Class 8 English - Chapter 04 We’re the World - Questions & Answers


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We’re the World 

Michael Jackson 
• Michael Jackson (1958 –2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. 
• Lionel Richie Jr. (1949 -) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. 

Summary
Michael Jackson's song 'We' re the World, highlights the need of the hour to stand together. Lending a hand to life is the greatest gift of all. We cannot go on pretending, that someone, somewhere will make a change. When we work with unity, we can make the world a better place. The poet tells that people are not helping each other.
Steady rhythm makes the poem perfect. It follows a musical flow. The tone is revolutionary. No rhyme scheme is followed. Rhythm and figures of speech like alliteration (someone, somewhere soon), and assonance (time.... life), make the poem charming. The imagery, 'God's great big family', is brilliant. The word choice is simple. 

Questions and Answers
1. What according to the lyricist, is the greatest gift of all?
Answer: Lending a hand to life is the greatest gift of all.

2. Why do you think we can't go on pretending forever?
Answer: We cannot go on pretending that someone somewhere will make a change because others will understand that we are pretending.

3. It's true we'll make a better day Just you and me; How?
Answer: When we work in perfect unison we can make the world a better place. 

4. When will a change really come according to the lyricists?
Answer: A change can only come when we stand together as one. 

5. What might have prompted the lyricist to sing a song like this?
Answer: People are not helping each other. People are dying every day due to many problems. There is a need for making the world a single family. 

EXAM BASED QUESTIONS
I. Write a critical appreciation of the poem.
Answer: Michael Jackson's song 'We' re the World, highlights the need of the hour to stand together. Lending a hand to life is the greatest gift of all. We cannot go on pretending, that someone, somewhere will make a change. When we work with unity, we can make the world a better place. The poet tells that people are not helping each other.
Steady rhythm makes the poem perfect. It follows a musical flow. The tone is revolutionary. No rhyme scheme is followed. Rhythm and figures of speech like alliteration (someone, somewhere soon), and assonance (time.... life), make the poem charming. The imagery, 'God's great big family', is brilliant. The word choice is simple. 

II. Analysing Textual Poem.
1. What kind of a time does the poet hope for?
Answer: The poet hopes for a time when we pay heed to a curtain call and the world must come together as one

2. What should we do to the dying people?
Answer: We should lend a hand to the dying people.

3. To whom should we lend a hand?
Answer: We should lend a hand to the dying people.

4. What is the greatest gift of all?
Answer: Lending a hand to life is the greatest gift of all.

5. What is that we can't do?
Answer: We can't go on pretending that someone somewhere will soon make a change.

6. What are we part of?
Answer: We are part of God's great big family.

7. What is the truth told by the poet?
Answer: The truth is that love is all we need.

8. What are our different roles?
Answer: We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day.

9. What should we do to make the world a brighter one?
Answer: To make the world a brighter one, we should start giving.

10. How do we save our own lives?
Answer: By giving and making a choice we can save our own lives.

11. How can people know that someone cares for them? 
Answer: If we give them our heart, they will know that we care for them

12. How can we make others' lives stronger and free?
Answer: By giving them our hearts, we can make others' lives stronger and free.

13. Who turned stone to bread?
Answer: God turned stone to bread. 

14. What lesson should we learn from God?
Answer: We should learn from God to lend a helping hand to others. 

15. When does it seem that there is no hope?
Answer: When we are down and out, it seems that there is no hope.

16. When does everything become well?
Answer: Everything becomes well when we believe that there is no way we can fall.

17. How can we bring a change?
Answer: We can bring a change when we stand together as one.

III. 
A. Write a short profile of Michael Jackson. 
MICHAEL JACKSON 
Michael Jackson was the best-known American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. He was born on29th August in 1958. He was known as the "King of Pop". His full name was Michael Joseph Jackson. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family's popular Motown group, 'The Jackson 5'. He went on to a solo career of astonishing worldwide success, delivering No. 1 hits from the albums Off the Wall', 'Thriller and Bad'. He died in 2009.

B. Write a short profile of Lionel Richie jr.
LIONEL RICHIE JR. 
Lionel Richie jr. is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He was born on 20th June 1949, in Alabama USA. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the funk and soul band the Commodores and then launched a solo career in 1982. His TV shows are 'American Idol', 'This Is...' He was awarded Music Cares Person of the Year. 

IV. Find the rhyme scheme of the following poems.
A. There was a Baboon
Who, one afternoon,
Said, I think I will fly to the sun
So, with two great palms
Strapped to his arms,
He started his take-off run 
Mile after mile
He galloped in style.

B. The woman was old and ragged and grey,
And bent with the chill of winter's day
The street was wet with the recent snow,
She stood at the crossing, and waited long,
Alone uncored for, amid the throng
Of human beings who passed her by,  
Nor heeded the glance of her anxious eye. 
Answer:  A. aabccbdd.       B. aabccdd



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