The Truth is Hard, but Achievable
To look at the sun during the day is hard yet with sunglasses it is possible, just like the hard truth is difficult to deliver but with little white lies receiving it is possible. So in “Like The Sun” by R. K. Narayan, Sekhar is a teacher in India who has a strong belief in only communicating the honest truth. Sekhar as a teacher wants to challenge himself to speak the truth for a whole day. Through this he is only worried about how the people will react to honesty. In “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan the use of many literary devices portrays Sekhar's belief in only speaking the truth. One literary device Narayan implemented in the story is the use of similes. For example, “Truth, Sekhar reflected, is like …show more content…
For example, “All the time the headmaster was singing, Sekhar went on commenting within himself, He croaks like a dozen frogs. He is bellowing like a buffalo. Now he sounds like loose window shutters in a storm. The incense sticks burnt low. Sekhar’s head throbbed with the medley of sounds that had assailed his eardrums for a couple of hours now. He felt half stupefied ” (Narayan 348-349). This reveals the as hard to give and receive. The character is pondering on his conflict of having to choose whether he should tell the truth or not. Narayan created a great conflict for Sekhar that the truth is hard has this problem and telling the truth will provide a better life. Likewise, “At other times he would have said, considering her feelings in the matter, “I feel full up, that’s all.” But today he said, “It isn’t good. I’m unable to swallow it.” He saw her wince and said to himself, Can’t be helped” (Narayan 346). The conflict of telling his wife the truth is harsh but to be speaking only the truth is the consequence of hurting his wife's feelings. Yet through the hurt she will be able to overcome this culinary challenge and provide a better meal for her husband. Through the conflicts Narayan provides the reader is informed of the many challenges the truth brings about.
R. K. Narayan used many literary devices within “Like The Sun” to portray Sekhar's real feelings about the truth. Sekhar throughout
To look at the sun during the day is hard yet with sunglasses it is possible, just like the hard truth is difficult to deliver but with little white lies receiving it is possible. So in “Like The Sun” by R. K. Narayan, Sekhar is a teacher in India who has a strong belief in only communicating the honest truth. Sekhar as a teacher wants to challenge himself to speak the truth for a whole day. Through this he is only worried about how the people will react to honesty. In “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan the use of many literary devices portrays Sekhar's belief in only speaking the truth. One literary device Narayan implemented in the story is the use of similes. For example, “Truth, Sekhar reflected, is like …show more content…
For example, “All the time the headmaster was singing, Sekhar went on commenting within himself, He croaks like a dozen frogs. He is bellowing like a buffalo. Now he sounds like loose window shutters in a storm. The incense sticks burnt low. Sekhar’s head throbbed with the medley of sounds that had assailed his eardrums for a couple of hours now. He felt half stupefied ” (Narayan 348-349). This reveals the as hard to give and receive. The character is pondering on his conflict of having to choose whether he should tell the truth or not. Narayan created a great conflict for Sekhar that the truth is hard has this problem and telling the truth will provide a better life. Likewise, “At other times he would have said, considering her feelings in the matter, “I feel full up, that’s all.” But today he said, “It isn’t good. I’m unable to swallow it.” He saw her wince and said to himself, Can’t be helped” (Narayan 346). The conflict of telling his wife the truth is harsh but to be speaking only the truth is the consequence of hurting his wife's feelings. Yet through the hurt she will be able to overcome this culinary challenge and provide a better meal for her husband. Through the conflicts Narayan provides the reader is informed of the many challenges the truth brings about.
R. K. Narayan used many literary devices within “Like The Sun” to portray Sekhar's real feelings about the truth. Sekhar throughout