how do you know that the writer is remorseful of the lent dollar
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It will make no difference, I trust, to our friendship; but I shall never be able to forget it. I don’t know how it was with our people; but if any man borrows a dollar from me I carry the recollection of it to the grave.”
i) Who had taken a dollar from the speaker? How can you say that he had forgotten about the dollar?
Answer : The speaker’s friend Major Todd, of the University Club Montreal had taken a dollar from him. Todd had completely forgotten about the dollar. He met the speaker in the same way he met him before and showed no signs of remembering about his loan.
ii) When and why was the dollar taken from the speaker?
Answer : Todd borrowed the dollar from the speaker on the 8th of April just as Todd was about to leave for Bermuda. He needed a dollar in change to pay for his taxi and asked the speaker for it. The speaker had given the dollar willingly.
iii) Why does the narrator say that it will not make any difference to him?
Answer : The narrator says that the lost dollar doesn’t matter to him as it will not effect his friendship with Major Todd. He has full trust in his friendship and believes that a dollar is quite trifling an amount in front of it.
iv) What impression do you form about the man who had taken the dollar?
Answer : Major Todd seems to a forgetful and careless person. He took the dollar from the speaker and forgot to return it. The speaker kept dropping hints but he still remained oblivious to his loan.
v) What do you infer about the speaker’s nature from the given extract?
Answer : The speaker is a forgiving and trustful person. He values his friendship more than money. However, he is not forgetful and never forgets what happens with him. He himself says that he takes things to his grave. He clings on to such things. Clinging on to such petty issues does not let a person live in peace.
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