Question

Central ideas for the story a horse and two goats.

Answer 1

Culture clash is the central theme of “A Horse and Two Goats.” Two men from different cultural backgrounds meet and are unable to understand each other's way of life. ... Another significant theme in Narayan's work is wealth and poverty. From the beginning of the story, Muni is depicted as a poor ordinary Indian citizen.

Answer 2

it highlights the class distinction between the foreigner and muni. muni is depicted as an old poor man who did not have any source of livelihood while the rich man who was the foreigner couldn't live a single day without a.c. it also highlights the language barrier and all the misunderstanding caused by it. In the story muni mentions that being a low caste man, he was not allowed to go to school which tells us about the caste discrimination in india. Muni was married to his wife when he was 10,describing child marriage.