Question

‘The field was white, as if covered with salt.’ This is how the field is described after the hailstorm. The pelting hailstones could have been easily seen as sugar cubes. Do you think comparing it with sugar would have been more appropriate? Why/ Why not?

Answer 1

No, comparing it with sugar would not be considered appropriate. This is because sugar signifies sweetness which can be considered as metaphor for good things whereas salt can be used as a metaphor for bad things. In the story the hailstorm had brought a lot of trouble and loss to Lencho's family. So, it is more appropriate to use salt rather than sugar.

Answer 2

A hailstorm can be compared to small balls of anything that is white in colour. But, here, the comparison to salt is much better than sugar cubes. As sugar symbolises sweetness or happiness, whereas excess salt signifies the spoilt taste. The hailstorm spoiled Lencho’s fields totally that’s why it is said that the field was white as if covered with salt.

Answer 3

lencho says these words because his crop was completely destroyed with a hailstorm, everywhere it seems white with snow which is seen like white salts.