in the chapter no room for Leopard how can you say that the narrator is a nature lover
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In ‘No Room for a Leopard’ the protagonist is a young boy of about twelve years of age. We are not told his name. that is not important. What matters is his love of animals and complete affinity with nature. In ‘No Room for Leopard’ even his age is never mentioned. Only from the illustration do we surmise that he is no more than 10 -11. We don’t know why he crossed the forest every morning and evening. True, his cottage was just above the forest but we are not told why he travelled all by himself and why his people back home never worried about his safety. Surely they would have known about the many birds and animals frequenting that area. The shikaris show more concern when they tell him that there is a leopard around and he should carry a gun.
Nor are we told anything about the shikaris except that they were only interested in the money the leopard’s skin would fetch them. We don’t know their names or number. We don’t know where they came from or where went. They symbolize an attitude – selfish materialism. And it’s contrasted with the child’s spontaneous love for the animals.