Chapter 8: Murder on a train

1. "Fifty thousand dreams had suddenly been taken from me." What did Ram mean?

He meant that all the money that have been won honestly has been stolen by man in the train. All what he have won has been lost.


2. Thomas is thinking about the Police and asks himself: “Would the Police tell me that I was a hero for killing a robber? Or would they call me a killer who had shot a man dead without even knowing his name?”. Why does he think this? What do you think the Police would tell him? 

Because he kills the man who stole his money with the man's gun. Ram kill the thief only to defend himself but he couldn’t stop thinking about the police because he didn’t know what can they think about the accident. They could consider Ram a hero or consider him a murder and arrest him and Ram wants to see again Salim.