Question

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(1)
He was about 25 - a tall, lean fellow - and he looked
easy-going, kind and simple enough for my purpose. I
hadn't had much luck of late and thought I might be
able to get into the young man's confidence.
(a) Who are 'I' and 'He' in the above extract?
(6) What was the speaker's 'purpose'? How is the
tall, lean fellow suitable for this purpose?
(c) What'luck' did the speaker not have of late?
(d) What impression of the speaker do you form
from this extract?
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Answer 1

Answer:

a here he was narrator and I was anil

b.here the purpose of speaker was to rob Anil he was suitable as no one would understand that he was a theif

d. i form the he was a robber and a bad man who always rob people for his own needs

c. the luck was that he only rob a care less and a greedy man

Answer 2

(a) The 'I' in the passage is the narrator and the 'He' is the person the narrator is talking about.

(b) The speaker wants to rob the other man and the tall, lean fellow looks suitable according to the speaker.

(c) The speaker did not have much luck meaning he was not very successful at robbing other people.

(d) The impression that the speaker shows through this passage is that the speaker is a cunning man who is skilled at stealing and carefully chooses his target.