The Guide: A Brief
Review
R.k.Narayan gentle,subtle
humour delights and his narrative style
enthrals us. R.K.Narayan writing
style and language is formal and so simple.It doesn’t hit the
readers with the pompous and boring long paragraphs as we see in other authors.Gentle humour
,subtle irony , Indianness and Indian
middle class themes are his prime arms and ammunition. His novels serves no social purpose and not intend to
correct the society .his only aim is to serve more aesthetic unlike his contemporaries. As we know that Mulkraj Anand had tremendous influence of rapid industrialization and modernisation and its ill
effects on society R.k.narayan never
bothered about these things.
Story in the novel "The Guide" is narrated by the hero Raju, (i.e the first person point of view)famously called Railway Raju. The novel’s main theme is the transformation of Raju , a tourist guide to that of a spiritual guide. Other themes we come across are
Story in the novel "The Guide" is narrated by the hero Raju, (i.e the first person point of view)famously called Railway Raju. The novel’s main theme is the transformation of Raju , a tourist guide to that of a spiritual guide. Other themes we come across are
1) Rosie’s passion for dance
2) Mockery
3) Mismatch between
Rosie and Marco
4) Possessiveness
5 ) Greed for money and lavish life style adopted by Raju.
Raju owns a shop on a railway platform and works as a tourist guide ,falls in love
with Rosie, who has a passionate interest in dance. Raju falls head over
heels in love with Rosie after seeing
her snake dance. Marco is a husband of Rosie. His interest is cave paintings reading. He hates dance. Marco’s indifferent attitude and negligence
towards her needs make Rosie closer to Raju.
Raju catches her passion for dance and utilises to woo her
.He admires her snake dancing
Mockery:
The writer scoffs at fake babas in the country.
Circumstances change a forger into a
holy man.
Mismatch:
The writer points out the mutual respect to
their profession. raises profound
questions about the relationship.
Possessiveness:
Marco is kind to Rosie. He gives her liberty whereas Raju’s possessiveness irritates her.
Raju doesn’t want her to
spend much time chatting with musicians,actors and dancers.He liked her
to be happy in his company.
Greed and lavish lifestyle
Greed and lavish life style lead Raju to jail
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