A traveller whose exclusive purpose is to reach a certain destination in the shortest possible time has at once lost half the joy of his journey. He becomes pre-occupied with the thought of his goal, and this pre-occupation makes him intolerant of the speedy advances of those he meets by the way, and is blind to the ever changing panorama along his route.
He resents delay, finds every little inconvenience irksome, and frets and fumes at any hitch that threatens to upset his carefully laid plans. There is, it is true, a certain satisfaction in being whirled in comfort through space at breath-taking speed, or in covering long distances carefree in record time. But the satisfaction is purely material and transitory; there is a touch of vainglorious pride about it; and, it smacks too much of business. The real, abiding pleasure of travelling lies in the process, not in the accomplishment.
Questions :
(a) What are the possible pleasures missed by the impatient traveller ?
(b) What are the circumstances likely to make the hasty traveller impatient ?
(c) What are the writer's view on the pleasure to be derived from mere rapidity and ease of travel ?
(d) What, in simple terms, is the meaning of the last sentence in the passage ?
(e) Give a suitable title to the above passage.
Answers :
(a) The impatient traveller misses the view and sequence of events along his route.
(b) The hasty traveller becomes impatient because his mind is filled with his goal.
(c) When the traveller covers long distance carefree in record time he gets a certain satisfaction.
(d) The meaning of the last sentence is : the real and lasting pleasure of travelling lies in how he travels and not in completion.
(e) A suitable title to the passage may be "Travelling'.
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