The Fictional World of R K Narayan: A Study Metaphysical Novels The World of Nagaraj A. Phaniraja Kumar The World of Nagaraj, which is traces exceptionally incongruent period in Narayan’s literary career that starts together with Talkative Man and wretchedly end with it. This is the 5th and the last novel in Metaphysical Novel Chapter. Actually it is the 14th of his writings. The Protagonist of this
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The property is divided in between Nagaraj and his brother after his father’s death. He gets one thousand rupees every month from bank deposits. He feels supreme contentment sitting on the pyol of his house which was outside of it and watches the activities of his neighbours. In his free period he works for his friend Coomar’s sari shop on voluntary. Coomar started his flourishing company with an advance from Nag, who is prudent to retain his services voluntary. He can come and go after he wants; he cannot be blamed. He and his wife, Sita are ineffectual in possessing no children. Sita is sensible, but lonely. Nagaraj is resilient and accommodating. He enjoys the easy pleasures of his humble life. He is encircled by people engrosses on worldly and materialistic pursuits. He watches them alongside the tranquil notice and non-attachment of a yogi. There is Talkative Man, the busiest man in Nagaraj’s road who wanders Malgudi town the finished date in yearn of a little hot pursuit, nevertheless he has his large familial house and plenty money. In sharp difference to Talkative Man is Sambu, his instant neighbour. He is hardly perceived outside. His father is a skinflint money lender. Sambu is a voracious reader who keeps …show more content…
Narayan investigates deep into the psyche of Nagaraj in order that his inner feelings could come out. He always makes dialogues to himself like Hamlet, emerging in his introvert personality. He touches that silence is the best method of defence as he is somewhat like T. S. Eliot’s “Prufrock” incapable to converse his feelings to Tim or Saroja or Gopu. Like Hamlet, he is in the custom of postponing the things and makes himself ridiculous like Polonius in beating concerning the bush. But his affection for Tim is undoubtedly real and unselfish. It is his wife who understands his nature extremely well and is even alongside him to prop him. He always looks towards her for aid after he fails to find out each resolution of the problem. It is stunning that the same Nagaraj thinks that she is Lady Macbeth. Sita is the real wife who performs all the hobbies and obligations that are anticipated from an Indian wife. Gopu, the elder brother of Nagaraj does not do whatever, brother-like. Gopi frequently intimidated Nagaraj but their father always clarified the relation as that of Lakshmana, the younger to Rama, the elder brother, in “The Ramayana”. Here, Gopi is reverse to Nagaraj. He seizes the lion’s allocate in the property and makes Nagaraj to comprehend his inferiority. From time to time Nagaraj calls Sita as Narada because she wishes to craft misinterpretation amid him and Tim. Really,
The property is divided in between Nagaraj and his brother after his father’s death. He gets one thousand rupees every month from bank deposits. He feels supreme contentment sitting on the pyol of his house which was outside of it and watches the activities of his neighbours. In his free period he works for his friend Coomar’s sari shop on voluntary. Coomar started his flourishing company with an advance from Nag, who is prudent to retain his services voluntary. He can come and go after he wants; he cannot be blamed. He and his wife, Sita are ineffectual in possessing no children. Sita is sensible, but lonely. Nagaraj is resilient and accommodating. He enjoys the easy pleasures of his humble life. He is encircled by people engrosses on worldly and materialistic pursuits. He watches them alongside the tranquil notice and non-attachment of a yogi. There is Talkative Man, the busiest man in Nagaraj’s road who wanders Malgudi town the finished date in yearn of a little hot pursuit, nevertheless he has his large familial house and plenty money. In sharp difference to Talkative Man is Sambu, his instant neighbour. He is hardly perceived outside. His father is a skinflint money lender. Sambu is a voracious reader who keeps …show more content…
Narayan investigates deep into the psyche of Nagaraj in order that his inner feelings could come out. He always makes dialogues to himself like Hamlet, emerging in his introvert personality. He touches that silence is the best method of defence as he is somewhat like T. S. Eliot’s “Prufrock” incapable to converse his feelings to Tim or Saroja or Gopu. Like Hamlet, he is in the custom of postponing the things and makes himself ridiculous like Polonius in beating concerning the bush. But his affection for Tim is undoubtedly real and unselfish. It is his wife who understands his nature extremely well and is even alongside him to prop him. He always looks towards her for aid after he fails to find out each resolution of the problem. It is stunning that the same Nagaraj thinks that she is Lady Macbeth. Sita is the real wife who performs all the hobbies and obligations that are anticipated from an Indian wife. Gopu, the elder brother of Nagaraj does not do whatever, brother-like. Gopi frequently intimidated Nagaraj but their father always clarified the relation as that of Lakshmana, the younger to Rama, the elder brother, in “The Ramayana”. Here, Gopi is reverse to Nagaraj. He seizes the lion’s allocate in the property and makes Nagaraj to comprehend his inferiority. From time to time Nagaraj calls Sita as Narada because she wishes to craft misinterpretation amid him and Tim. Really,