Character Analysis Of Railway Raju

The author, Marjane Satrapi, shows the details and complexities of the conflict the protagonist faced during her journey of growing up and evolving. Over all in the story the protagonist does a good job pointing out that it is a struggle before finding one’s true

Then one day sitting shattered in the coffee house he encountered an old man Mr.Adirubayswamy who guided by telling him the story of Piscine Molitir Patel(also known as Pi Patel). And the plot abruptly changes to another person as the first person of the plot telling his own story which showcases a technique of flashback by Pi Patel, moreover after certain chapters in some of them the author describes the superficial aspects of Pi Patel which is again a transition of the narrator and make readers feel his omnipresence depicting the authorial presence “He’s an excellent cook. “His overheated house is always smelling of something delicious”(Chapter6) and “His house is a temple. In the entrance hall hangs a framed picture of Ganesha, he of the elephant

After his father’s death, Raju is an only child, who make his business flourish. As a boy, Raju is not interested in going to school. At his young age, Raju realize that he has some talent as a guide. The customers traveling in and out of Malgudi station call him “Railway Raju”, which give him a feeling if importance.

The central theme of the novel The Guide by R.K Narayan is the transformation of Raju from his role as a tour guide to that of a spiritual guide. The title of the novel, The Guide, has a double meaning, and Raju is in a sense a double character. As a tour guide and lover, he is impulsive, unprincipled, and self-indulgent. After his imprisonment, and after his transformation as a holy man, he is careful, thoughtful, and self-disciplined.

Godavari is a Narrative story of a family setting out on holiday in India .The beautiful landscape of Maharastra hills station attracts them and family settled there to enjoy their holiday. But in doing so, they face crises. Ba started flirting with the maid of Villa. Then, the news of Hindu-Muslim riots pours in. Now, family is worried about their own safety as we come to know that they are Political exiles from neighboring country from Pakistan. Now, riots take the center position and they make an unhappy migration to the city. We see different Political facts in making violence. Throughout the story the main character as well as the events of the story, shifted back and forth from collective to the individual. The story develops from its climax to conclusion and we are told that the main protagonist , swimming in the current and moving on-alone.

When Linda enters into society in Malpais, a “Savage Reservation” she is not used to the more traditional views on sexuality. She is shamed, beaten and exiled by the women of the city. Linda is lost in this new culture. She is unable to adapt and idealizes life in the New World. Linda secludes herself with her son. Linda is an outsider in ideology and habits in Malpais, but has nowhere else to go.

One major theme is identity; however, the protagonist’s name is not given until the middle of the novel, which is Griffin. The author wanted to express the personality and motivations of the protagonist which were concealed by

A Bengali girl named Ashima partakes in a marriage arranged to Ashoke Ganguli. After the ceremony the new couple left India to move to the United States where Ashoke has started to build a new life. They were going to face the cultural differences together, as one. For Ashima, this was difficult. Her new husband had to earn a living to support the two of them so she often found herself home alone. Not knowing the English language or culture at that became very depressing for her she felt lonely and lost. After a while the couple gave birth to a baby boy. Ashoke makes the decision to call his newborn, Gogol, after a Russian author. Later his American name becomes Nicky. The happy parents later give

The Red Road is by far one of the best television shows I have watched in this class. Mostly because it has color, a good flowing plot, and not stereotypical. The show not only had really good actors, but the parts that they play are not on the nose, pointing out that they are Native Americans. It probably took me fifteen minutes in to watching the episode where I realize that this was a Native American based show. Before that I did not understand what this show has to do with Native Americans until two of the characters were doing a mini ceremony funeral with the deer.

The immensely heart-throbbing and extremely thought provoking book, Sold, tells the story of a young girl, Lakshmi, who was sold into sexual slavery in India, unintentionally. The story takes place in Nepal where Lakshmi lives with her mother, stepfather, and little brother; times are hard and they have very little. They live in a hut with a mud roof that drips during the raining season, they only have a small portion of land to grow on which is their main source of food, and Lakshmi's stepfather does not work and spends most of their income on himself. For the most part they are able to struggle through and make ends meet, but there comes a time when that’s just not enough anymore. With much reluctance from her mother, Lakshmi and her stepfather agree that she will go work in the city as a maid and send back her earnings for the rest of her family. After leaving her small town and travelling with a lady she is told to call “Auntie”, Lakshmi starts to question “Auntie”s real endeavours with her. When “Auntie” leaves her with a strange man who takes her over the border into India and leaves her at a questionable looking house,

It seems that society today has failed to recognize the events that occurred during WWII and by association WWI. It not that we have forgotten, it’s more that we have decided to sweep it under the rug, so we don’t have to imagine the terror and horrific events that occurred during this time of war. However such movies like The Railway Man bring to life these events, so everyone around the world can understand the sacrifice and pain army personnel went through. In every movie the director, producer, scriptwriter and anyone else involved, incorporate ideas, beliefs, values and experiences. In the of The Railway Man the human spirit, revenge and the importance of communication are three of many ideas, beliefs, values and experiences seen.

Roland Smith’s novel Peak looks at the physical and emotional challenges that fourteen year Peak Marcello face. One character that has a profound effect of Peak is Zopa, a former Sherpa, who also helps Peak and Sun Jo throughout their climb up Mt Everest. Zopa is represented as a sly and secretive character, who also has a mysterious aspect to him, as nobody knows what is motivation is for doing something. Through the use of dialogue and description, Roland Smith has constructed a character who allows the audience to understand the thematic significance the power of language can have over the characters in the novel. Zopa is illustrated as an impenetrable, reserved, and an apathetic person.

Lakshmi is a young girl that grew up in Nepal. She lost her father at a very young age and she and her mother begin to struggle. Her mother eventually married again, but her family still struggled. Lakshmi’s stepfather was no good because he had no job and all he did was bet at the coffee shop. Because Lakshmi’s family struggled, she was sent away to work as a “maid” and thought it would provide for her family. When Lakshmi realized what she would be doing for work, she hoped and prayed every day that she would soon be back home.

The blindly loyal driver always blames his master’s faults on others or society as a whole, except for one incident. Balram overhears Ashok talking to Uma, his girlfriend, and hears “the words ‘replacement,’ ‘driver,’ and ‘local’ in English” (229), indicating to him that he is in danger of losing his job. According to Balram’s personality, this is the worst betrayal, even worse than the attempt at killing him. Perhaps not in the eyes of the world, but to the young servant, this marks the climax of Mr. Ashok’s downfall into evil. It is the driving impulse for Balram’s later actions, including killing his master, partially out of self interest, partially out of revenge.

In this short story there is another character called Zubayr. Zubayr also called Zoob is the best friend of Rafik. He is doing his PhD at a foreign university. He is in love with Rafik’s sister Razia. But he did not tell anything to anyone. Here we get the theme of survival by Zubayr that is how Zubayr has survived his love. Also we get to know for how long he has been