Suddenly I came out of the …

Read the extracts given below and comment on the difference in the nature of help both the characters, of these two stories, received. 

a) Suddenly I came out of the clouds and saw two straight lines of lights in front of me. It was a runway! An airport! I was safe! I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane but the sky was empty. [The Black Aeroplane] 

b) All through the night Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God…The following Sunday, at daybreak he began to write a letter…It was nothing less than a letter to God...The following Sunday Lencho came a bit earlier than usual to ask if there was a letter for him…. Lencho showed not the slightest surprise on seeing the money, such was his confidence. [A Letter to God]

Answer

In both the situation they have got the help from an unknown person who did not know them but helped them.

But the first case is slightly different from the second one..

IN first case the person who helped lencho are the Postmaster and office employees that is clear but it is not known to lencho

LENCHO asked help from God but it was the help to lencho by the Postmaster on behalf of God. ALTHOUGH he got what he had demanded but he is not thankful at all, instead he alleged the post office employees as crook...

In situation when the author was trapped between the storm clouds and there was nothing but black everywhere then suddenly he saw another aeroplane coming towards him and He also saw a pilot waving at him to rescue him. He was very thankful to God and did as was guided by the another aeroplane.. Soon he reached the runway. He landed to the airport and he was safe. he started looking for the another airplane and also asked from the woman at the control centre but he was disappointed because her reply was such that there was no other aeroplane seen on the radar because it was a Stormy night.. in this case the author wanted to thank the people who helped him but in spite of his willingness he was unable to thank him but in the first case the people who helped lencho was clearly e in front of him but he did not thanked them at all

- Both need help 

- In The Black Aeroplane, he is helped by a stranger in a black aeroplane in the storm, without lights 

- steered through the dark clouds; was told there was no other aeroplane in the air other than his 

- wasn’t clear who helped him 

- open to interpretation 

- help is not asked for but he receives it. 

- is thankful