mpedled thrice and why:
4. Has the child fallen asleep in the poem? Quote a line in support
your answer.
5. Why is the person wishing the eyes of the child'good-night?
6. Why is the expression 'fairy neem' used by the poet?
B. Answer these questions with reference to the context.
1. For you I stole
A little lovely dream
a. Who is uttering these words and whom are they addressed to
b. In this context is stealing an offence? Justify your answer.
C. Where did the person steal from?
2. On you I press
With soft caress
a. What is being referred to here?
b. Describe the mood and feelings of the narrator in the given contest
c. Quote an expression from this stanza to bring out the person's
deep love.
Answers
Answer:
The title of the R.K Narayan’s novel, The Guide, has a double meaning, and Raju, the protagonist, is in a sense a double character. As a tour guide and lover, he is impulsive, unprincipled, and self-indulgent. After his transformation as a holy man, he is careful, thoughtful, and self-disciplined. It is the journey of a common man from being a charlatan tourist guide to a purified soul transformed into a spiritual guide, ready to sacrifice his life for the welfare of the common people.
Raju, the guide is fated to be a guide by chance and temperament. He never says “no”, gives false information, cheats the tourists successfully and becomes famous as a tourist guide. His popularity and success as a tourist guide brings him in contact with Rosie and Marco; and Raju starts a new phase of life as an adulterous lover and a theatrical impresario