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Do you think people like Anil and Hari Singh are found only in fiction, or are there such people in real life?
People like Anil and Hari Singh are not merely fictional but they exist as well. However, with changing times there are not many people willing to help anyone like Anil did in the story. Similarly, people like Hari are also getting rare who would realize their mistakes and return to their employers.
Anil has been portrayed as a very simple and honest man with a kind heart. He wrote for a magazine but made money by fits and starts. He understood the circumstances of others well. Not only did he give Hari Singh shelter but also taught him and ignored his little thefts of making a rupee or so from his daily purchases.
On the other hand, Hari Singh, a boy of fifteen, was an expert thief. He was not a thief by heart but a thief by circumstances. When he got respect and affection by Anil, his heart changed and his conscience made him return from the station and put the bundle of notes under the mattress.
Do you think it a significant detail in the story that Anil is a struggling writer? Does this explain his behaviour in any way?
Yes, it can be inferred clearly from the story that Anil was a struggling writer. Initially, he refused to keep Hari as he couldn’t pay him. However, his good nature made him pity on Hari Singh who didn’t have any work to do. He agreed to keep Hari but offered only food. It is also mentioned in the story that he made money by fits and starts but he wasn’t a miser which can be inferred from the concluding part of the story in which he told Hari that he would then be paid regularly (since Anil had received some money from a publisher).
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?
It depends on you, whether you met or not.
I have not met anyone like Hari Singh, but I can understand that he was not a born thief. Any person is what he is based on the situations and circumstances he was brought up.
In the case of Hari Singh, he was not given proper attention and care.
Moreover, he is an orphan and had more chances of getting diverted and choosing the wrong way.
Where is the story set? (You can get clues from the names of the persons and places mentioned in it.) Which language or languages are spoken in these places? Do you think the characters in the story spoke to each other in English?
It seems that the story is set in Uttar Pradesh, an Indian state.
We can get precise clues from the names of the persons and places mentioned in it. For example, the name of the train – the Lucknow Express and the Jamuna Sweet Shop.
The Jamuna Sweet Shop further shows that this place might be in a rural area. Both these clues are very important to find out the place.
If the story is set in U.P. the language must be Hindi. The characters in the story, evidently, did not speak to each other in English. As the basic language of the place is Hindi and Hari Singh didn’t even know how to read and write there is no possibility of them talking to each other in English.
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