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प्रश्न
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did the night after the rains turn sorrowful for Lencho?
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उत्तर
Miserable was the night after the rain for Lencho. The fields were covered in hail, giving them a salt-white appearance, and destroying the grains. The trees lost their leaves and flowers, signaling that there would be no harvest, and Lencho's family would face starvation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
What did the postmaster do then?
Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
What made him angry?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
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?
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’?
What are the raindrops compared to and why?
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.
