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    SECTION –C (LITERATURE) FIRST FLIGHT

    UNIT 1 A LETTER TO GOD


    Gist
    A Letter to God is a story of extreme faith in God. It is the story of Lencho, a poor, honest and hard- working
    farmer, who wrote a letter to God and asked God to send him money.
    Lencho was a dedicated farmer. He was expecting a good harvest. Unfortunately, a hail storm came and
    destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho was very sad, but he had strong belief in God. He was sure that God
    would definitely help him. So, the simple straight forward man wrote a letter to God asking for one hundred
    pesos. Although, his wishes get fulfilled partially, if not completely, he is ungrateful in the end and questions
    the honesty and modesty of the post-masters who actually helped him with money (anonymously) in the name
    of god.

    CHARACTER SKETCH OF LENCHO


    Lencho was a simple farmer who was very hard working. He was completely dependent on the yield of his
    fields. He had good knowledge of farming. His crops had always been good. He knew his crops needed a good
    downpour to get good yield. But when the rain changed into a hail storm his crop was totally destroyed. He
    became very sad. But since he had strong faith in God, he didn‘t lose hope. He needed God‘s help. He knew
    how to read and write. He wrote a letter to God asking for help. He was fully confident that he would get the
    money. When he didn‘t get as much money as he had asked, he became unhappy. He was not ready to be happy
    with what he received. He felt that he was being cheated. But he was not ungrateful to God. He felt angry
    thinking that the people in the post office are crooks and they had stolen the rest of the money. So he wrote
    another letter to God, instructing him to send money directly to him, not through the post office. Lencho‘s
    innocence and staunch belief in God is clearly depicted in the story.

    EXTRACT BASED COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS


    1. The man went out for no other reason than to have the pleasure of feeling the rain on his body, and
    when he returned he exclaimed, ―These aren‘t raindrops falling from the sky, they are new coins. The big
    drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are five‘s.‖
    Questions:
    a. Who is the person described here?
    b. Why did he go out in the rain?

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    c. Whywere the raindrops like ‗new coins‘ for Lencho?
    d. How did raindrops bring disaster to his crops?

    2. With a satisfied expression he regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers,
    draped in a curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the
    rain very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did resemble new silver coins. The boys
    exposing themselves to rain, ran out to collect the frozen pearls.
    Questions:
    a) Why was Lencho satisfied?
    b) What does he compare
    the raindrops to?
    c) What do the ‗frozen pearls‘ refer to?
    d) Trace the word in the passage which means
    ‗covered with‘.―What faith! I wish I had
    the faith of the man who wrote this letter.
    Starting up a correspondence with God!‖
    Questions:
    a) Who is the speaker of the above lines?
    b) Why did the man write a letter to God?
    c) ―Starting up a correspondence with God.‖ What does it tell you about the man‘s
    character?
    d) Give the verb form of the word
    ‗Correspondence‘.

    SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS : (30 to 40


    words)

    1. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho‘s fields?


    Ans: The rain began on a pleasant note. The air was fresh and sweet. But suddenly a strong
    wind began to blow and along with the rain very large hailstones began to fall. It did not pass
    quickly. For an hour the hail rained on the field and the corn was total.

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    2. Who did Lencho write a letter? What did he ask for?
    Ans: Lencho wrote a letter to God. He asked God to send him Hundred Pesos to sow his
    field again and to live until the crops come.

    3. What does the postmaster do to answer Lencho‘s Letter?


    Ans: The postmaster decided to answer the letter, but as Lencho very badly needed some
    money, he asked for money from his employees. He himself gave part of his salary and
    several of his friends joined him. He could gather only seventy pesos. He put the money in
    an envelope addressed to Lencho and with it a letter containing only one word as signature:
    God.

    Long Answer Questions [100-150words]


    1. The postmaster represents such people who still believe in helping others. Write a
    character sketch of the postmaster pointing out his good qualities.
    Points
    The postmaster of the story is a kind, generous, helpful, amiable, and God-fearing man. He
    received a letter from Lencho which was written to God asking for hundred pesos so that he
    could sow his fields again. The postmaster did not want to shake the writer's faith in the
    almighty, and thus, out of virtuous intentions, decided to collect money for "an act of charity.
    He also signed the letter in the name of God to conceal his identity as he wanted Lencho to
    think it was actually a reply from God. This shows that he was a very good man at heart.
    Unsolved Short Answer Questions
    1. What were Lencho‘s feelings when he found the letter with money in it?
    2. Why was Lencho angry? What did he do?
    3. What are the raindrops compared to and why?
    4. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields?

    Unsolved Long Answer Questions

    1. Write the story of Lencho‘s faith in God?


    2. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? Describe the ironical ending of
    the story.

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