the letter revolves around human relationships and the love and faith that cements them. Describe with reference to the story
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"The Letter" is an emotional story of an old man named Ali who is all alone and waiting for a letter from his only child, his daughter named Miriam. But unfortunately he receives that letter only at his grave.
Ali had been a brilliant hunter. After his daughter’s marriage, he was left alone. His daughter, Miriam left home with her husband, a soldier in a regiment in Punjab. Having understood the meaning of love and separation, he could no longer enjoy hunting.
Since then, he had been regularly visiting the post office in the early morning, expecting a letter from his daughter Miriam. However, it never came and he would return back disappointed. The post office staff often made fun of him. The clerk even called out his name jokingly even there was no letter for him.
.Finally, he met the postmaster and asked him for Miriam’s letter. The post master scolded Ali because he was very busy. Consequently, Ali called a clerk and gave him five golden coins and asked him to deliver his letter, if it would come, to his grave. Then he slowly left and was not seen after that day
One day, the post master’s daughter fell ill and he was anxious to hear from her. He searched for the letter from his daughter in the pile of letters and picked up a letter, the kind he expected. It was addressed to “Coachman Ali”. Now he realized his mistake. He called Lakshmi Das, a clerk and asked him to find out Ali. but it was too late ali had died
The post master repented for his attitude and thought that he should have been more sympathetic and helpful towards Ali. He was no longer ill-tempered.
In the letter by Dhumketu, Ali is the main character who is a hunter. In this story, Ali's life is depicted as filled with loneliness. Ali has been in wait of the letter by her daughter. The story revolves around the emotion of separation from his only daughter Miriam. This separation made Ali sick and visited the post office regularly to get a word from her daughter. With this, he understood the pain of killing children of animals and understood the meaning of pain, love, and separation. For killing those animals he felt sorry. The emotions depicted in the story is the human nature which reflects during different conditions and situations. In human life such emotions add essence to life to keep us alive.