I-I-didn't believe there was any good in the world;

I-I-didn’t believe there was any good in the world; but somehow you’re good, and-and
it’s a queer thing to ask, but-could you, would you bless me before I go? I-I think it would help me.
(a) Why does the speaker feel there is no good in the world?
(b) What has made him change his opinion?
© Find the word in the extract which is the antonym of ‘normal’.

(a) He feels this way because he had been sentenced to ten years imprisonment for a small theft and ill-treated during his imprisonment.
(b) The kindness and generosity shown by the Bishop, even though he threatened to kill the Bishop, made him change his opinion.
© The word is ‘queer’.