Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
Convict: Ah, thanks, thanks, Monseigneur. I, I (he sobs) Ah! Trn a fool, a child to cry, but somehow you have made me feel that, that it is just as if something had come into me as if I were a man again and not a wild beast.
Bishop (putting his hand on his shoulder): Always remember, my son, that this poor body is the Temple of the Living God.
(а) Why was the convict crying like a child?
(b) How is the speaker ‘a man again’?
(c) Explain the phrase ‘the poor body is the temple of the living God'.
(a) The convict was crying like a child as he felt guilty and remorseful. He realized he had been on the wrong track.
(b) The speaker is a man again as he has regained his faith in God and humanity.
(c) The human body is a sacred place where God dwells.