Can someone tell me the summary of Elder Brother by Munshi Premchand because I am studying in US and I have no idea about the author and the story. And please don't just copy it from Google. Thanks.
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The story is about two brothers, one is an elder one who is 14 yrs and the younger one is 9 yrs old. The elder brother wanted to lay a very strong educational foundation so he spent 2 yrs or even sometimes 3 yrs in the same class. The elder brother was always glued to his books and the younger one always looked for opportunities to spend time outdoors. The elder brother has a thinking that it is his birthright to scold the little brother. He scolds the brother and the little brother gets very scared and upset. The little brother is the narrator of the story name Munshi ji. One day ,the narrator comes to the college room late and he had to face his brother's angry red face and he always asks where the narrator had been and the narrator would freeze and he just didn't have the guts to say that he went out to play. The brother tells him to study and tells him that he is wasting his father's hard earned money. And the narrator would sink into hopelessness. listening to his brother's lectures he decided to make a study time table with not a single hour for playing or recreation. He intended to follow it but in reality he ended up studying very less for the exams and the brother studied so hard. They wrote the exam but the elder brother failed and the younger brother topped .It is such a humorous irony. The narrater participated in every competition and was very free spirited he and if the elder brother troubled him he would just say he can manage play and studies together.But still the brother continues to scold the narrator and yet again the exam results were out and the narrator topped again and the elder brother failed.The narrator was not happy becausethe elder brother broke down and he thought that if he had also failed his brother wouldn't have greived so much. Now the narrator was just one class lower than the elder brother.One evening the narrator was running like mad to capture a kite. And all of a sudden his brother came face to face. And again admonished him about the elders having an uplifted hand no matter how successful one becomes.They hugged each other and the brother says that if he was himself on the wrong path how would he correct the narrator...basically just trying to be a role model for his little brother. At that moment the kite came floating over their heads and the brother caught hold of it and ran at top speed towards the hostel... here they both are almost as equal individuals and have fun and share the love and brotherhood for each other.
I KNOW THIS IS MORE OF AN EXPLANATION THAN A SUMMARY...LITTLE LENGHTHY BUT TRY TO READ IT FULLY.
Hope this helps you buddy.....