Global Tales - Stories From Many Cultures
Compare and contrast the two stories by R.K. Narayan. Which story do you prefer and why?
In all the stories and authors featured in "Global Tales", R.K. Narayan is the most respected and well-known author. From the short description of him at the end of the book, he created a space for himself called "Malgudi" and developed his own characters, like a puppet master making his own puppets from cloth and giving them life when he does the show. His stories are universal, probably because the themes and characters of the stories are easy to identify with. He should be ninety-seven this year (year 2000). From what I know, his other books include " Malgudi Days", ...
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brings the story to a close, not too dramatic, yet satisfactory. Some writers often leave an unfinished ending where it is up to the reader to decide, treating this as their style and adding a sense of mystery to the story. However, these are sometimes the most horrible kind of ending, not only irritating, but also annoying. The ending is the element that wraps up the whole story, yet the writer left it out, like a jigsaw piece went missing. It is not a complete piece of writing. Lastly, I find R.K. Narayan to be naughty at times, from the way he phrased his sentence, and the sarcasm, but we like it.
In " An Astrologer’s Day", an astrologer meets a stranger and tells his fortune. Surprisingly, the "fake" astrologer managed to tell what was true for the stranger. Then, it is only when the astrologer reveals his secret, did we know how his "magic" worked.
We are brought into the world of the streets of India where there is little lighting but "a ...
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to "An Astrologer’s Day". "Crime and Punishment" focus more on character, in contrast to the focus on setting in "An Astrologer’s Day".
The moods are different in these two stories. In " An Astrologer’s Day", it is ‘heavy’ with mystery and amazement while in "Crime and Punishment"; it is more relaxing and light. On similarities, humour and language of the two are evident.
For style, R.K. Narayan used humour and old language to bring out the unique element of the story. The story is mostly sarcastic and subtle, sometimes added with a pinch of irony, like "when he told the person before him, ‘ In many ways, you are not getting ...
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