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
Correct Answer :
Cognitive and logical structure of the world
Solution :
The correct answer is: Cognitive and logical structure of the world.
Explanation:
In the provided excerpt from "Toys" by Roland Barthes, the author critiques modern toys that are highly realistic, pre-fabricated, and functional copies of adult objects. When children play with these ready-made toys, they do not need to invent or discover how things work; the relations of cause and effect—what Barthes calls "adult causality"—are already built into the toys.
This "adult causality" represents the pre-established cognitive and logical structure of the world. It dictates how objects relate to one another and function in society, forcing the child to act merely as an owner or a consumer rather than a creator (or "demiurge"). Instead of developing their own creative logic by building or inventing, children are supplied with the pre-determined logical patterns and functions of the adult world, which limits their role to passive users.
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