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R. K. NarayanI would argue that the headmaster is simultaneously pleased and irritated that Sekhar has told him the truth. First, the headmaster is pleased because he no longer needs to spend money on something...
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R. K. NarayanMy Dateless Diary: An American Journey by R. K. Narayan is a novel describing the experiences and memories of a 50 year old Narayan who has left India for the first time to travel through and see...
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R. K. NarayanIn making the Venn diagram, here are the things that can be put in the center where the two circles intersect: Themes of Truth - Both stories revolve around what is done with the truth Price of...
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R. K. NarayanA summary is a brief retelling of a story by enumerating only the main topics of it. Following is the summary of "Hundred Questions" consisting of a retelling of the main topics. The five brothers...
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R. K. NarayanThere are many elements about life in Malgudi that make it distinctly Indian. The exposition to Swami and Friends takes place in a school setting that is unmistakably Indian. When Swaminathan...
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R. K. NarayanThis quote is said by Swami when he and Rajam are planning to start up a cricket team together. What begins as something that should, in theory, be very simple, becomes ever more complicated as...
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Short Story[Editors are only permitted to answer one question per posting.] We first see the circumstances of Muni's miserable life in R.K. Narayan's short story "A Horse and Two Goats" first as described in...
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R. K. NarayanThis short story from the volume Malgudi Days by Narayan has a framing narrative, as the narrator has just been to a music concert and is accosted by a man known only as the Talkative Man, who...
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R. K. NarayanR.K. Narayan writes about real experiences found in his native India. His stories are filled with humorous anecdotes and irony. The story “A Snake in the Grass” is example of this type of...
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R. K. NarayanIn the story "A Snake in the Grass" by R. K. Narayan, what superstitions or rituals are indicated...“A Snake in the Grass” by R.K. Narayan depicts a family with a problem. Living in southern India, the Indian people fear and honor the King Cobra. Its bite is deadly. The family in the story...
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R. K. NarayanA snake is loose in the fenced yard— Someone saw a king cobra slip under the gate into a family’s yard. “A Snake in the Grass” by R.K. Narayan tells the story of a family’s horrifying...
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R. K. NarayanThe two stories have been included in "Stories of Ourselves". The horse in "The Horse and two Goats" represents Indian culture and belifs and brings out a difference in Indian and American culture...
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R. K. NarayanSome brief notes about some thing happened or written which shows all aspects or major points in this ,This is summery .
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R. K. NarayanIn R. K. Narayan’s short story “Another Community,” the narrator deliberately does not mention any revealing details about the main character, including his personal identity or even the...
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R. K. NarayanIn an essay on R. K. Narayan's short fiction, K. Parija writes that "'Another Community' is a moving story of a martyr at the blood altar of communal blood-bath" and calls it "one of the rare...
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R. K. NarayanThe chief irony in R. K. Narayan’s story “Another Community” is that the story’s protagonist, who fears a violent clash between the two main communities in his town, and who does everything...
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R. K. Narayanthe whole point to the story is to tell the truth. the character did and the headmaster reacted by having him grade all of his papers. moral to the story is people want the truth but when they get...
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R. K. NarayanSwami and Friends has been praised by critics as a particularly exceptional story and picture of childhood. Most readers agree that through Narayan's plain language, idyllic plot details, and...
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R. K. NarayanIn R.K. Narayan's "A Snake in the Grass," the beggar-woman reminds the occupants of the house (where the the cobra is running loose) that they are supposed to be respectful of the snake. She...
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R. K. NarayanDoes R. K. Narayan’s story “A Snake In the Grass” end on a conclusive note? The simple (and probably accurate) answer to this question is “no,” for some of the following reasons: The...
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R. K. NarayanWhat portrait of the family do we get from the story "A Snake on the Grass" by R. K. Narayan? Are...R. K. Narayan’s short story “A Snake In the Grass” is less about the snake mentioned in the little than about the family whose compound the snake enters. Narayan describes various members in...
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R. K. NarayanThe title of R. K. Narayan’s story “A Snake In the Grass” seems relevant to the story in various ways, including the following: Most obviously, the title refers to the cobra which (according...
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R. K. NarayanThis story by R. K. Narayan features Sekhar, who is a teacher with a belief that just as people avoid staring at the sun, likewise people avoid confronting the truth. He recognises that people...
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R. K. Narayan“The Astrologer’s Day,” by R.K. Narayan is an interesting story--not because of the surprise twist because a perceptive reader figures it out ahead of time. It’s interesting because of what...
