A Letter to God: A Story of Faith and Hope in Hard Times
A Mexican writer, Gregoria Lopez Y Fuentes, penned "A Letter to God", narrating the story of Lencho, a poor and hardworking farmer who maintains unwavering faith in God despite facing adversity. Lencho's belief in divine assistance is tested when his crops are destroyed by a hailstorm, leading to a heartwarming tale of resilience, faith, and the enduring power of belief in the face of challenges.
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DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL BERHAMPUR Std. X ENGLISH TEXT
LESSON 1 A LETTER TO GOD BY Gregoria Lopez Y Fuentes
A letter to god is a story written by Fuentes, a Mexican writer, who was one of the most important chroniclers of the Mexican Revolution and its effects.
A letter to God is a story about hard life and infinite faith in God. Through this story, the writer has tried to depict the invincible and insurmountable faith in god of a simple poor farmer, Lencho who was a poor, honest and hard working farmer.
Lencho, the main character of the story, even he experienced a great turbulence in his livelihood which made him worry still believes that a help from god will come and that his family will not go hungry despite what happened.
The theme of the story whatever troubles you encounter always believe in god for he will always carry you and never leave you.
However, the story is a satire trying to tackle a reality which really exists in the society.
The story begins with . . . Lencho s hope of good harvest Lencho was dedicated agriculturist .He lived on the crest (peak) of a low hill with his family. His was the only house in the entire valley. His field was full of ripe corn and easily visible from the house and was expecting a decent harvest. a farmer who was a
He was eagerly waiting for a good rain so that he could earn money for his family. This gives us an idea that Lencho supports his family needs through farming.
Turning of Lenchos hope into despair As Lencho hoped ,it started raining at the time of supper(last meal of the day) which gave Lencho a ray of hope. He was extremely delighted to see that and 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 fives.
He compared the raindrops with silver coins which shows his joy.They were promising him a good harvest resulting in more prosperity. ..But soon his joy turned into despair as the rain changed into hailstones and destroyed his harvest totally.The field had been covered with snow like a layer of white salt . Lencho was worried for his family.
He 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 only see a bleak future for him and his family.
Read the extract and answer the Questions-(Pg-4of the text) in the copy Not a leaf remained on the trees the hail has left nothing. (i)What happened to the crop when the storm had passed? (ii)What was the status of the leaves after the storm? (iii)Describe Lencho s fellings as shown in the extract? (iv)Find the opposite of destroyed from the passage.
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words in the copy. Q1.What did Lencho hope for? Q2.Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like new coins? Q3.How did the rain change ?what happened to Lencho s fields? Q4.What were Lencho s feelings When the hail stopped?
Lenchos firm belief in God The entire land was wrecked by the catastrophe. There is no one who can help us! This dialogue proves how terrible the aftermath of the calamity was, but he had firm faith in god .He was sure that god would definitely help him.
The type of conflict dominating in the story is Man vs Nature. As the story progresses, the family was so distraught. They thought that there was no hope at all, not a single one. don t be so upset, even though this seems like a total loss.
Remember no one dies of hunger. This line gives us a premise that the family has regained back their hope and that hope is a help from God.
The next thing that happened , Lencho, being described as an ox of a man started to write a letter addressed to god
So decided to write a letter to god for help.Though he was a farmer he knew how to write and post a letter. He asked god to send him a hundred pesos so that he could sow his field again and support his family until the new crops were harvested. He also wrote that if God didn t help him,his family would die of hunger. And he went to the post office to mail the letter to God.
The postmasters reaction to Lencho s letter The postmaster was surprised to see such an envelope addressing to god .Soon read Lencho s letter to God, the postmaster laughed heartily and went to his boss, but soon realised and was mesmerised to see Lencho s faith in god and didn't want to disillusion Lencho s faith. So, he decided to help Lencho with the help of his post office employees they answered the letter but they were able to raise an amount of money which is more than a little half of the amount he asked (he also contributed a part of his salary)
Pg no 5&6 Read the extract and answer the questions The postmaster- a fat, amiable .. for an act of charity (i)What kind of a person the postmaster was? (ii)Why did the postmaster break out laughing? (iii)How did the postmaster help Lencho?
The postmaster put the money in an envelope and addressed it to Lencho. This act of the postmaster tells us that he was an empathetic person and was very kind .
This is now the denouncement of the story when Lencho received the letter which he thought god has sent to him.s
Lencho addresses the post office employees A BUNCH OF CROOKS Lencho became very angry when he saw seventy pesos in the envelope as he had demanded hundred pesos. He did not believe that God could do such a mistake and send him less money. But still his faith in God is still intact that he decided to write a letter again for the rest of the money .In this letter he requested god not to send the rest of the money through the money order because he thought that the post office employees were a bunch of crooks who might have stolen his money.
Lencho was a simple and poor farmer who had a firm faith in God. When he did not the amount which he demanded he blamed the post office employees for stealing his money as he could not believe that God could send him any less money. So he doubted these employees instead they were the ones who helped him in his problem.
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words (a)How did Lencho express his happiness when rains come and how did he explain the raindrops?Why did his happiness turn into sorrow? (b)Who or what did Lencho have faith in?What did he do? (c)What did the postmaster do after reading the letter? (d)What made Lencho angry?
Answer the following in 120-150 words (a)Lencho inspires us to have faith in God and remain calm in difficult situation. Explain? (b)How did the post office employees help Lencho? How did he react to their help? (c)There are two kinds of conflicts in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves, How are these conflicts illustrated?
