character analysis of women in the women platform no 8
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In The Woman on Platform No. 8 by Ruskin Bond we have the theme of identity, kindness, freedom, independence, loss, trust and connection. Taken from his Collected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by a man called Arun who is recalling an incident when he was twelve years old. In which he encountered a woman at the train station who not only showed him kindness but who he never really got to know. Her name or occupation was a mystery to Arun and the only hint that the reader gets as to the woman’s identity is when the young child runs across the railway tracks in the station and the woman firmly hold Arun’s arm. It is possible that the woman is a mother who lost her own child at the station and as such is protective of other children who are alone and who pass through the station. Having experienced the loss of a child the woman may spend her time at the station ensuring that the same does not occur to another child. What is also interesting about the story is the fact that Arun is so trusting of the woman and how she is dressed appears to have an influence on Arun.
The woman is dressed solely in a white sari and Bond may be using the woman’s appearance to symbolically suggest that she is of good will. That there is a purity within the woman and that she will not be a negative force on Arun’s life during her brief encounter with Arun. Something that is clear to the reader as the story progresses. The woman also puts Arun before herself when she offers to feed and look after him while he is waiting for the train. Again there is a sense that Arun is trusting of the woman. Even though he has no idea who she is Arun feels as though he has to respect the woman due to the simplicity of her dress and the fact that she is kind towards him. Though he does initially have suspicions about the woman. However when he is eating his food his suspicions disappear and he is comfortable in the woman’s presence. If anything Arun knows that the woman is not a threat to him
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