Question

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

‘I do not admit that the bee would have been justified in stinging even the human being - who after all, is master of this partially civilized planet.’ (Para 1)

1. Who is ‘the human being’ mentioned here? 
2. Explain the reference to a ‘partially civilized planet’?
3. Why does he describe it as ‘partially civilized’?

Answer 1

1. ‘The human being’ refers to mankind in general.
2. The expression ‘partially civilized planet’ refers to Earth, which humans dominate.
3. The author calls it only partly civilized because people may be advanced, yet can still behave cruelly or selfishly towards other living creatures.