Question

Comment on the role of shadow in the story A shadow

Answer 1

Answer:

Told in first person, the story of ‘The Shadow Lines’ is of a growing boy who lives in the shadow of the man he idolizes and of an individual drawn into history as well as social and political turbulence. Tridib gives the boy who is the narrator of the novel “worlds to travel in and ……. eyes to see them with”. The narrator’s grandmother, Tha’mma, is the third central character to the structure of the novel. As an eight-year-old child, the narrator sees England through the eyes of Ila and Tridib. As a twenty six year old, he realizes the truth when he merges from the shadows of Ila, Tridib and Tha’mma.