Unit 3 : The Letter ENGLISH [Communicative] - Unit 3 : The Letter

What does the writer wish to convey via the use of the metaphor for a false friend in the given line from The Letter?
...the cold used sleep to extend its sway over all things even as a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles.

“Tortured by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait.” Who is tortured by doubt and remorse? Why? What is he waiting for?

“Ali came out very slowly, turning after every few steps to gaze at the post office. His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness, for his patience was exhausted, even though he still had faith.” Why were Ali’s eyes filled with tears of helplessness ? What had exhausted his patience but not his faith?

The postmaster says to Ali, “What a pest you are, brother !” Do you agree with the statement ? Give reasons for your answer.

What impression do you form of the postmaster after reading the story, ‘The Letter’?

“But when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly took a turn” What was the change in Ali’s nature towards the end of his life? What was the reason for his transformation? What values do we learn from his story in The Letter ?