Coachman Ali and the postmaster share feelings of guilt but their real

1.	Coachman Ali and the postmaster share feelings of guilt but their realizations come a little too late to make amends. Describe what they feel guilty about and how the realizations come to them.
Answer» Coachman Ali gambles and drinks in his younger days without caring for his family. It is only when his daughter runs away that he realizes his mistake. Life turns over a new leaf and he waits day in and day out for a letter from her which never comes. Finally, when the letter does come, he is no longer alive. The postmaster makes fun of Ali. When his own daughter is ill and he gets no news of her, he realizes Ali’s pain and anguish. He feels sorry for having made fun of Ali. When the letter comes, he decides to deliver it himself and make personal amends for his behaviour but it is too late as Ali is no more.

Coachman Ali and the postmaster share feelings of guilt but their realizations come a little too late to make amends. Describe what they feel guilty about and how the realizations come to them.

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Coachman Ali gambles and drinks in his younger days without caring for his family. It is only when his daughter runs away that he realizes his mistake. Life turns over a new leaf and he waits day in and day out for a letter from her which never comes. Finally, when the letter does come, he is no longer alive.

The postmaster makes fun of Ali. When his own daughter is ill and he gets no news of her, he realizes Ali’s pain and anguish. He feels sorry for having made fun of Ali. When the letter comes, he decides to deliver it himself and make personal amends for his behaviour but it is too late as Ali is no more.

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