Show how The Thakur’s Well is a tale of social injustice and
cruelty. Use examples from the story to elaborate your points.
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Explanation:
story “The Thakur’s Well’ tells us about those days when feudal customs of caste hierarchies are observed in our villages. He writes about inhuman landlords and heartless money lenders. This is a tale of social injustice and cruelty.
Gangi and Jokhu live a village. The couple belongs to an untouchable caste. The village has only three wells. The water of the well from which they usually draw water is contaminated. The well is far away. They are not allowed to draw water from the other two wells, Thakur’s well and the Sahuji’s well because of their caste. Gangi, like other lower caste people is a victim of social injustice and cruelty.
While waiting for an opportunity to draw water at the well, she listens to a conversation between two women. The women talk about the men. The men have come in to eat and they order the women to bring water. They would not like the women to rest even for awhile. They do not have the decency to draw water themselves. They give orders as if the women are slaves. The conversation reflects the society of those days. Women are treated like slaves and men exploited the women. Women have no rights then.