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प्रश्न
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Answer the following question in 30-40 words:
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
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उत्तर
When the hail stopped, Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness. He looked around at his fields and said that even a plague of locusts would have left more than what was left after the hailstorm. He said they would have no corn that year and would go hungry. He was full of sorrow.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What did Lencho hope for?
How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
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?
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 |
Notice how the word ‘hope’ is used in these sentences from the story:
- I hope it (the hailstorm) passes quickly
- There was a single hope: help from God.
In the first example, ‘hope’ is a verb which means you wish for something to happen. In the second example it is a noun meaning a chance for something to happen.
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?
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.
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Why did the night after the rains turn sorrowful for Lencho?
