Question

Q = luck can be double edged sword justify this statement with reference to the story engine trouble​

Answer 1

The engine had caused the narrator various issues and in context of the engine he said that luck can be double edged sword

• The question has been asked from the story Trouble Engine by RK Narayan.
• The narrator was a talkative man who tells a tale when he wins an engine and later wanted to dispose it off. The narrator felt fortunate, that he had won the road engine and customised the engine in several respects.
• Later, he realises that its very huge and cant be kept easily. The road engine, however had caused the narrator nothing but problems like its parking, rent and movement.
• This is the argument he is trying to make. He might suggest that luck can be a double-edged sword, which means that instead of being fortunate, a person may encounter zero benefit but a hard luck.