These three characters of Desai’s novel are presenting the three different stages of life and their response to different stages of life.Fire on the Mountain is the story of Nanda Kaul, educated women, published in 1977. InFire on the Mountain, women suffer as girl child and as married women.Fire on the Mountain a novel by Anita Desai, presenting the dark shades of nature as well as dealing with the darker aspects of women life.Fire on the Mountain shows the condition of educated women and also finds her slavery in thefree and educated family and as well as the use and destruction of natural objects in the present times. The main focusing point is not one, in it, the life of three female characters is the important discussion …show more content…
She feels happy in the lap of nature and her mind is filled with little adventures like to look for barriers, snakes,and jackals in the hills. Nanda and Raka both are similar to each other in many aspects, but there is a big difference between them that the solitary of Nanda Kaul is self-imposed and Raka get this by her birth. Nanda tried to enter the child world, but she fails, because thechild doesn’t want anyone in her life. Nanda tried to reveal her life, in the form of stories. But the child neglects all this. The third character of the novel is Ila Das, Nanda Kaul’s childhood friend. The death of Ila Das and her violence is related to aforest