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Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow: (91-95)
However, faced with this world of faithful and complicated objects, the child can only identify himself as owner. as user, never as creator, he does not invent the world. he uses it: there are. prepared for him, actions without adventure, without wonder, without joy. He is turned into a little stay-at-home householder who does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made: he has only to help himself. he is never allowed to discover anything from start to finish. The merest set of blocks. provided it is not too refined, implies a very different learning of the world: then, the child does not in any way create meaningful objects, it matters little to him whether they have an adult class: the actions he performs are not those of a user but those of a demiurge. He creates forms which walk, which roll, he creates life. not property: objects now act by themselves; they are no longer an inert and complicated material in the palm of his hand. Roland Barthes “Toys” (Excerpt from Mythologies)


The adult causality is about

Options

A

Sensual and sexual knowledge of the world

B

Cognitive and logical structure of the world

C

Nihilistic recreation of the world

D

Linguistic structure of the objects

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Correct Answer :

Option B

Cognitive and logical structure of the world

Solution :

The correct option is: Cognitive and logical structure of the world.

Step-by-Step Explanation:

1. Understanding the concept of "Causality": Causality is the principle that everything has a cause, representing the relations between events, actions, and their consequences. In a broader cognitive sense, it refers to the logical rules and frameworks that govern how the physical and social world operates.

2. Analyzing the passage: Roland Barthes writes that when a child is given pre-fabricated, highly realistic toys, the child "does not even have to invent the mainsprings of adult causality: they are supplied to him ready-made." This means the child is presented with a pre-determined, pre-structured version of reality where the functions, purposes, and logical relations of objects are already decided by adults.

3. Contrasting passive use vs. active creation: The passage contrasts these pre-made toys with simple building blocks. With blocks, the child is not bound by "adult causality" (the pre-defined functional and logical rules of the adult world). Instead, the child becomes a creator ("demiurge") who can establish their own dynamic rules, forms, and life.

4. Conclusion: Therefore, the "adult causality" pre-packaged in realistic toys represents the pre-established cognitive and logical structure of the world that adults have defined, which the child is expected to passively accept and use rather than actively discover or create.

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