Thrown Away (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1880's
- Setting: India
- Principal Characters: The Boy, The major, The narrator
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Colonies or colonization, India or East Indian people
- Locales: India
The Story
The protagonist in “Thrown Away” is never identified other than as The Boy. A young subaltern in India, The Boy led a sheltered life with his family in Great Britain and never had to deal with unpleasantness. After his years at Sandhurst preparing for military life in the colonies, The Boy is sent first to a third-rate depot battalion and then to India.
At first, he finds India attractive. The ponies, the dancing, the flirtatious women, and the gambling all appeal to him. However, The Boy has been quite protected until now. He has developed no sense of...
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