Question

Summary of the two gentlemen of verona by aj cronin

Answer 1

Narrator and his driver were on the putskirts of verona. The two boys stopped them named Nicola and jocopo to sell strawberries but his driver said to buy from city verona but narrator buy from them and started friendly relationship
Next day, he saw them polishing shoes. He was surprised and came to know that they do many things. The two were very helpful to narrator. one night he saw them on road . when he asked they told they sell these newspaper to last bus to pedua. Then Nicola told we always went to poleta every sunday by riding bicycles and for consuming time can you
takee us on your car. He agree and he surprised when they told to stop car in front of red roofed villa. They entered in villa and after sometime he entered villa and saw a girl sitting on bed.Then nurse told him that their sister suffered from tuberculosis of spine. she also that their father was died in war and their house was destroyed and throw them into streets . they suffered from starvation and now they hate german. then narrator camme back . They two also came back but narrator not shared a word so that they di not know that their secret is disclosed . Narrator told them gentlemen.

Answer 2

‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ is a beautiful and touching story of two small boys who worked really hard in the  city of Verona. One day, the narrator met these boys in Verona. They were selling wild strawberries. When asked about  their age and name, they told him that Nicola, the elder was 13 whereas Jacopo, the younger, was 12. Next day, the  narrator found them doing ‘brisk business’ in shoe-shining.

When the narrator asked them the reason for changing  their business, they told him that they did many things. For the next few days, the narrator found them shining shoes,  selling fruits, hawking newspapers, conducting tourists round the town and so on. The narrator became eager to know  why these children worked so hard.

He even realised that despite their hard work, they never spent any money on  themselves.  Their clothes were dirty and they usually ate black bread and figs. He teased them by asking them if they had  plans to emigrate to America. To this, they replied in negative saying that they had other plans. Then Jacopo requested  the narrator to help them reach Poleta, 30 km. from Verona. The narrator agreed and took them there the next afternoon.  

In Poleta, they drew up at a large villa and rushed inside. He later came to know that it was a hospital where their sister,  Lucia, was under treatment for tuberculosis of the spine. He asked the nurse about Lucia. She told the narrator that a  bomb had destroyed their family and that these boys grew to hate the Germans.

After the war was over, there was peace  all around. But not in the lives of these children as it was at this moment that they discovered that Lucia was suffering  from the deadly disease. But after getting treatment, she was recovering. He was further informed that her brothers  made the payments every week for her continued treatment. The narrator was touched by the devotion of the two  boys. He could see a ray of hope for human society. Then all three of them came back to Verona.