Character sketch of any 2 character in the book " The home coming " of Rabindranath Tagore. Please Help.
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The title of the story “The Homecoming” seems to suggest some sort of separation and re-union. There is a streak of sadness and pain that runs as an undercurrent throughout the story. This is perhaps a reflection of the personality of Rabindranath Tagore who occasionally used to have bouts of depression, best identified with his famous poem “Ekla Chalo Re” (Walk alone). Tagore could not receive the full-time attention of his parents during his growing years. His mother had already died, while his father Debendranath Tagore traveled widely during the Indian National Movement. All this meant isolation for the young Tagore who grew up lonely from within.
The story begins against the backdrop of a rural setting in a village nearby Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata). The protagonist Phatik Chakravorti is carrying out acts of mischief with his friends. He enters into a quarrel with his younger brother Makhan. After all this happens, a boat carries a “middle-aged man, with grey hair and dark moustache” to the shore. The man asks Phatik the whereabouts of Chakravortis but the young lad refuses to answer. Later it is discovered that the man is none but his maternal uncle Bishamber.
Bishamber stays happily with the Chakravortis for some days. After some days, he offers to take Phatik with him to Calcutta for his education. Phatik’s joy knows no bounds. Before leaving, he ensures to make peace with his brother Makhan and gives him his toys – fishing rod, kite, and marbles.
When Phatik reaches Calcutta, much to his dismay, he is unwelcome at his aunt’s house. The aunt despises the young lad as an economic burden for the family. Phatik is not well-received in his school also (where his cousins studied). His teachers beat him mercilessly for not doing his lessons. He even loses his lesson-book. Fearing his aunt and annoyed by all this, Phatik leaves his uncle’s home one day. He is later retrieved by the police in a very feverish condition. Phatik, who was already missing his home and his village, continually asks his uncle when the holidays would come. But he is asked to wait. However, Phatik’s conditions worsen. At last, his mother comes running to see him, and Phatik has only one thing to say before the story ends on a heartfelt note, “Mother, the holidays have come.”
The Homecoming by Rabindranath Tagore
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