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1. For how long do you think Connie had kept Jim's letter? Give reasons for
your answer.
2. Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?
Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving
conflicts? Do you agree?
Do you think the soldiers of the two armies are like each other, or different
from each other? Find evidence from the story to support your answer.
Mention the various ways in which the British and the German soldiers
become friends and find things in common at Christmas.
What is Connie's Christmas present? Why is it "the best Christmas present
in the world"?
Do you think the title of this story is suitable for it? Can you think of any
other title(s)?
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Answers
Answer:
1.Connie kept the letter till the end she get separated from it only when are house five there are enough evidence as the roll top desk in which the letter, was in a bad condition. It had burn marks over it. 2. The author found the desk in a junk shop in bridport so it might have been sold as scrap after the house of miss macpherson got bulent by the fire completely 3. Jim and Hans thought that games or sports are good ways to resolve conflict because no one dies in the spot .Neither the children got orphaned nor the wives became widows.4. The soldiers of the two Armies are very much like one another. 5. Both the Armies were think to make peace in the middle of War by celebration of Christmas They wished Each Other happy Christmas and introduce themselves they shared everyday they had a common opinion about everything although they were Enemies . they are fighting against each other. 5.Jim's last letter was Connie's Christmas present. Connie's husband was away in the battle food during Christmas he had been 101 years old she was waiting for his husband return.
7 . the title of the story is very suitable for the story . this story revolves around a letter that belongs to
Answer:
Connie must have kept Jim's letter for a long time almost 70 to 75 years. This is because she told the narrator how she read it quite often every day so that she could feel that Jim was near her.