NCERT English Class 10 Chapter 14 The Hack Driver CBSE Board Sample Problems Long Answer
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Question
‘Appearances are often deceptive’. Comment on the statement in the light of your reading of the story.
Solution
Things are not always what they seem to be. Appearances are often deceptive. The narrator reaches a village in the search of Oliver Lutkins.
He meets a hack driver at the station. The driver warns him about Lutkins. He takes him on a tour of the entire village in search of Lutkins. He tells the narrator about his experiences and about the village and its people.
The narrator likes him for his helpful and kind nature.
He even forgets all about Lutkins. But, the next day he finds out that the hack driver was Oliver Lutkins himself. He realizes that a simple and kind person was a trickster in reality.
Question
The narrator strikes us as a romantic idealist, do you agree?
Support your answer from the text.
Solution
The narrator is definitely a romantic idealist. He wants to have a real case. But, as a part of training, he is sent to serve summons. He finds it difficult to understand. He simply dislikes his job as he has to go to all dirty places.
Further, he has a very romantic view of the country. He believes that villages are all pure and peaceful. There is no ugliness of the city in them.
He also thinks that villagers are very honest and decent people. He has a habit of trusting people blindly. He believes in whatever someone says.
In fact, he ¡s very gullible. Later on, he realizes that a village can also be ugly. He also experiences that villagers are not always simple and honest.