CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The thief boy was grateful for Anil for giving him a job because the boy would steal money from Anil as he was a easy going person, simple and kind.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Hari was grateful to Anil who taught him how to write his name. He was excited to learn that Anil would teach him to write whole sentences too.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anil was different from such employers because he was a modest and trusting man. He had offered to teach Hari how to cook and also to educate him. When he found out that Hari had stolen the money, but had kept it back, he knew that it was Hari’s conscience that had made him do so.

Detailed explanation-4: -How does the narrator’s feelings toward Anil develop the theme of the text? Anil trusts the narrator at the beginning of the story, and the narrator feel so comfortable with Anil that he never steals his money. At the beginning of the story, the narrator steals from Anil immediately.