2. Amma Mohan, Babu and Manju were taking a huge risk in taking part in the Freedom Movement.
Give at least two examples of how the writer creates a sense of danger and tension in the story
to show us what is at stake.
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Q- Amma Mohan, Babu and Manju were taking a huge risk in taking part in the
Freedom Movement. Give at least two examples of how the writer creates a
sense of danger and tension in the story to show us what is at stake.
Ans ‘The Narayanpur Incident’ by Shashi Deshpande is set in the stormy historic
occasion of Quit India Movement.
The first instance where danger is felt is when Mohan tries to hide a suspicious
parcel in his room. But he later agrees to Amma’s insistence of hiding it in the
Puja room. The suspicious parcel turns out to be a cyclostyling machine, this
machine could make many copies of a letter or a document quickly. In spite of
knowing that they were illegally bring in the machine, Mohan and Amma decided
to keep it in their house.
The author builds up a sense of danger when he asks his younger siblings, Babu
and Manju to guard the front room and warn them if they see anyone
approaching. Soon enough Babu heard a man’s bike stop outside their gate. He
sat up, alert. When the man got off his bike and tried to open their gate, Babu
jumped up. He warned everybody that they had a visitor. This was the second
instance where the writer has created tension to show forthcoming danger. The
family was hiding a machine which they were not supposed to possess in the first
place. The arrival of a stranger in such a situation was dangerous, to say the least.
Q-How does the writer show us that the marchers were completely dedicated to
the procession and the cause?
The student-marchers were disciplined and knew what they were doing and why.
They stopped at the barred gates and handed over a piece of paper, perhaps a
representation from them to the British government, to the police officer, turned
about and marched back after shouting, ‘Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai!’ and responding
to it with a ‘Jai!’ They came on a mission and returned after completing it