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B.Ed 2014-15Kerala university

S U B M I T T E D T O : Dhanya Kumar miss (Lecturer in English)

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GENERAL, YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL

VEHICLE

Power point on

Content analysis:Bertolt Brecht is perhaps one among the most remarkable poets in the last century. His poetry is noted for its political content and pungent satire and the poem, ‘General, Your Tank is a Powerful Vehicle’ is no exception. It is a poem which is fuelled by nothing other than the power of irony. Irony is the poetic device which says something and means the opposite of what is being said. Each and every line in Brecht’s poem is such an ironic statement by which he undermines the indomitable strength and might of despotic power. Being a staunch socialist he has firm faith in man’s potentiality to change the course of history by being able to think. Man, the thinking being, is much more powerful than any machine or tool which is designed by the very same thinking human being. But, quite paradoxically enough, the thinking man is under the disposal of the powerful. Power can control and dominate the world for a brief period but the thinking makers of history will, sooner or later, break the chains and will emerge as the supreme force that decides the course of history. The general

MODEL READING BY THE TEACHER

No machine, however powerful it is, can substitute human power of thinking. We think; therefore we are....

General your tank is a powerful vehicle

GLOSSARY REFERENCEPowerful: having power

Crush: defeat completely

Defect: incompleteness

Bomber:abombing aeroplane