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प्रश्न
What made him angry?
उत्तर
He got angry when he counted the money. There were only seventy pesos in the envelope. He was confident that God could neither make a mistake nor deny him what he had requested. Therefore, he concluded that the post office employees must have taken the remaining thirty pesos.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What did Lencho hope for?
Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?
Who read the letter?
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? [Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.]
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
| Greedy | Naïve | stupid | ungrateful |
| selfish | comical | unquestioning |
There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.
| A | B | |
| 1 |
Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so. |
a feeling that something good will probably happen |
| 2 | I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing. | thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened). |
| 3 | This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers. | stopped believing that this good thing would happen |
| 4 | We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes. | wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible) |
| 5 | I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school. | showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite |
| 6 | Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone. | wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely |
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
Explain how the description of the devastation caused by the hailstorm reflects the sadness within Lencho, in A Letter to God.
Refer to the given lines, from the text -
Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers were gone from the plants. Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness.
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did the night after the rains turn sorrowful for Lencho?
