A letter to God is the first chapter of First Flight - prescribed for C.B.S.E GRADE 10. It shares the concept of Goodwill and God will through the protagonist "Lencho"
1. A letter to God
By G.L Y Fuentes
Grade X - English - Chapter 1
Presented by Souberi Chakraborty (M.A. B.Ed) (Storyteller and writer)
2. Lay out of the chapter
● Genre - Drama
● Plot - Ironical
● Description - Metaphorical (hails as pearl)
● Gist - Connotative
3. Outline of the
story
The story ‘A Letter to God’ by G.L.
Fuentes highlights immense power in
man’s innocent faith in God. It teaches
us that if man has child-like faith in God,
he can accomplish anything considered
impossible. If with this faith man asks
God for help, God responds, though
through His channels and fulfills man’s
any urgent legitimate desire.
4. Characters
Main -
● Lencho
Side -
● The woman (his wife)
● The postmaster
Minor -
● Lencho’s children
● Elder - working in field
● Younger - playing
● The clerks in the post office
5. Plot
In sequence
● Lencho feels good about the
weather and shares with woman
(his wife)
● He is happy with the thought of
earning good money.
● Rain starts pouring turns into
hail storm destroys the harvest
with no scope of income.
● Lencho with his faith writes to
God for help and post
● The postmaster and staffs help
without letting him know
● Lencho unsatisfied of the minus
in amount
● Rewrites for the remaining
money and post again
6. About the Author
Gregorio López y Fuentes
(November 17, 1897 – December
10, 1966) was a Mexican novelist,
poet, and journalist. In 1921 he
began writing for the El Universal
often under the Tulio F. Peseenz
pseudonym. He has written many
books including La siringa de
cristal (1914), Claros de selva
(1921), El vagabundo (1922), and
many more.