The story of Swami and Friends revolves around a young boy named Swaminathan and his different activities with his friends. Life for Swami consists mainly of having escapade with his friends, avoiding the misery of homework, and coping as best as he can with the teachers and other adults he encounters. His greatest passion is the MCC—the Malgudi Cricket Club which he founds together with his friends, his greatest day is when the examination are over and school breaks- up- a time to celebrations and cheerful riotous. With the growing up of the main character, Nararyan beautifully shows the delicate use of detail sympathically observed he establishes for us the child’s world as the child himself see it: and beyond the adult community he will
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His writings basically reflect the “Indian soil and way of existence” (qtd. in sharan 8). Without being didactic, Narayan reveals a deep vision in his novel. The structure of Swami and Friends is eposodic in nature, which is exactly what the life of a young boy or child tends to be. Children on the whole do not have long-term plan; they live for the moment, act on impulse, they follow new enthusiasms and abandon old. Boyhood friendship, though, can persist, even if they may be violent and aggressive. Narayan is also a realist because of his presentation of minute details regarding the ways of people, their like, dislikes without glorification. Narayan provides real life situation in his writing by drawing widely from the real ordinary life of people, their hope, passions and …show more content…
The writer’s main motto behind writing the text is to arouse the presence of dual nature in humans. In other words, Narayan is trying to show that even children carry contrary qualities besides being innocent. He is of the opinion that both good and evil is a part of us all. Good and evil is the inherent human nature which the writer tries to portray and in doing so he takes children as a medium. Narayan’s message through this novel is that the moment the child is born evil influence him/her and is also prone to evil. He believes that the criminal behaviour is already there from the start and good is an occational mask. Therefore, the basis of analysis of this thesis is the text itself which will be critically analysed citing evidences from the
His writings basically reflect the “Indian soil and way of existence” (qtd. in sharan 8). Without being didactic, Narayan reveals a deep vision in his novel. The structure of Swami and Friends is eposodic in nature, which is exactly what the life of a young boy or child tends to be. Children on the whole do not have long-term plan; they live for the moment, act on impulse, they follow new enthusiasms and abandon old. Boyhood friendship, though, can persist, even if they may be violent and aggressive. Narayan is also a realist because of his presentation of minute details regarding the ways of people, their like, dislikes without glorification. Narayan provides real life situation in his writing by drawing widely from the real ordinary life of people, their hope, passions and …show more content…
The writer’s main motto behind writing the text is to arouse the presence of dual nature in humans. In other words, Narayan is trying to show that even children carry contrary qualities besides being innocent. He is of the opinion that both good and evil is a part of us all. Good and evil is the inherent human nature which the writer tries to portray and in doing so he takes children as a medium. Narayan’s message through this novel is that the moment the child is born evil influence him/her and is also prone to evil. He believes that the criminal behaviour is already there from the start and good is an occational mask. Therefore, the basis of analysis of this thesis is the text itself which will be critically analysed citing evidences from the