Question

Answer the following questions in about 60 words:
Give a character sketch of Lencho.

Answer 1

Hint: The character can be found in the chapter “The Letter to God” which is part of CBSE class X English syllabus.

Complete answer:
In the story “The Letter to God,” Lencho has been described as a very poor farmer and the only bread-earner of the family. He had immense faith in God and believed that God helped the people with a good and clear conscience. He was also a very innocent person as he wrote a letter to God and posted it for delivery, not knowing that there could not be any direct communication with God through letters. His family was in a condition of starvation as his fields had not received any rains, and he wrote a letter to God asking for a hundred pesos. His faith had even impressed the postmaster who had decided to collect as much as he could from his employees and give Lencho, to ensure that his faith in God never died. However, Lencho also never trusted human beings. When he received seventy pesos from the post office employees, and he did not know who had given it to him, he instead abused his helpers, calling them a ‘bunch of crooks”.

Note: Do not describe the natures of the postmaster or other employees when writing Lencho’s character sketch.