made people to forget about saving nature,

be afraid of God and be grateful with what they already have.

13. What are two inventions that the grandchildren won’t be able to live without?

i. Air conditioning

ii. Telephones

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14. What is the meaning of ‘flustered’?

Tired and out of breath.

15. What are the negative aspects of modern life?

Pollution, stress, traffic jams, destruction of

forests, streams and hills.

16. Why should we take care of our nature?

Because we need nature to live healthily and to have a peaceful life.

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