a ppt on a letter to god

1. A Letter to God
BY G.L.Fuentes

2. Story Summary
 A Letter to God is a story written by G.L. Fuentes which depicts the firm faith of
a poor and simple-minded farmer named Lencho in God. Lencho was a poor yet
dedicated farmer. He was hoping for a decent harvest. To his dismay, a hailstorm
suddenly destroyed all his crops and the harvest completely. Seeing the
damage, the poor farmer was taken aback and felt sad. However, he had a
strong faith in God. He was a learned man who knew how to read and write.
Due to his straightforward nature, he was certain that God would definitely help
him. Thus, he decided to draft a letter to God while addressing his financial
concerns to him. In the letter, he requested God to send him one hundred pesos
to sow his fields again and save his family from starvation. Soon he wrote a
letter and went to the post office. He placed a stamp on the letter and dropped
it into the mailbox.

3.  When the postman took out the letter from the letterbox, he
laughed heartily after reading it. He immediately rushed to
the postmaster and showed him the strange letter. The
postmaster read the letter but laughed out loud when he
noticed that the letter was addressed to God. However, he
was also moved by the faith of the farmer. He lauded the
poor farmer’s unquestionable faith in God and decided to
help him. Soon, he asked the employees of the post office
to contribute some money as charity and also gave a part of
his salary so that Lencho’s faith in God is not shaken.
However, the money collected was a little less than what
Lencho had requested from God. The postmaster then put all
the money collected in an envelope and addressed it to the
poor farmer.

4.  The following Sunday, Lencho went to the post office to check if there
was a letter for him. The postmaster gently handed over the letter to
him. Lencho was not surprised at all to see the letter with money
inside the envelope. He confidently opened the envelope to count the
money but became angry when he saw that there were only seventy pesos
in it. He was sure that God could have never made such a grave
mistake. He instantly went to the window to ask for paper and ink and
wrote another letter to God, and dropped it into the letterbox.
 When Lencho had left the place, the postmaster opened and read his
letter immediately. In it, Lencho had raised a complaint to God that
he had initially requested one hundred pesos, but he was upset to find
seventy pesos only. Furthermore, he criticized the post office
employees and felt that they must have stolen the remaining thirty
pesos from his envelope. He urged God to send him the rest of the
money since he was in urgent need of it. However, he requested God not
to send the money through the mail because Lencho thought that the
post office employees were ‘a bunch of crooks’ who might have stolen
the remaining money from the envelope.

5. Idioms
Literary Device – METAPHOR
 “FROM THIS HEIGHT, ONE COULD SEE THE RIVER AND THE FIELD OF
RIPE CORN DOTTED WITH THE FLOWERS THAT ALWAYS PROMISED A
GOOD HARVEST.”
 In the above line, flowers are compared with a dot (.) sign. It can’t be called a Simile
because the comparison is not explicit and no comparison words – like or as – have
been used by the writer.
 It is a similar comparison that you may witness when looking down from a plane onto
land. The buildings seem like dots on land.

6. “IN THE NORTHEAST HUGE MOUNTAINS
OF CLOUDS COULD BE SEEN
APPROACHING.”
 In the above line, clouds are compared with huge mountains. It can’t be called a Simile because
the comparison is not explicit and no comparison words – like or as – have been used by the
writer.

7. THANK YOU !