GRADE 11- FEAR- FULL SUMMARY & ALL QUESTION ANSWER / MAGIC OF THE WORDS

Fear

Points to Understand

•      This story is taken from Mexico.

• It mentions about the psychological problem faced by Gonzalez.

•      It talks that if we have a big amount of money with us, we may have fear of losing it.

•      Gonzalez is afraid of losing the big amount of money.

•      Armando Gonzalez had worked hard and saved fifty thousand pesos. It was very difficult to save such amount of money for him.

•      He planned to buy a house.

•      He went to bank to withdraw all the saved money.

•      He put his hat on backwards.

•      People in the bank looked at him due to his hat.

•      He supposed that they knew he was going to withdraw money.

•      He also supposed that someone might rob him.

•      Gonzalez and his wife had dreamed of having their own house.

•      He supposed that their whole dream was in his pocket.

•      When he saw a fat man next to him, his whole body was trembling.

•      The man was putting his hand in his pocket.

•      Armando Gonzalez thought that the man was taking the pistol out of his pocket to rob him.

•      He hurried got on the bus to save himself from the fat man.

•      The fat man also got on the same bus.

•      Due to fear of the fat man, he got off at the next station.

•      The three boys also got off at the same station.

• When these three boys got off the bus, he was sure that they would beat him and rob his money.

•      He started shouting for help. He could not walk any more.

•      He fell on the ground. These three boys went near him.

•      When they went near him, he requested them not to rob him.

•      He told them that he had earned that money working hard.

•  They told them that they were students and they had come there for football match. They wanted to help him.

•      They informed him that they got off there because they were in the wrong bus.

•      Armando Gonzalez felt sorry for his misjudgement over them.

•    This story mentions that when we have a big amount of money, we cannot judge other people properly.

•      Armando has taken other people wrongly.

Summary

Armando Gonzalez was a simple and hardworking man. After the hard work of twenty years, Armando and his wife had saved fifty thousand pesos in a bank of Mexico City. With the dream of buying a new house, Armando went to the bank to withdraw the money. The cashier counted the money loudly. Armando thought that everyone knew how much money he had withdrawn. Many people in bank began to look at Armando as he had worn his hat on backward. Because of fear and nervousness, Armando misunderstood the people. He thought that everyone was watching him for his money. When Armando came to the street to wait for the bus, he saw the fat man next to him. In his nervous state of mind, Gonzalez was sure that the heavy man was following him to rob him of his money. His whole body trembled ( काम्यो) and his heart began to beat loudly. When the fat man put his hand in his pocket, Armando became more frightened thinking that he was looking for pistol. In this way, every sight made him more and more nervous.

When the fat man also got on the same bus, he was more afraid. His whole dream of buying new house was in his Pocket. He was not happy because he thought that someone would easily take away his dream. To save him from being robbed, Gonzalez got off the bus in the middle of the way. When the three boys also got off at the same place Armando was quite sure that they were going to rob him. Being nervous and frightened, he ran shouting for help. When the three boys ran after him for his help, Armando ran faster and went through the fence. His body was scratched and clothes were torn. He fell on the ground several times and he suffered a lot. When the three boys caught him, Armando wept like a child. Here quested them not to rob him. He said that he was an honest man and he earned that money with a great labour. However, when he knew that the three boys were not robbers, he felt ashamed of his unnecessary fear nervousness. He doubts and misunderstands. In this way, Armando made everything worse because of his fear and nervousness. He doubts and misunderstands everything and his fear and nervousness grow every moment.

     1.   Why were the people looking at Armando?    

   · When Armando took out the large amount of money, he was getting nervous. When he realised that many people were looking at him, he thought that they knew how much money he had in his pocket. But, actually, the people were looking at his hat which he had put on backwards.

   2.   Why did Armando have the idea that everyone in the bank was watching him? What was the truth?

   ·   When Armando withdrew a large amount of money in cash, he got nervous. The cashier counted the money loudly and gave him. Armando was quite sure that everybody was watching at him because of his money. However, truth is something different. Actually everyone in the bank was watching at his hat which he had put on backwards.

    3.   Why is Armando afraid of the man on the bus?

   · Armando had put his hat on backwards. Everyone in the bank looked at him. A heavy man also looked at him twice. While waiting for the bus, the fat man was next to him. Armando trembled with fear and his heart was his hand in his pocket, Armando thought that he was looking for pistol to rob him. On the bus, three boys were talking to the fat man. Armando thought that they were the helpers of the heavy man. Being afraid of the heavy man, Armando got off the bus.

    4.   Why did Armando leave the house?

    ·    Armando and his wife had saved and deposit fifty thousand pesos in a large bank of Mexico City. They had a dream of having a house of heir own with that money. One day, Armando left the house to go to bank to withdraw that money.

    5.   Why does Armando cry for help?

   · Armando gets nervous unnecessarily. Many people at the bank look at him as he wears his hat on backwards. However, he misunderstanding then. He thinks that the people are watching him for his money. The fear inside him grows every moment. He gets off the bus in the middle way to escape a fat man. When three boys gets off at the same place, Armando is sure that they are going to rob him. Thus, he runs away crying for help.

   6.   As Armando waited for the bus in the street, why wasn't he happy about buying a new house?

   · Which waiting for the bus in the street, Armando was very much nervous and afraid. A fat man and many other people were looking at him. He thought that they were following him to rob his money. He thought that his dream of buying a new house was in his pocket and someone would easily take it away. So, he was not happy at that moment.