Lencho Flashcards
People get support from family and friends during bad times. How does Lencho’s family behave after the harvest is ruined?
Lencho’s family is supportive and understanding when the harvest is ruined by the hailstorm. They understand the severity of the situation and are willing to do what they can to help. Lencho’s wife, for example, helps him to collect the hailstones, while his children help to spread them out to dry.
‘Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.’ What does this line tell us about the norm amongst such farmers, then?
The line “Lencho was an ox of a man, working like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write” suggests that the ability to read and write was not common among farmers like Lencho. It implies that the norm among farmers at that time was to focus solely on their physical labor and not on education.
What, according to you would have been the likely reaction of Lencho’s wife upon knowing about him writing an actual letter to God?
Given the close relationship between Lencho and his family, it is likely that his wife would have been supportive of his decision. She would have understood the gravity of the situation and the impact that the hailstorm had on their livelihood. Therefore, she may have encouraged Lencho to seek help from any possible source, including divine intervention.
Lencho had faith in God but lacked faith in humanity. Elaborate with reference to ‘A Letter to God’.
Lencho- a simple person
Started correspondence with God, immense faith, asked for money
Received a lesser amount, blamed the post office employees
Didn’t realize the irony- they were the real helpers, who had contributed parts of their salary.
Didn’t act practically
The postmaster was a representative of God. Evaluate this statement in the context of your understanding of ‘A Letter to God”.
It would not be appropriate to say that the postmaster was a representative of God in the context of “A Letter to God.” While the postmaster and his employees play an important role in helping Lencho, they are not divine figures representing God.
In the story, Lencho writes a letter to God, seeking his help after his crops are destroyed by a hailstorm. He believes that God will provide for him and his family, and sends a letter addressed to God through the post office. The postmaster and his employees are simply the ones who receive and read the letter, and they are moved by Lencho’s faith and sincerity.
Although the postmaster and his employees decide to help Lencho by contributing money to him, they do not claim to be representatives of God or act on behalf of God. They are ordinary people who are moved by Lencho’s belief in God and his faith in a higher power to solve his problems.
