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प्रश्न
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In black and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
He noticed one was black.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
Which sin is hinted at in these lines?
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उत्तर
The sin of racial discrimination is hinted at. The first man does not give his stick because he does not want to save a black mart.
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