3. Hari Singh didn't board the express and returned to Anil.
Why did he return? On what values does this incidence put light
on?

Hari Singh is a a young boy of 15 years old, he changes his name regularly because he is wanted by the police. He is a petty thief who makes a living by stealing from innocent people.

On a particular day while watching a wrestling match in a public place. Hari approaches a young man named Anil, he starts a conversation with him because Anil looked like a simple individual who was very easy to rob. Hari asked Anil if he could employ him in his home to work for him as a cook, Anil reluctantly agreed but told him he had no money to pay him. On reaching the house Hari cooked a meal that was bad, Anil refused to eat and then promised to teach him how to cook and also how to read and write.

One day Anil came home with a bundle of money and told Hari that they were proceeds from a book he just sold. The money was kept under the bed, deep into the night Hari stole the money and ran away to the train station.

On reaching the train station he changes his mind about running away with the money, he realized that learning how to read and write will get him a better job. Hari then decided to go back to Anil place to return back the money.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”