Class 10.Eng CBSECh-1 A Letter To God, Question/ answer Theme Message Characters explanation ,Summary

A Letter To God . G.L. Fuentes

Theme‘A Letter to God' is the faith of people in God. The story explores the concept of belief and faith, people have in their spiritual deities, the belief that God will not let them die, he will help them in situations of need.The story discusses the power of innocent faith in God by a man and how is able to accomplish his want through it. The story ends with an irony. The story talks about Lencho, the main character who is a farmer and has immense faith in God.

Message

The main message imparted through this chapter is that no matter what situation one is in, they should have complete faith in God. Even if they don't achieve the desired results, one should never lose their faith in God and always believe that all their problems would be solved in due course of time."A Letter to God" is that faith, honesty, and humility are important values that can help people to overcome difficult times. 

Character  sketch of Lencho 

Lencho, a farmer, who is the protagonist of the story, writes a letter to God. He is the main character. He was a hardworking farmer with minimum resources and worked like an ox in the field. He was a man of faith and hope. Even after losing their only source of income, he did not lose his hope.

Q1. What did Lencho hope for?

Ans. Lencho hoped for a good rain as it was much needed for a good harvest.

Q2. Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like 'new coins'?

Ans. Lencho compared the raindrops with new coins because they were promising him a good harvest resulting in more prosperity.

Q3. How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho's fields?

Ans. The rain changed into hailstones as a strong wind began to blow and huge hailstones began to fall along with the rain. All the crops in Lencho's field got destroyed because of the weather conditions.

Q4. What were Lencho's feelings when the hail stopped?

Ans. Lencho was filled with grief after the hail stopped as everything was ruined and there was nothing that he could feed his family with. He could see a bleak future for him and his family.

Q5. Who or what did Lencho have faith in? What did he do?

Ans. Lencho had firm faith in God. He believed that God sees everything, even what is deep in one's conscience and help everyone in one's problems. He wrote a letter to God demanding him a hundred pesos to sow his field again.

Q6. Who read the letter?

 Ans. Postmaster read the letter.

Q7. What did the postmaster do after reading the letter?

Ans. The postmaster laughed when he read Lencho's letter but soon he became serious and was moved by the writer's faith in God.

He didn't want to shake writer's faith.So he decided to collect money and send it to Lencho on behalf of God.

Q8. Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?

Ans. Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with money from God as he believed that God will help him.

Q9. What made him angry?

Ans. There were only seventy pesos in the envelope whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. The difference in the amount made him angry.

Q10. Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you this?

Ans. Lencho has complete faith in God as he is instructed that

God knows everything and helps us in our problems. There

are few sentences which show this.

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".

Q11Who send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter 'God?

Ans. The postmaster sends money to Lencho in order to keep

Lencho's faith in God alive and firm as he was completely moved by it.he sign the letter 'God

Q12. Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or why not?

Ans.Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because he never suspected the presence of God and had complete faith in God. He could not believe that it could be anybody else other than him who would send him the money. His faith in God was so strong that he believed that he had sent money to him for his help in his problem.

Q13. Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation?

Ans. Lencho thinks that the post office employees have taken the rest of the money as he had demanded a hundred pesos from God and in the letter there was only seventy pesos and God cannot make such a mistake. So, he assumes that the post office employees have stolen the money.

The irony in this situation is that Lencho suspects those people who helped him in his problem and tried to keep his faith alive in God.

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