3. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.
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An Astrologer's Day
by R. K. Narayan
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Explain in your own words the meaning of this sentence from “An Astrologer's Day”: “He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.”
In “An Astrologer's Day,” the sentence “He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers” uncovers the protagonist’s real identity as a con artist. In other words, he is not an actual astrologer but merely poses as one. He can read the stars just as well as his oblivious customers can, which means he cannot read stars at all. He merely pretends to in order to swindle them out of their money.
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In the short story “An Astrologer's Day,” the protagonist pretends to be a diviner who reads the stars in order to tell people their fortunes. The statement
He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers
reveals his true identity as a fraud....
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