There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Who does Lencho think has taken the rest of the money? What is the irony in the situation? (Remember that the irony of a situation is an unexpected aspect of it. An ironic situation is strange or amusing because it is the opposite of what is expected.)
When Lencho counted the money, he found that it was short of thirty pesos. He had asked for a hundred pesos from God. He believed that God could never make a mistake, nor would he deny Lencho's request for money.
The irony of the situation was that the postoffice employees about whom Lencho complained to God thinking that they had stolen the money, actually made contributions to help him. They did so to keep his faith alive in God.
Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter ‘God’?
The postmaster sends the money to Lencho to help him and keep his faith God alive. He was impressed by Lencho's faith in God. He wished that he could also have the same faith in God. So, he asked the other employees to contribute some money and he himself gave a part of his salary. After he collects all the contribution, he puts that into an envelope and posts it to Lencho's address. He signs the letter as God because he doesn't want to shake lencho's faith in God.
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question.
greedy naive stupid ungrateful
selfish comical unquestioning
One can hardly find people like Lencho in the real world. He is a naive and stupid farmer who has an unshakable belief in God.
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