Question

- How does Dasa become the hero of the day?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Dasa, the old but clever servant, tricks his employers-a mother and her four sons- into thinking that he has caught a cobra for which the family has been searching in the garden all day. Earlier in the day, the family had accused the servant of being lazy and not cutting the grass. They had spent the entire afternoon frantically searching for the snake.

The irony comes from the servant, who is probably very lazy, amusingly tricking the family into thinking that he has done what they spent all afternoon trying to do. In addition, he saves his job because the family had threatened to fire him if the snake was not found. Shrewdly, he has outwitted them all with his pretense of the snake in the jar. The irony at the end of the story is that the family is planning to reward Dasa when he has in fact lied and endangered them, thus deserving no reward and thus making himself the "snake in the grass" who turns on them.

Answer 2

Answer:

Dasa claimed to have caught the snake and placed it in the pot, making him the day's hero.

Explanation:

Old but cunning servant Dasa deceives his employers, a mother, and her four sons, into believing that he has captured a snake that the family has been looking for all day in the garden. The family had criticized the worker for being lethargic earlier in the day and failing to cut the grass. They had been looking for the snake in vain all afternoon.

The irony is that the family is amusingly duped into believing that the servant, who is most likely quite lazy, has accomplished what they spent the entire afternoon attempting to accomplish. The family had threatened to fire him if the snake was not located, so he also avoids losing his job. He has cleverly outsmarted everyone with his snake in the jar pretext. The irony of the story's ending is that the family has decided to reward Dasa even though he has lied to them and put them in danger, therefore he is not deserving of any reward and has become the "snake in the grass" who turns on them.

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