3.When the train had gone, I found myself standing alone on
the deserted platform. I had no idea where to spend the night. I
had no friends.
(a) Why was the speaker standing alone on the platform?
(b) Why did he not have any friends?
(c) Which word in the extract is an antonym of the word ‘crowded’?
(d) What does ‘deserted’ mean?
Please answer according to the lesson "The Thief's Story" by Ruskin Bond
Answers
Answer:
a)waiting for the next train.
b)he has no friends because he is standing alone there and waiting for the next train.
c)Alone.
d)deserted means infertile land.
Answers of following questions:
1. The speaker had just deboarded the train. The train had left. The passengers had either boarded the train or had left for their destination. So, the platform was clear and only the speaker remained.
2. The place was new to the speaker. He did not know anyone there and hence he had no friends in town.
3. The antonym of 'crowded" is 'deserted'.
4. 'Deserted' is a word used to describe a lonely sort of place with no one around. Old, ruined forts are usually deserted places. Even malls wear a deserted look at night, after the shops close down.
Some more about it :
- Ruskin Bond's "The Thief's Story" is more than just a thief's story. The story focuses on basic human values and relationships. It is easy for a thief to rob a greedy man.
- It is difficult even for a thief to break into a carefree and honest person.
- The boy befriends Anil. Anil trusts him completely and hires him.
- Is the boy betraying his trust? The story is about a fifteen-year-old thief.
- He used to change his name every month to stay ahead of the police and his former employers.
- He introduced himself as Hari Singh this time. Another character in the story, Anil, is a 25-year-old writer.
- One day a thief meets Anil and asks if he can work for him.
- The story reveals how the thief commits theft and deceives Anil, but later recantes.
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