The writer carefully builds up an atmosphere of loneliness and grief in the story. Working in groups, pick up words/phrases from the story that build up the atmosphere. Copy the following table in your notebook and complete it.

Loneliness

Grief

An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered cloths tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind

The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence

His lonely way

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Loneliness

Grief

An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered cloths tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind

His lonely way

Alone he dragged along

The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence

The evening of his life was drawing in

A cheerless existence

Grief of separation is inescapable

Wept bitterly

A pitiable figure

On his face were clear signs of an approaching end

His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness

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Loneliness	Grief
	The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence

Complete the table by explaining the following phrases/ sentences in your own words:

Phrases	Meanings
happy memories light up a life that is nearing its close
the sounds helped him along his lonely way
the cold used sleep to extend its sway over all things even as a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles
when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly took a new turn
the whole universe is built up through love and that the grief of separation is inescapable
the post-master, a man with a face as sad and as inexpressive as a pumpkin, would be seen sitting on his chair inside
And so the clerk, like a worshipper of Vishnu, repeated his customary thousand names
The haughty temper of the official had quite left him in his sorrow and anxiety, and had laid bare his human heart

Complete the table by explaining the following phrases/sentences in you own words:

Phrase/Sentence	Meaning
happy memories light up a life that is nearing its close	-
the sounds helped him along his lonely way	-
the cold used sleep to extend its sway over all things even as a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles	-
when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly took a new turn	-
that the whole universe is built up through love and that the grief of separation is inescapable	-
the post-master, a man with a face as sad and as inexpressive as a pumpkin, would be seen sitting on his chair inside	-
the haughty temper of the official had quite left him in his sorrow and anxiety, and had laid bare his human heart	-

Q. Choose the word that gives the antonym of the word italicized.
The story was set up in an eerie atmosphere.

Apart from the narrator, the other major character in the story is the grandmother. Choose five words that best sum up her character, and support your choice with relevant extracts from the story, i.e.,

The grandmother is…	Extracts that illustrate this…
(a)	-
(b)	-
(c)	-
(d)	-
(e)	-

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Loneliness	Grief
An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered cloths tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind	The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence
His lonely way	The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence

Loneliness	Grief
An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered cloths tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind His lonely way Alone he dragged along	The whole town was wrapped in deathly silence The evening of his life was drawing in A cheerless existence Grief of separation is inescapable Wept bitterly A pitiable figure On his face were clear signs of an approaching end His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness