A Letter To God - Notes

Lesson- 1
A LETTER TO GOD
G.L.Fuentes
Answer the following:-
1. What did Lencho hope for?
Lencho hoped for rain because his fields needed rain
2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Lencho said it because of two reasons: the raindrops had fresh
and shining brightness like new coins. Moreover, a good rain always
promises a good harvest and a good harvest meant good profit and
more money.
3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?
The rain changed into hailstones. Lencho’s whole crop was
completely destroyed.
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail stopped?
Lencho’s soul was filled with sadness when the hail stopped.
5. Who or what did Lencho has faith in? What did he do?
Lencho had a deep faith in God. So, he wrote a letter too God
asking for hundred pesos.
6. Who read the letter?
The postman saw the letter and he took it to the postmaster.
The postmaster read the letter and was impressed to see Lencho’s
faith in God.
7. What did the postmaster do then?
In order not to shake the writer’s faith in God the postmaster
came up with an idea. He asked for money from his employees. He
himself gave part of his salary. Several friends of his were obliged to
give something for an act of charity. Then he sent the money
collected to Lencho.
8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
No, Lencho was not surprised. Such was his confidence and
firm faith in God.
9. What made him angry?
The less number of pesos made him angry. He thought that the
post office employees had cheated him.
10.Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in
the story tell you this?
Lencho has complete and unshaken faith in God. He hopes that
God will help him and his family from dying of starvation. So, he
writes a letter to God. The lines:
‘Lencho thought 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, I need a hundred pesos in order to sow my
field again and to live until the crop comes, because the
hailstorm…..”
11. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he
sign the letter ‘God”?
The postmaster is a generous and noble person. He knows that
the sender of the letter, Lencho, has a deep faith in God. He doesn’t
want to shake the writer’s faith in God. So, he decides to send
money to him. He signs the letter ‘God’ so that it may assure Lencho
that the money has really been sent by God to help him.
12. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him?
Why/Why not?
No, Lencho didn’t try to find out who had sent the money to
him. Such was his confidence and unshaken faith in God. He
expected a definite help from him. So, he showed no surprise when
he received the money. Neither did he try to find our the sender.
13. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What
is the irony in the situation?
An ironic situation is strange of amusing because it is the
opposite of what is expected. Here after getting 70 pesos instead of
100 pesos, Lencho considers that the post-office employees are a
bunch of crooks. They have taken the rest of the money. The ending
of the story is ironical. The postmaster and his employees who
contributed to collect seventy pesos to help Lencho are thought to
be cheats by him.
14. Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a
person would you say he is?
People like Lencho are rare, but they do exist in this world. He
is a person who has unshaken faith in God. He can also be called as
naïve, unquestioning and even stupid. But we should know that it
takes all sorts of people to make this world.
15. There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans
and nature and between humans themselves. How are these
conflicts illustrated?
There are two types of conflicts in the story. The conflicts
between humans and nature is illustrated by the fall of huge
hailstones. The rain does come but comes accompanied by
hailstones that destroy everything- leaves, trees and fields. The
other conflict is among humans themselves. The postmaster and his
employees who collect money to help Lencho are ironically
considered to be a bunch of crooks by him.

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