Long answer important
Question:
Why did Alice H. become pen pal of the author? How did she need her identity to him ?
Answer:
The story pen pal iderised by C.S. Rao tells us that the writer had a penpal named miss Alic H. siving at Los Angles, in caliphurnia of America when the author’s was a college student of twenty one years old. He would sec layer envelopes, packets parcels, imagazines, gifts and Christmas gifts in the hand of his friends. Those itoms were sent by their hand of his friends. Those itoms were sent by their pen pals living in the foreign countries. One day sitting pen. Pals living in the forgein countries. On day sitting in his college library he was reading a popular magazine prescribed from Bombay. In a column of the magazine there was a number. Of addresses of those foregners who wanted to have their pen pals in India. The writer selected an address of miss Alice. H.
Since the writer was a boy of shy nature he had no courage to make his eyes four with any girl of the college. By chathode from. The tongue of a college girl, he had come to know that girls like the letters on pink sheet so he bought a costly pink pad.
At the time of writing the letter, he had to face a number of problems. Because of his shy nature, he had never. Talked with any girl in his life so he had no matter to write in. He had to writer the leter in englihs. But English was not his mother tongue. He had to avoid grammatical mistake. Having completed the letter in short he went to the post office. While he as dropping the letters into the mail. He reaised as though he were facing the bullet of his enemy. His heart beating was stopped for a while. His hands and feet were number crossing a number of occians the letter reached the address of miss Alice H. When she received the letter, she was astonished because, she had never desired to have a pen pal in her life. Opening the letter she read the content in and come to know that the writer was in need of a pen pal in America. Since she was helpful to the needy and painful, she admitted the proposal by the writer.
Thus, the coming and the going of the letters continued for ever in between the writer and miss Alice. H. Like his friends the writer also began to receive a number of articles from his pen pal. Betting the parcels, envelopes, gifts, Christmas gifts sent by miss Alice. H. the author made a building of imagination in his be mind about his pen pal. In his imagination his pen pal must be the richest and the most beautiful American girl so he grow in his mind. Because of being a boy of shy nature. He was not in position to ask her age directly. So he wrote a letter demanding her photograph. So that he might know her age and features.
After passing some days she replied the letter saying that her photograph was not available that movement. It would be sent to him after some time because she disliked to demolish the building of his imagination. She added that an average.
American girl was more chick than she. Her statement shows that she wanted to hide her identity on the otherhand the writer was trying his best to know all about his pen pal. In his opinion, it was a famous Indian game of hide and seek in between them. The story is a parady on Indian youth.
Short answer important
1. PEN PAL
Q.1. Why was the author so keen to have a pen pal?
Ans- The author was so keen to have a pen pal because several boys and girls of his class had pen pals in foreign countries, and to have a pen pal was the fashion of the day.
Q.2. What was the effect of Alice’s first letter on the author?
Ans- Alice’s first letter made the author so happy that he read it again and again. it had all the music of life , he felt that he was in seventh heaven .
Q.3. What led the author to ask for a picture of Alice .
(OR) Why did the author ask Alice to send him her photograph .
(OR) Why was the author very keen to have a photograph of his ‘PEN PAL’ .
Ans- Alice wrote long letters to the author. But she never wrote any definite thing about her own life .so the author asked for her photo to have an idea of her age and appearance.
Q.4. Why did Alice not send a picture immedently.
Ans- Alice was an old lady and her pen pal was a young college student .she did not like to hurt his feelings. so she did not send her picture immediately lest he should be disappointed to know the reality .
Q.5. Why did Alice advise her friend to send her photograph to the author only after she (Alice ) was dead .
Ans- Alice advised her friend to send her photograph to the author only after she was dead because she did not want to hurt the feeling of his pen pal who thought her young and beautiful.
Q.6. Where did Alice live , How did she die .
(OR) Who was the author’s pen pal and how did she die.
Ans- Alice was the author’s pen pal. She lived in los angles in California state of the U.S.A. .She died in an accident when she was returning from the church as she could not see the fast speeding car .
Q.7. Where did Alice live , How did she become a pen pal ?
Ans - Alice was a rich American lady who lived in Los Angles in California State of the U.S.A. The author picked out the address of Alice form a magazine and wrote to her to be his pan pal . Alice wrote back accepting the proposal. Thus she became a pen pal of the writer.
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