2nd PUC English ON CHILDREN NOTES | Kahlil Gibran | Question Answers
ON CHILDREN
-Kahlil Gibran
I. Answer the following in word or a phrase or
in a sentence each.
1. ‘They are sons and daughters of life
longing for itself’. Here ‘they’ refer to ______________
a. Parents
b. Children
c. woman
Ans: b. Children.
2. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’,
what may be given to children?
Ans: Love
3. What may not be given to children by their
parents?
Ans: Their thoughts.
4. Who according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ have their own thoughts?
Ans: Children.
5. What may not be housed by the parents in
“on Children’?
Ans: Souls of children.
6. What according to the speaker in ‘On
Children’ dwell in the house of tomorrow?
Ans: Souls of children.
7. Where do the souls of the children dwell
according to the speaker in ‘On Children’?
Ans: In the house of tomorrow.
8. According to the speaker in ‘On Children’,
life does not go__________
a. Swift
b. backward
c. far
Ans: b. backward.
9. Who does the word ‘bows’ refer to in ‘On
Children’?
Ans: Parents.
10. Who
according to the speaker in ‘On Children’ are sent forth as living arrows?
Ans: Children.
11. Who does the phrase ‘archer’ refer to in
‘On Children’?
Ans: God.
12. Why does the archer bend the bows with his
might?
Ans: So that the arrows may go swift and far.
13. The
house of tomorrow in ‘On Children’ cannot be visited even in _________
a) thoughts
b) ideas
c) dreams
Ans: c) dreams.
4 / 6 Marks question and answer
1. What are the views of the speaker on
children in the poem ‘On Children’?
OR
What attitude should parents have towards
their children according to the poem, ‘On Children’?
OR
How is the parent – child relationship brought
out using the metaphor of bows and arrows?
Ans: In “On Children”, the prophet speaks to
parents about how they should take care of their children. He says “Your
children are not your children”. Though parents give birth to the children,
they are not the owners. Parents should not be possessive of their children.
The parents should work as guardians and help them grow. Children are the sons
and daughters of life’s longing for itself. They come through parents but not
from parents. They live with parents, yet they do not belong to them. Parents
can give them their love but not their thoughts. Because, children have their
own thoughts. They may house their bodies but not their souls. The souls of children dwell in the house of
tomorrow. Children belong to the future.
Life doesn’t go backward or tarries with yesterday. According to the
prophet, God is the archer, parents are the bows and children are the living
arrows. The archer uses the bow only to send the arrows to their target. As an archer, He bends the bows too much so
that arrows go swift and far. He loves both the bows [parents] and the arrows
[children]. Thus, parents should realize that their role is to serve the
children to reach their goals.
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