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The Letter
Answer the following in about 150 words:
Imagine Ali writes a letter to one of his friends about what he does before his death. Write that letter on his behalf.
Dear Friend Shakeel,
I have been ill from last several month and feeling fed up with my illness. I would no longer be alive. Before dying I would like to express my feeling to you that’s why I am writing this letter to you.
Happy memories are a source of joy when one is old and about to die. When I grew old, I gave up hunting as I could now understand the pain of getting separated from a loved one. Life had changed for me. My only daughter got married and left me.
I after being separated from my daughter realized that the whole world is made of love and the pain of separation is unbearable. I have spent these days in trying to realise the anguish, pain and suffering of a father who had been waiting anxiously for his daughter's letter for last five years. I have visited every day to post office in search of a letter from my daughter. I am leading my life in the pain and grief of separation. I am undergoing a deep sorrow and feeling restlessness and tired. I think I have lived my life.
Now, I think I should stop writing with hoping of your good health and condition. It might be my last letter to you. I request you to keep the letter of my daughter protected; if you find it deliver at my address.
Yours loving friend
Ali
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Ali did not come to the Post Office for several days as ____.
'Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait.' The Post Master was waiting for ____.
Who was Ali? Where did he go daily?
'Ali displays qualities of love and patience.' Give evidence from the story to support the statement.
How do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the Post Office?
Why did Ali give up hunting?
What impression do you form of the postmaster after reading the story, 'The Letter'?
The postmaster says to Ali, 'What a pest you are, brother!' Do you agree with the statement? Give reasons for your answer.
'Ali came out very slowly, turning after every few steps to gaze at the post office. His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness, for his patience was exhausted, even though he still had faith.' Why were Ali's eyes filled with tears of helplessness? What had exhausted his patience but not his faith?
'Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait.' Who is tortured by doubt and remorse? Why? What is he waiting for?
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