Question

Q.1. Answer with reference to the context:

(A) 'I know from all that happened today how much both armies long for peace. We shall be

together again. I'm sure of it.'
(a) Who wrote the above-mentioned words to whom?

(b) What had happened that day?

(c) Why is the extract a good example of 'irony' in the story?

Answer 1

Explanation:

ᴀɴꜱ 1 = ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇꜱꜱᴏɴ “ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ᴩʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ” ʀᴇᴄɪᴛᴇꜱ ᴀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀy ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀ. ɪᴛ ʀᴇꜰʟᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴜᴩᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴇꜱ. ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ, ɪᴛ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡꜱ ʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴜᴩᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏɴɢɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ꜱᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀꜱ. ᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴡɪꜰᴇ, ᴄᴏɴɴɪᴇ, ᴀ ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ yᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʟᴅ ʟᴀᴅy ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ʜᴜꜱʙᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴛɪꜱʜ ᴀʀᴍy, ᴍɪꜱᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴜꜱʙᴀɴᴅ ᴊɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏ-ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴏɴ “ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛᴍᴀꜱ ᴩʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ”.