Question

Read the story "The price of flowers" agian and dicruss the following with your friends.
1)the theme
2)style of narration
3)language
4)impacts of word and expressions
5)location
6)characters
7)the opening and ending of the story
8)dialogues

Write a critical review of the story "The price of flowers"

Answer 1

The Price of Flowers is a touching story by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadyay.  The story is set in London in the pre independence era.  It is narrated through the point of view of Mr Gupta,  an Indian civil servant undergoing training in London.

Mr Gupta meets a teenaged girl in a restaurant.  Her interest in him arouses his curiosity.  He later becomes friends with her and learns her story.  She lives with her widowed mother in a poor neighbourhood.  Her only brother Frank is in India serving the British army.  They have no information from him for several months and they are worried. 


When Mr Gupta visits their home Mrs Clifford, the mother requests him to look in to the crystal on a ring sent by Frank from India.  They believe that the ring has magical powers and a Hindu will be able to see the future and past if he concentrates on the crystal.  Mr Gupta tries but fails.  This disappoints her.