What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?
Hari singh’s reactions to the prospects of receiving an education change over time. When he started living with anil he wanted to be literate so that he could become a more cunning cheat. Later he had a change of heart. He wants to earn respect in life. Probably he is influenced by the clam in anil’s life. Although, both of them depend on irregular sources of income, but anil seems to be more satisfied. Hari singh develops a desire to be part of civilized society.
What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
What does he get from Anil in return for his work?
What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?
Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?
Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?
How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
How did the invisible man first become visible?
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
How has Max got in?
Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how?
How did Bholi’s teacher play an important role in changing the course of her life?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?
Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?