Class 10th chapter number 1 a letter to the God theme figure of speech title summary please complete this notes
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Figures of speech used in the chapter
The following figures of speech have been used in the chapter:
Metaphors
1. Huge mountains of clouds
2. The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are fives.
3. Curtain of rain
4. Frozen pearls
5. Plague of locusts
6. an ox of a man
Similes
1. The field was white, as if covered with salt.
2. working like an animal in the fields
Theme and Summary
The story ‘A Letter to God’ by G.L. Fuentes highlights immense power in man’s innocent faith in God. It teaches us that if man has child-like faith in God, he can accomplish anything considered impossible. If with this faith man asks God for help, God responds, though through His own peculiar channels, and fulfills man’s any urgent legitimate desire.
In this story, Lencho has been portrayed as a deeply spiritual man. He had immense faith in God's goodness and generosity. After his crop was destroyed in a storm, he wrote a letter to God requesting Him to send him 100 pesos. His faith was rewarded. God helped him through the postmaster. Since the postmaster had only 70 pesos, he sent them all to maintain Lencho's faith in God. The innocent Lencho thanked God for his help; he also wrote another letter to God asking him to send 30 more pesos. He appealed to God to send the money through some other means, as he suspected the post office employees were crooks.
A Letter to God Summary
The story, "A Letter to God" by G.L. Fuentes depicts unwavering faith of a farmer in God. It begins with a farmer, named Lencho expecting for a rain shower to nourish his field of corn. He is confident that his harvest is going to yield him huge profits just like it does every year. To his utmost excitement, rainfall did happen but sooner, it turned into a hailstorm destroying his entire crop field. The damage posed a threat to the family's survival as their entire livelihood was dependent on the year's produce. Although disheartened, the family had robust belief in the almighty. Lencho, despite having worked day and night at the field, knew how to write and thus, decided to write a letter to God explaining his situation and asking for help. He went to town to post his letter addressed "To God". The letter on being noticed by the postmaster, at first amused him, but then motivated him want to do something for the farmer so as to keep his immense belief intact. He contributes from his salary and collects money from his colleagues and friends who willingly contributed for an act of charity. To his dismay, he could only collect 70 pesos which he wrapped in an envelope to make it seem like a reply from the deity. On having found the letter, the writer (Lencho) is not at all shocked, but instead, he gets angry on finding that the amount is less than what he had expected. He again writes a letter to God conveying his disappointment and distrust in the employees of the post office who he thought had stolen the remaining amount.
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