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Critical appreciation of the story -A horse and the two goats......please answer.......It's very urgent and ❎❎❎ no spamming ❎❎❎

Answer 1

realism : the story is important for it's realism , it's simple and accurate presentation of every day life as it is lived by the characters. The author gives details of Muni's life as to where he lives, what he eats, where he goes to graze his goats.
Humour : the story is replete with elements of humour. It is affectionate and sympathetic. The author believes that the weakness and foibles of the characters are to be accepted and not railed against. the author has created the comic characters of Muni and the American and he laughs at them in a gentle and kind manner

Answer 2

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1. Narayan's use of humour

R.k. Narayan is known for using ironic humour in his stories. The kind of humour he employs is not stark or grity but helps to sympathise with the characters and their follies. It is in no way insulting but is enjoyable. It lets the readers laugh at the characters and their situation gently.

It is with use of humour that Narayan expresses the pecularity of life and his characters. There are various situations in the story which create a comic effect. Some of these are :

• Muni craves to "chew the drumstick out of sauce ", to which his wife replies "you have only four teeth in your jaw, but your craving is for big things."

• When the shopkeeper doesn't pay any attention to Muni sitting below the platform of the shop, Muni keeps coughing and sneezing to attract his attention.

• In a humourous way, Muni's poverty is commented upon when the shopkeeper says to Muni, "you also forget that you mentioned a birthday five weeks ago when you wanted Castor oil for your holy bath."

• It is a humourous situation, when Muni tells his wife that he has sold their goats for hundred rupees to the American man and at that moment they hear the goats bleating outside. Muni's questions to goats, "where is that man? Don't you know you are his ? Why did you come back? " adds to the humour in the story.

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2. Language barrier

A horse and Two goats is a short story that takes place in the isolated village of Kritam. It is ironical that the language which has been devised by humans to communicate becomes a barrier between Muni and the American. Their different languages do not let them understand each other. They converse, though in reality, they are both speaking on entirely unrelated subjects. The foreigner, owing to the language barrier, assumes Muni is a salesman, and offers him s hundred rupee note in exchange for the statue. Since muni also could not understand his English, he assumes that the money offered is the exchange price for his goats. This inability to comprehend each other's language adds to the humour in the story.

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3. Realism

The story is noted for its realism, it's accurate presentation of everyday life as lived by people. The author pays careful attention to the samall details of Muni's life; where he lives, what he eats, how he coughs when he smokes his first cigarette. Although many of the small details, like the drumstick tree and the dhoti where Muni puts his hundred rupees, are particularly Indian, they are also basic enough to human experience that they are easily understood by people.

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