Question

The writer carefully builds up an atmosphere of loneliness and grief in the story. Working in groups, pick out words/ phrases from the story that build up the atmosphere. Copy the following table in your notebook and complete it

Loneliness	Grief
• An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing  his tattered clothes tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind • his lonely way	• the whole town was wrapped in deathly silence

Answer 1

Loneliness

Grief

An old man was walking through the town, now and again drawing his tattered clothes tighter to shield his body from the cold and biting wind his lonely way supporting himself on his old staff The old man went back slowly to the bench on which he had been accustomed to sit for five long years. he dragged along a cheerless existence he would become lost in the admiration of the green cornfield he doesn't get many letters To my grave I have had no letter from her he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait

the whole town was wrapped in deathly silence a false friend lulls his chosen victim with caressing smiles The sky was darker now and the cold more intense, for the the wind was blowing straight along the road, on which they fell like frozen snow He could no longer enjoy the sportsman's pleasure forgetting his sport the grief of separation is inescapable wept bitterly went away empty-handed inexpressive as a pumpkin no  a glimmer of animation in his features His eyes were filled with tears of helplessness suffering father's heart another night of restless anxiety