ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Chapter 3, Lily notices that Gabriel has light eyes like Jonas. The narrator states that “No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.” The reader can infer that in Jonas’s society:
A
Conformity in all things is emphasized.
B
Differences are celebrated.
C
Genetic engineering has not been perfected.
D
Light eyes are considered evil.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lily remarks that Gabriel has “funny eyes” like Jonas-both boys have light eyes, while most people in the community have darker eyes.

Detailed explanation-2: -While at the House of the Old, Jonas is instructed to help bathe the Old in the bathing room. We learn that it is against the rules for anyone to look at any naked person except at infants (newchildren) and the Old.

Detailed explanation-3: -Originally Answered: Why might Jonas find it unsettling that he and Gabriel have similar eyes? Jonas finds unsettling because blue eyes are rare in the giver community and Gabriel could have the same ability as Jonas of “seeing beyond".

Detailed explanation-4: -“Now, seeing the newchild and its expression, he was reminded that the light eyes were not only a rarity but gave the one who had them a certain look-what was it? Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might lurk which hadn’t been discovered yet.”

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