First Flight A letter To God class 10th CBSE BOARDS Notes + Questions answers and important question

First Flight A letter To God class 10th CBSE BOARDS Notes + Questions answers and  important questions

Key points 

• A letter To God is a story of extreme faith in God. The writer G.L Fuentes has tried to depict the faith of poor and simple farmer in God.
• Lencho is an honest and hardworking farmer. He is shocked to notice that his crop is ruined, he turns to God for getting some help.
• He writes a letter to God, posts the letter,when an employee of the post office chanced to see the letter addressed to God, he makes the fun of the farmer. 
• The postmaster took the letter seriously and decided to answer the letter. He collected money from his employees to give in charity to the needy farmer.
• He was able to collect only seventy pesos and thought that the farmer would be pleased to receive the money; but to his disappointment, he was shocked to notice that it made Lencho angry.
• Lencho writes another letter to God but with a message not to send the money by post. for him the employees of post office were ' bunch of crooks' who had stolen thirty pesos from the money sent by God.

some important words and their meanings 

 words                 meaning

predicted.          to tell in advance

plague.                causing feelings of anger 

                              and displeasure

Crook.                 a very dishonest person

amiable.             friendly

correspondence   the action of writing,                                        receiving and reading

                                letters between two                                          people 

Text book questions

Q1 who does Lencho have complete faith in? which sentences in the story tell you this ?

Ans Lencho has complete faith in God." He showed not the slightest suprises on seeing the money; such was his confidence," showes this .

Q2 why does the post master send money to Lencho ? why does he sign the letter 'God' ?

Ans The Postmaster sends money to Lencho because he doesn't want to shake his faith in God .He signs the petter " God" for the same.

Q3 Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him ? why / why not ?

Ans No, Lencho didn't try to find out who had sent the money to him. he was confident that God had sent the money.

Q4  who does the 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. The irony is that the post office employees have sent him the money.

Q5 Are the people like Lencho in the real world? what kind of person would you say he is ?

Ans There are few people like Lencho in real world. Lencho was a hardworking, innocent former , who has firm faith in God.

Q6 How does Fuenter describe Lencho ? select appreciate words from the box to answer the question.

Ans Fuenter describes Lencho as a stuped , unquestioning and ungrateful fellow. he is unable to understand how cam God send him the money. moreover , he is ungrateful towards the Post office employees who have helped him, although he does so ignorantly.

Q7 There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves.How are these conflict illustrated?

Ans Humans work hard but sometimes nature is against them and their hardwork goes unrewarded.humans helps their fellow beings but generally they don't get proper recognition for it.