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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly.
How do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the post office?
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उत्तर
Ali was familiar figure at the Post Office as all the staff members of the Post Office knew him by face because he came daily to the Post Office. Everybody right from the postmaster to the peon knew and recognized Ali by face. Usually they made fun of him while talking about his abnormal behaviour. They even called him a madman who came daily to the Post Office though he never got a letter.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Look at the picture of the old man given below:
Working with your partner note down the feelings of the old man in the picture.
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Can you think of reasons for these feelings? Discuss with your partner and note
down possible reasons.
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Answer the following question by ticking the correct option:
Ali's walking to the Post Office daily even in biting cold weather shows his __________.
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option:
The Post Master's rudeness to Ali reveals his ____________________________.
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option:
Ali did not come to the Post Office for several days as _____________________.
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option:
"Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait."
The Post Master was waiting for____________________________.
Answer the following question by ticking the correct option:
The Post Office is referred to as Ali's "place of pilgrimage" as he__________.
Answer the following question briefly.
Who was Ali? Where did he go daily?
Answer the following question briefly.
"Ali displays qualities of love and patience". Give evidence from the story to
support the statement.
Answer the following question briefly.
The postmaster says to Ali, "What a pest you are, brother!" Do you agree with the
statement? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer the following question briefly.
"Ali came out very slowly, turning after every few steps to gaze at the post office. His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness, for his patience was exhausted, even though he still had faith." Why were Ali's eyes filled with tears of helplessness? What had exhausted his patience but not his faith?
Answer the following question briefly.
"Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to
wait." Who is tortured by doubt and remorse? Why? What is he waiting for?
Now you are going to listen to your teacher read out from page no. 191, an article
about the Joint Family system in India.
As you listen to the passage, complete the boxes given below.
Tortured by doubt and remorse, the postmaster sits in the glow of a charcoal sigri that night, waiting for news of his daughter. As he sits, he writes his diary. As the postmaster, write a diary entry in about 150 words outlining your feelings about the day's events.
The postmaster was anxiously waiting for his ailing daughter's news. On not getting any news, he visits his daughter's town. Now create a dialogue between the postmaster and his daughter and enact it.
“The Letter” revolves around human relationships and the love and faith that cements them. Discuss with reference to the story.
What does the writer wish to convey via the use of the metaphor for a false friend in the given line from The Letter?
...the cold used sleep to extend its sway over all things even as a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles.
