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प्रश्न
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?
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उत्तर
Lencho had complete faith in God. The sentences in the story that show this are as follows:
- But in the hearts of all who lived in that solitary house in the middle of the valley, there was a single hope: help from God.
- All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience.
- “God,” he wrote, “if you don’t help me, my family and I will go hungry this year.”
- He wrote ‘To God’ on the envelope, put the letter inside and, still troubled, went to town.
- God could not have made a mistake, nor could he have denied Lencho what he had requested.
- It said: “God: of the money that I asked for, only seventy pesos reached me. Send me the rest, since I need it very much.”
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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?
What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
What did the postmaster do then?
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?
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 |
What are the raindrops compared to and why?
Answer of the following question in 100–120 words:
Grief or sadness is an emotion natural to all types of loss or significant change. You have been asked to present an analysis of the approaches of Lencho and Kisa Gotami in dealing with their respective losses. Write this presentation draft including your insights, and comparing the approaches of both.
You may begin like this: One acknowledges that Lencho had unwavering faith in God whereas Kisa Gotami in her grief, believed that her son ______ however ______.
(Reference – A Letter to God and The Sermon at Benares).
