1. What
are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? What
makes him return to Anil?
Ans: In the beginning, the reactions
of Hari Singh to the prospect of receiving an education were concerned with
money. He thought to earn money by showing himself to be a literate man. That
is why he wanted to learn a few words to form a whole sentence.
Later his thought changed into an
expectation of receiving a real education. He thought that earning money without
honor or respect was not at all appreciable. So his thought underwent a
change. Now he wants to be a respected man of a respected society. His thought
about reality made him return to Anil.
2.
Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people
would have done so? In what way is Anil different from such employers?
Ans: I think, Anil is a generous man. He was able to make out the
circumstances and the situation in which Hari Singh lay. Also, he knew that his
cook has a spark for improvement. So, he did not hand over the thief to the
police. Instead, he paid him sympathy over his deplorable condition. It rarely happens that returns back to his master after stealing him. But
Anil’s cook returns to him and proved that he had the potential to be
improved and reformed.
Most of the people would have
handed the thief over to the police, but Anil did not do so. It is because he
wanted Hari Singh to be changed into a clever and respected person in society.
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1. Do you think people like Anil and Hari Singh are found only in fiction, or are
there such people in real life?
Ans: No. I don’t think that people
like Anil and Hari Singh are found only in fiction. They are found in real life
also.
2. Do you think it is a significant detail in the story that Anil is a struggling
writer? Does this explain his behavior in any way?
Ans: Of course, Anil is a
struggling writer. It is because his earnings vary from time to time. He is a
generous and sympathetic character in the story. His extraordinary views
regarding individual reformation are appreciable. He wants the needy to be
facilitated properly so that the needy remain self-contained.
3.
Have you met anyone like Hari Singh? Can you think and imagine the
circumstances that can turn a fifteen-year-old boy into a thief?
Ans: Yes, I have met a boy like
Hari Singh. He was deputed to help us in our household work during the absence
of my family members. Just after a week, he started crying in the washroom
while he was washing clothes. My mother wanted to know about what had happened.
He showed two five hundred notes completely wet and torn during his washing of the
clothes. He was told not to worry. It is because my mother thought that it was
done by mistake. But all of a sudden the
boy said it was his money. Then and there my mother called his father and asked
him why he had given his son a thousand rupees. But he refused to have done so.
Ultimately he told his father that he had stolen that money from the locker in
the absence of my mother. His father started beating him severely, but my
mother saved the boy from being beaten. We came to know that the boy was a
victim of his circumstances created by poverty.
4.
Where is the story set? Which language or languages are spoken in these places?
Do you think the characters in the story spoke to each other in English?
Ans: The Lucknow Express and The
Jumna Sweet Shop indicate that the story is set in Delhi, the Capital city of
India. Delhi, as I know, is a cosmopolitan city. And so, various languages,
such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi are spoken here.
I don’t think the characters
spoke in English to each other. Nowadays, some words are borrowed from
different languages, always used by both literates and illiterates. By using
the words people even don’t know to which language a particular word belongs.
So, I can say, people use the words of common use, without any detailed
knowledge of a language.
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