Heir Conditioning - By M.

SHANmughalingam
Grand dad did you breathe
before air cons were invented?
was it hard staying
alive without modern inventions?
Grandma werent 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.

In the first stanza, the poet asks his

grandparents about the life before
the technology arouse and become
the important usage in the world
nowadays. He asks his grandfather
was it complicated to live in the life
without technology as he refers the
technology to the invention of the air
cons. Then he asks his grandmother
regarding the condition when she
used paper fans to cool herself. He
also asks his grandmother what were
the possibilities for them to
communicate without faxes and long
distance calls compared to the world
nowadays.

The second stanza shows the

answers given by the poets
grandparents that sum up all the
questions in one simple answer. The
reason on why they did not
experience all the pollution, stress,
traffic jams, and destruction of
forests, streams and hills is because
of their ignorance; they were lack of
knowledge by that time. His
grandparents add, the only thing

that they fear is God and nature but

now, the nature turns to fear the
entire human race and money is the
only obsession to human.

Heir Conditioning - By M. SHANmughalingam

Grand dad did you breathe
before air cons were invented?
was it hard staying
alive without modern inventions?
Grandma werent you flustered
as you fluttered with paper fans?
could you communicate before
faxes and long distance calls
became basic necessities?

In the first stanza, the poet asks his

grandparents about the life before
the technology arouse and become
the important usage in the world
nowadays. He asks his grandfather
was it complicated to live in the life
without technology as he refers the
technology to the invention of the air
cons. Then he asks his grandmother
regarding the condition when she
used paper fans to cool herself. He
also asks his grandmother what were
the possibilities for them to
communicate without faxes and long
distance calls compared to the world

nowadays.

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.

The second stanza shows the

answers given by the poets
grandparents that sum up all the
questions in one simple answer. The
reason on why they did not
experience all the pollution, stress,
traffic jams, and destruction of
forests, streams and hills is because
of their ignorance; they were lack of
knowledge by that time. His
grandparents add, the only thing
that they fear is God and nature but
now, the nature turns to fear the
entire human race and money is the
only obsession to human.

1. What are the problems mentioned in the poem?

A. modern inventions
B. stress and pollution
C. increase in crime rate
D. power failure

2. Why did the poet use many questions in stanza one?

A. to portray that the young generation is stupid
B. to show that the inquisitiveness of a child
C. to ensure that the grandparents answer the questions
D. to portray that children were not educated in the past

3. Which of these lines show comparison between the past and present?
A. Grandchild we lived before your age. Because of our ignorance,..
B. we feared God and nature now nature fears you..
C. Grand dad did you breathe before air cons were invented?
D. Grandma werent you flustered as you fluttered with paper fans?