The Parrot's Tale: Master Answer By PKG SIR (6 Marks)

The Parrot's Tale: Master Answer By PKG SIR (6 Marks)

Rabindranath Tagore's 'The Parrot's Tale' is a sharp satire that condemns the rigid and traditional education system. The story follows a King who attempts to "civilize" a wild parrot by building an elaborate golden cage and hiring numerous scholars. Instead of nurturing the bird's nature, the system focuses on superficiality, force-feeding the parrot torn pages of books while ignoring its need for food and freedom. The parrot becomes a victim of a grand mechanical process where progress is measured by reports and discipline rather than true learning. Eventually, the bird dies in silence, its spirit crushed by information overload. Tagore uses the parrot as a symbol for students, warning that education without freedom or understanding leads only to the destruction of the soul.