Chapter 6

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Class 9
English
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4. “...whenever we are told to hate our brothers...” When do you think this happens? Why? Who ‘tells’ us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say? I am a citizen, not of Athens as Greece, but of the World. —Socrates
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Question:

“...whenever we are told to hate our brothers...” When do you think this happens? Why? Who ‘tells’ us? Should we do as we are told at such times? What does the poet say? I am a citizen, not of Athens as Greece, but of the World. —Socrates

Answer:

Whenever there is war, leaders will instigate people to hate the other country and betray their own brothers. They tell us to do so because of their personal gains. But we should not become puppets in the act and do as they say. We should understand that the war is futile and analyse the situation before jumping to conclusions. The poet says that if we fight against them, we kill and condemn ourselves and defile our mother earth.

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