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Simple Style Of Magudi Days

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R.K. NARAYAN
Malgudi days is a collection of 33 short stories. It is a book by RK Narayan. Childhood is the main element of most of the stories. The stories written with Narayan’s simple style and characteristic gentle irony portray the variety and colour of Indian life.
In most of the stories RK Narayan has trtied to portray the innocence of childhood. According to many readers, there is no place as Malgudi. Although the writer has not clearly written about it, he says that “Malgudi is a imaginary and not to be found on any map... If I explain that Malgudi is a small town in south India I shall only be expressing a half truth, for the characters of Malgudi seem to me universal.” Malgudi days has been one of the most popular T.V. series in …show more content…

English is a very adaptable medium. And it is so adaptable that it can take on the tint of any country. Critics frequently praise the unaffected Standard English with which Narayan captures the Indian society, sensibility, particularly the South Indian ambiance. His unpretentious style, his deliberate avoidance of convoluted expressions and complicated grammatical constructions, his gentle and subtle humour- all this gives writing an elegant, unforced simplicity that is perfectly suited to the portrayal of ordinary life, of all classes and segments of Indian society- household servants, herdsmen, saints, crooks, merchants, beggars, thieves, hapless …show more content…

Swami is a small boy from Malgudi. One morning he wakes up and decides not going to school. He makes certain excuses of his bad health but all goes in vain... Later his father asks him to go to his classes despite his headache. Here we can see his father a strict father who just can tolerate his son deviating from studies. Swami says that he’ll be reprimanded for being late for his classes and as he sees his patents getting convinced, he continues talking again his teacher. He didn’t realise that his father would get provoked. His father gets provoked and writes a letter to his teacher complaining about the teacher. Now Swami realises that the situation has gone out of his hand because his father forces him to give the letter to his Principal. Swami now regrets his decision of getting over excited about the matter; here we can see the innocence of a child. He realises the good side of his teacher and tries to save him but then he remembers the anger of his father and is bound to give the letter. When he reaches school, he expects his teacher to beat him, but he doesn’t, he stays normal and asks him to sit concerning his poor health. Each minute Swami realises how good his teacher

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