Question

moral of the story-the room on the roof

Answer 1

Rusty, a sixteen-year old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned and has to live with Mr. Harrison on the European area of Dehradun. Unhappy with Mr. Harrison's stern behaviour and constant efforts of turning Rusty into an Englishman, he runs away from his home. He meets a group of Indian kids (Somi, Ranbir and Suri) and is enchanted by the Indian customs, festivals and foods (golgappa and patties) .Soon he realizes that life on his own is not going to be as easy as he had perceived. Somi gets Rusty a job at Mr.Kapoor's house , to teach a boy - Kishan in the neighbourhood and in return is given a room of their attic for shelter. Later he develops a liking for Meena, Kishen’s mother. But because of a trip she dies then Rusty and Kishen live together.

Answer 2

The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy living in Dehradun. Due to his guardian, Mr Harrison's strict ways, he runs away from his home to live with his Indian friends.

Rusty is an Indian. This is a story about an orphaned boy, from the Anglo-Indian descent, living in a European colony in Dehra (a place in Uttarakhand ) with his guardian Mr Harrison and his wife, who wants him to stay away from Indians and groom him as a pure Englishman. However, in this process, Harrison’s stringent behaviour purturbs Rusty’s flourishing teenage years. On the evening of Holi when Rusty returns home dirtily smeared in colours, the guardian begins beating him brutally, and then Rusty was unable to control his pent-up frustration pays him back by assaulting his guardian violently. He leaves his house and starts living with his friends.

The novel "The Room on the Roof" written by Ruskin Bond is the story of an Anglo-Indian boy named Rusty. He is an orphan and a seventeen-year-old boy. the story revolves around him and his path of self-discovery and the discovery of the Indian diversity. Rusty finds Indian boys to be more helpful and affectionate that his own guardians. He experiences the uncertainties of life and encounters a different way of living in his life. His guardians wanted him to grow up as an Englishman but he finds more attachment and friendly behavior among the Indian boys.

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