Q2. How is the story of The missing mail similar or dissimilar to your own real life? Write about this in 200 words. Be sure to express yourself in colour vocabulary.
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A story about Thanappa, a postman who always talks to the people on his route. He delivered to a man named Ramanujam from before his daughter was born to the time she is of marrying age. After the last marriage prospect falls through, Thanappa recommends a suitor in a faraway town. The meeting goes well and everyone is rushing to get the wedding done May 20th. If it is delayed even one day, the groom's "training" will delay it three years. After the wedding, Thanappa reveals a postcard to Ramanujam about the death of a relative, which should have been delivered May 20th. Thanappa did not want to disrupt the wedding, even though hiding the letter should cost him his job. Ramanujam says he will not issue a complaint.
Story: The Missing Mail
Author: R.K. Narayan
- The story revolves around Thanappa who is a conscientious postman and maintains his personal relationships beloved than his duty.
- Thanappa feels a connection with Vinayak Mudali Street people, so he is attached to them specially Ramanujam.
- Thanappa helped in fixing Ramanujam's daughter marriage which was awaited since long. Marriage date was fixed on 20th May but before the Thanappa recieved a letter for Ramanujam regarding death news of his uncle.
- He didn't feel good to inform Ramanujam on that time as he was so much worried about his daughter's marriage. If the marriage is being postponed, it will not held till more three years as the boy couldn't marry for three years.
- Thanappa confessed the news just after marriage, but Ramanujam felt being cheated and got so angry on him. However he knew the fact that his intentions was noble.
- Yes, I can connect this story to my own life. It is quite similar to my life's incident. Once, my best friend got committed with a strange guy, I warned her about that boy but she didn't listened to me. She got engaged with him and he was a bad guy. I tried hard to get rid of him but was failed. So, I with some of my friends investigated about him and found him a fraud. We called the police and they caught him to the prison. My friend got very angry and cried at the same time. The situation was vulnerable. She knew my intentions was to protect her but the way we did all this and suddenly everything got changed let her broken. But now we're happy that she is safe.