A Letter to God by G L Fuentes
Lencho hoped for a good rain as it was needed for
a good harvest.
2. Why
did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Lencho compared the raindrops with new coins
because they were promising him a good harvest resulting in more money.
3. How did the rain change?
What happened to Lencho’s fields?
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.
4. What were Lencho’s feelings when the hail
stopped?
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.
5. Who or what did Lencho have
faith in? What did he do?:
Lencho had 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.
6. Who read the letter?:
The postmaster read the letter.
7. What did the postmaster do
after reading a letter?
The postmaster laughed when he read Lencho’s letter but soon he became serious by
the writer’s faith in God. He didn’t want to kill Lencho’s faith. So, he
decided to collect money and send it to Lencho on behalf of God.
8. Was
Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
Lencho was not surprised to find a letter with
money from God as he believed that God will help him.
9. What made Lencho angry?
There were only seventy pesos in the envelope
whereas Lencho had demanded a hundred pesos. The difference in the amount made
him angry.
1.
Who does Lencho have complete faith in? Which sentences in the story tell you
this?
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”.
·
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.
2. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he
sign the letter God?
The postmaster sent money to Lencho in order to keep Lencho’s faith in God
alive.
When postmaster read the letter of Lencho to God, he became serious and does
not want to kill his faith and decided to answer the letter. He collected money
with the help of his post office employees and friends on behalf of God and
signs the letter ‘God’ so that Lencho’s faith remain alive.
3. Did
Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or why not?
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 god 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.
4. 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).
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 they 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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