Q8. Why did the narrator have to light the kerosene lamp on reaching his room?

                                     Chapter name-The snake and the mirror

                                           By- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

Ans.8. The narrator had to light up the kerosene lamp because it was ten and it was very dark inside his room. His room didn’t have any electrical connection and he had very limited money and that’s why he couldn’t afford a better place.