HEIR CONDITIONING-Form 2 Literature
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THE MEANING OF HEIR & CONDITIONING IN " Heir Conditioning".
Heir means successor or in BM - waris. Conditioning means training. The poem is a dialogue between a grandchild and his grandparents.
The grandchild (the heir) lives in a modern world. The grandchild cannot live without modern technologies such as a handphone, a television, a computer, an air conditioner and so on. In this scenario, we can say that the grandchild is conditioned (telah terlatih/terbiasa) to live in a modern world.
The grandchild asks his grandparents how did they live without modern inventions. The grandparents reply that even though there were no modern technologies when they were young, they could still live a simple life. There were no pollutions back then and they were afraid of God. The grandparents further told his grandchild that due to the modern technologies, the world becomes polluted & people are no longer afraid of God because they become more materialistic. In this scenario, the grandparents are trying to condition/train his grandchild that modern technologies can bring about bad effects to people nowadays.
That's the meaning of Heir Conditioning.
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THE MEANING OF HEIR & CONDITIONING IN " Heir Conditioning".
Heir means successor or in BM - waris. Conditioning means training. The poem is a dialogue between a grandchild and his grandparents.
The grandchild (the heir) lives in a modern world. The grandchild cannot live without modern technologies such as a handphone, a television, a computer, an air conditioner and so on. In this scenario, we can say that the grandchild is conditioned (telah terlatih/terbiasa) to live in a modern world.
The grandchild asks his grandparents how did they live without modern inventions. The grandparents reply that even though there were no modern technologies when they were young, they could still live a simple life. There were no pollutions back then and they were afraid of God. The grandparents further told his grandchild that due to the modern technologies, the world becomes polluted & people are no longer afraid of God because they become more materialistic. In this scenario, the grandparents are trying to condition/train his grandchild that modern technologies can bring about bad effects to people nowadays.
That's the meaning of Heir Conditioning.
Teacher Nuha's slideshare:-
Summary
The poem talks about the differences on the ways of living of two different generations. The poet uses an interesting way of a question and answer session between a grandchild and his/her grandparents.
The poem talks about the differences on the ways of living of two different generations. The poet uses an interesting way of a question and answer session between a grandchild and his/her grandparents.
The child questions his/her grandparents on how they could live without all the necessities they today’s generation could not live without such as air cons, fans, faxes and telephones. The grandparents replay one after another that even though the necessities were not yet invented to comfort them, they could live in comfort as their life were free from pollution, stress, traffic jams, destruction of forests, streams and hills.
They warn their child that there is a price to pay when they do not fear God and appreciate nature. They have made money as their God and nature fears them because of the rapid pace of development and the destruction of the beautiful environment.
Theme
1. Technology Brings More Harm
It may seem that we are living in comfort with all the technology that keeps on improving, but we do not realize the harms that the technology has brought us. The grandchild thinks that it is impossible for their grandparents to live in comfort with the help of technology. The child does not realize that because of the technology itself, the world becomes hotter and that is the reason why some technologies are created to blind humans with the fake comfort that the technologies bring them. For example, electric fans and air cons. Technological advancements have other setbacks such us pollution, stress, traffic jams, and destruction of forests, rivers and hills.
2. Fear
The older generations were God-fearing people and respected His creation nature. However, today’s generation does not fear God. On the contrary the poet says that “now nature fears you and money is your new God”. This indicates that the younger generation has become more materialistic. They do not care for nature but gives priority to riches and money rather than practicing good values such as preserving God’s creation.
3. Importance of Preserving Nature
God created nature to preserve life. In stanza 2, the poet gives the consequences of not preserving nature -pollution, stress, traffic jams, destruction of forest, streams and hills. Humans seem not to aware that the more pollution they make, the more they need to preserve the nature. In paving the way for development, forest and hills have been destroyed and streams have been polluted. This has destroyed the natural habitat of many species of animals and plants which help to retain balance in our ecosystem.
1. Technology Brings More Harm
It may seem that we are living in comfort with all the technology that keeps on improving, but we do not realize the harms that the technology has brought us. The grandchild thinks that it is impossible for their grandparents to live in comfort with the help of technology. The child does not realize that because of the technology itself, the world becomes hotter and that is the reason why some technologies are created to blind humans with the fake comfort that the technologies bring them. For example, electric fans and air cons. Technological advancements have other setbacks such us pollution, stress, traffic jams, and destruction of forests, rivers and hills.
2. Fear
The older generations were God-fearing people and respected His creation nature. However, today’s generation does not fear God. On the contrary the poet says that “now nature fears you and money is your new God”. This indicates that the younger generation has become more materialistic. They do not care for nature but gives priority to riches and money rather than practicing good values such as preserving God’s creation.
3. Importance of Preserving Nature
God created nature to preserve life. In stanza 2, the poet gives the consequences of not preserving nature -pollution, stress, traffic jams, destruction of forest, streams and hills. Humans seem not to aware that the more pollution they make, the more they need to preserve the nature. In paving the way for development, forest and hills have been destroyed and streams have been polluted. This has destroyed the natural habitat of many species of animals and plants which help to retain balance in our ecosystem.
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STANZA 1
Grand
dad did you breathe
Before
air cons were invented
Was
it hard staying
Alive
without modern inventions?
Grandma
weren’t you flustered
As
you fluttered with paper fans?
Could
you communicate before
Faxes
and long distance calls
Became
basic necessities?
Meaning/Analysis:
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.
STANZA 2
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.
Meaning/Analysis:
The
second stanza shows the answers given by the poet’s 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.
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