Question

In the poem "The Stranger," the speaker tries to explain and justify his reasons for avoiding anyone outside his group of acquaintances.

True

False

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is : false

Explanation: Rudyard Kipling in the poem the stranger prefers his group of acquaintances whom he calls The men of my own lineage, who despite deceiving each other to hear what each one wants, understand each other very well, hear what the other wants express and in this way his father and he did too. While with the stranger everything is new and unknown because he cannot see beyond his eyes, he cannot see his soul.

Answer 2

False

Step-by-step explanation:

In this poem, Rudyard Kipling expresses his rejection or difficulty when he needs to deal with foreigners in his own land, people from other nationalities or "races". We can interpret it in a negative way which means it is racist or xenophobic as he wants them apart just for being strangers.

When reading the poem with attention we can see the author tries to justify his rejection to the cultural differences. As he doesn't know them he doesn't know what to expect from them, example: " He may be evil or good, But I cannot tell what powers control– What reasons sway his mood".

He is not necessarily saying they are evil, they are out of his understaning.