THE ULTIMATE ENGLISH NOTES. PART-1-THE THIEF’S STORY by NITYASUNDAR SAHOO

This is a continuation of my series called "THE ULTIMATE ENGLISH NOTES (part-1)" in which I play part to help students improve their scores in exam;this is a small help from my side.......:):)

1. THE ULTIMATE ENGLISH NOTES
Part-1
Made by-NITYASUNDAR SAHOO
Features of this document:-
1. All the ‘short points’ are written in a sequence, so that it gives readers a brief summary
with sequential relevance
2. Some competency-based questions and High-order-thinking-skill(HOTS) questions are
prepared to give students an insight and applicable approach in the chap.
3. The doc. also contains useful significan t insight and details to enhance their ans in exams
{Exclusive feature}
DISCLAIMER:-This doc and notes are not prepared by teacher, rather a student and thus, may
contain mistakes which are gratefully welcome.
ADVICE:-Students are advised to download and print the doc. for maximum utilization
THIS IS A SMALL EFFORT REDUCE THE STRESS AND MONOTONOUS WORK OF MAKING
NOTES, ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME OF EXAMS.THANK YOU!!

2. BRIEF SUMMARY:-
An exceptional portrayal of human emotions, this story is narrated by a fif teen-year-old thief
who adopts different names and tricks people. He meets Anil, a kind, easygoing young writer,
and ingratiates himself into Anil’s home by offering to do chores. Anil treats him with warmth,
teaches him reading and arithmetic, and trusts him implicitly. The thief grows attached to the
comfortable life and begins to feel respect and gratitude. Yet his old habit returns: one night
he steals six hundred rupees from Anil and runs away. Overwhelmed by remorse and the
memory of Anil’s goodness, he returns the money secretly but finds tha t Anil had suspected
the theft and left a fifty-rupee note for him as forgiveness. The experience transforms the
narrator; he resolves to abandon crime, showing how simple trust and kindness can reform
even a hardened heart.
Short points from chapter:-
The narrator lied to be Hari Singh (fake name)
Anil said he couldn't pay him now.
The meal cooked by the narrator was given to the stray dogs by Anil.
Anil taught him to cook, write his name as well as sentences & add numbers
too.
Hari Singh knew that once he could write there would be no limits to what
he achieved.
Anil was careless & carefree in money matters.
Anil had given him a key to the door.
It is easy to rob a greedy man because he can afford to be robbed. But it's
difficult to rob a careless man; they don't even take a notice of it, which
ruins all pleasure.
Greedy -> fear
Rich -> anger
Poor -> acceptance
Anil -> Sorrow -> out of loss of trust.
He got money but, only because of the fact that he could write & read, he
returned.
Anil knew... (the reality)
Keywords(Details) from chapter:-
Still a thief (big or small).
15 yrs old.(HARI SINGH)
Experienced and fairly successful.

3. Anil - 25.
Most-appealing smile.
Jamuna Sweet Shop.
Sleep on the balcony.
Teach him to cook, write and add.
Tea in morning.
Money ‘laundering’ while buying daily supplies.
Wrote for magazine - writer.(Anil)
Sold a book.
Money under the mattress.
Key with narrator.
10:30 Express to Lucknow.
600 rupees in fif ties.
Oil-rich Arab for a week or two.
It was early November.
CBQ/HOTS QUESTIONS:-
Q. Character sketch of narrator (Hari Singh).
Q. Character sketch of Anil.
Q. Describe the importance of the setting in this story.
Q. Does Anil realize that he has been robbed?
Q. Do you think it a significan t detail in the story that Anil is a struggling writer? Does
this explain his behaviour in any way?
Q. Why did Hari Singh not make many friends?
Q. Describe Hari Singh, as a character the young and successful thief.
Q. Why was Hari Singh very nervous when he hurried back to Anil's room in order to
return the money undetected?
Q. At the end of the story, why did the smile on Hari's face come by itself
without any effort?
Q. The chapter shows Hari Singh's journey from a thief to an honest man who value
friendship and other human values. Do you think it was Anil's selfless friendship tha t
bound Hari to redeem himself? Give reasons in support of your answer in 100-
120 words. (imp.)
THE THIEF’S STORY
BY-RUSKIN BOND