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Room on the roof chapter 7 summary

Answer 1

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Written by Bond as a 17-year-old, the story of The Room on the Roof is a semi-autobiographical work. It is a tale about an Anglo-Indian orphan boy named Rusty. He lives with his guardian Mr Harrison (a Missionary) and his wife in Dehradun.

Mr Harrison wants him to be groomed with English values and to avoid contact with Indian influences. However, Rusty is frustrated by his guardian’s stern restrictions and suffocating environment.

Answer 2

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Rusty,an Anglo-Indian boy was born in Kausauli in Himachal Pradesh in 1934. This is a story about an orphaned boy, from the Anglo-Indian descent, living in a European colony in Dehra (a place in Himachal Pradesh) 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 perturbs 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 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

A group of young local Indian boys helps him with small needs and he becomes friends with all of them. While seeing many things about India such as customs, bazaars and her diversity, he feels good about being in India. To sustain on his own, from the group, Somi arranges Rusty for a job in Mr. Kapoor’s house to teach English lessons to their son, Kishen. In return, he gets free food and a room on the roof to live in. Mr Kapoor is a big-time drunkard and around twenty years older than his beautiful wife, Meena. There Rusty falls in hate with Kishen’s mother Mrs. Meena Kapoor. However, when Meena dies in a car accident Rusty becomes sad and alone and Kishen goes to Haridwar only to become a thief. Rusty decides to go to England but he decides to visit Kishen once before he leaves. On knowing the truth Rusty finds Kishen and convinces him to return to Dehra. Kishen agrees with Rusty and they happily take the boat to Dehra next morning.

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