Question

Answer the following question in about 100-120 words:

Compare the two stories, ‘Letter to God’ and ‘The Black Aeroplane’ from ‘Stories About Flying. Examine how both these stories illustrate that help can come in unexpected forms.

Answer 1

Both “A Letter to God” and “The Black Aeroplane” show help arriving from unexpected sources. In Fuentes’s story Lencho’s simple faith leads him to write to God after his crop is ruined; the postmaster and colleagues secretly collect money and send it, so human compassion appearing as a divine answer saves his family. In Forsyth’s “The Black Aeroplane” a lost pilot is guided out of a violent storm by a mysterious, lightless plane that vanishes afterward, suggesting unseen or uncanny aid in crisis. Both narratives stress humility and gratitude, showing that help can be practical, anonymous, or even mysterious often coming when least expected.