Question

character sketch of uncle terenty in the story a day in our country

Answer 1

Uncle Terenty is a homeless cobbler. He is a “tall old man with a thin, pock-marked face, very long legs, and bare feet, dressed in a woman’s tattered jacket”. Terenty does not give importance to the approaching storm and talking reassuringly in fatherly tones he goes to free Fyokla’s brother. He “answers all questions, and there is no secret in Nature which baffles him. He knows everything”. The writer further adds that indeed “all the villagers, generally speaking, know as much as he does.”  But the difference is that Terenty is willing to share his knowledge and time with the two orphan children.

The author tells about Terenty's sincerity and love for the two orphan children. Terenty comes back later and puts bread under their heads making the sign of the cross while they are asleep. In this way Terenty is tries to make the lives of Fyokla and Danilka a little better than his own.