NO MEN ARE FOREIGN

OBJECTIVES
• To inculcate values amongst the students such as unity, affection, activeness,
awareness, carefulness, creativity etc.
• To let the students know that a thought of war can only be defeated by the
thought of peace.

NEW WORDS
Dispossess- To deprive
The government can dispossess a
person of their property for failure to
pay property taxes.
Defile: make dirty, pollute
We shall not defile any area of
outstanding beauty.
Outrage the innocence of: Violate
the purity of
One should not outrage the innocence
of nature.

KEY POINTS
• This poem is based on the idea that we are the children of the same
father God
• As such we should believe in the universal brotherhood of man.
• The earth is the common property of the mankind.
• We should not think that we are the citizens of this or that country.
• We should give up feelings of narrow nationalism.
• We should think that we are citizens of the world.
• In war all countries suffer and in peace prosper. Therefore if countries
suffer and in peace prosper. Therefore if we hate others we deceive
ourselves.
EXTRA QUESTIONS-
1. Wars have always brought total ruin in this world, yet they are
fought repeatedly. Discuss
2. How does the title sum up the theme of the poem, “No men are
foreign”.