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Karnataka 1st PUC English Textbook Answers Reflections Chapter 7 If I was a Tree
If I was a Tree Comprehension I.
Question 1.
The speaker wants to be a tree because
(a) trees are not treated as objects of defilement.
(b) no other creature in nature has the concept of defilement.
(c) trees are more humane than humans.
Answer:
(c) trees are more humane than humans.
Question 2.
What wouldn’t the bird ask the tree?
Answer:
What caste the tree is?’ this wouldn’t the bird ask.
Question 3.
When does the sacred cow scrape her body onto the bark?
Answer:
Whenever the sacred cow feels itched it scrapes her body onto the bark.
Question 4.
How does the speaker want to be purified?
Answer:
The speaker wants to be purified in two ways one is by burning in the holy fire. And the second is becoming the bier of the sinless body to borne on the shoulder of
Question 5.
The phrase ‘dog-eater’ refer to a ……………………………
Answer:
world in which people fiaht for themselves onlu and will hurt other people.
Question 6.
What uses of the wood does the speaker see?
Answer:
The wood is used to make holy fire.
If I was a Tree Comprehension II.
Question 1.
Why would mother earth not flee according to the speaker?
Answer:
When the tree spreads out its branches further from its roots, the earth strongly held by the root. It is very important for the plant to have a good relationship with the earth. Unless it keeps it, there will be no harm for both of them. As long as the root is in contact with the mother earth, no natural calamities do anything to them. Mother earth’s responsibility is not to flee shouting for a bath.
Question 2.
How do the life forces-sunlight and the cool breeze- enforce nature’s idea of equality?
Answer:
The life forces like sunlight and the cool breezeenable the creature’s life by supporting them to live with the forces. The trees use Sunlight for preparing food. And cool breeze helps the plants to grow well. It is treating every plant equally whether it is small or big. This is the way these forces propagate the idea of equality.
If I was a Tree Comprehension III.
Question 1.
Why does the speaker want to be a tree?
Answer:
The speaker can leave the space to the bird to build its nest. He can have a good friendship with the cool breeze and the leaves. The relationship between the tree and the mother earth is established if the other becomes a tree. He can help the sacred cow to scrape her body on my bark, scratching wherever it itched.
Question 2.
The poem is a satire on social discrimination. Discuss.
Answer:
The bird asks the tree that what caste it belongs to. This clearly shows that the one of the cruel problems of the society castism deeply rooted in it. The poet wants to convey that the discrimination of the society should be eradicated. That is why the speaker of the poem makes friendship with the cool breeze and the leaves.
Question 3.
The speaker brings out the concepts of defilement and purification. How is the meaninglessness of the practice brought out?
Answer:
The speaker brings out the meaningless practices through the two actions one is to hack the tree into pieces of dry wood and burn in the holy fire. The second is becoming the bier for a sinless body, be borne on the shoulders of four good men. No one would be made pure by burning on a holy fire but to do good deeds can lead to a pure life.
If I was a Tree Additional Question and Answer
Question 1.
The bird does on the tree
(a) Builds a net for its neighbours.
(b) Builds nest for it.
(c) plucking the fruits.
(d) bringing dried twigs.
Answer:
(b) Builds nest for it.
Question 2.
What does the speaker mean the sinless body?
Answer:
The speaker means the hacked wood pieces would carry the holy persons.
Question 3.
Why did the speaker say this, ‘who knows’?
Answer:
This shows that the man’s life is not sure on earth. Death comes without our expectation.
Question 4.
‘ What sheltered inside the cows body?
Answer:
The three hundred thousand gods are sheltering inside the cow.
Question 5.
Sinless body here means ………………..
Answer:
the holy persons.
If I was a Tree Summary in English
If I was a tree” is a poem written by Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy. The poet depicts himself as a tree. The birds wouldn’t ask him before it built its nest. When the sunlight beat heavily his shadow wouldn’t feel defiled. His friendship with the wind and the leave is great.
It is very sweet experience to be in friendship with the cool breeze and the leaves. When there is heavy rain it takes away my leaves and floating on the ground. When the stem is broken from the roots, the mother earth would be damaged.
The cow which is considered as the sacred is scraping her body on its bark. It is scratching whenever it itched. The tree is very happy that the three hundred thousand gods sheltering inside her would touch it. At the end, the tree is hacked into pieces of dry wood, and put in burning in the holy fire. And it became a bier for a sinless body. And it would be borne on the shoulders of four good men.
If I was a Tree Summary in Kannada
Glossary:
Defile (y) : to make something dirty or no longer pure
Branch out (phr.v) : to start to do an activity that you have not done before.
Bier(n) : a frame qn which the dead body is placed.