Explanation for Question 6 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Question number six, asks us the description of the uncle and sons interaction 2 mainly serves to what. So let's refer back to this interaction and see 3 sort of what themes are really emphasized here and how it might be important 4 to the characters overall. So, 5 um, we see that, 6 um, the S says, 7 you must not stop me when the uncle protests. 8 Um, and the author says that this was half a token gesture towards modesty 9 and half towards the old traditional India, 10 um, of ceremony and custom. And then recall that in contrast to, 11 um, the detail up above, which is saying, 12 um, how the uncle kind of trusts your prevent this ritual hall and says, 13 um, there's this half a token towards modesty and half towards the new modern 14 India free of ritual and religion. 15 So the author kind of compares the two characters actions, 16 one to the new modern India and one towards the India of ceremony and 17 custom. 18 So we see that kind of contrast emerging, 19 um, as this, this ritual is kind of taking place. 20 Um, one character is approaching it with kind of more reservations, 21 which is indicating sort of their alignment with a newer freer, 22 secular India. Um, and then there's sort of this other character who's approaching it 23 with, um, that the India, 24 the idea of India as a place of ceremony and custom, 25 and kind of relying on those themes. 26 So when we look at this question, we can see, 27 um, answer choice a is going to be our best bet. 28 I says, show how the...