Snake in the grass story dasa diary
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Explanation:
1. The story unfolds many superstitions about Cobra.When the beggar listened about the cobra the cobra She became happy and said that they were fortunate. It was God Subramanyam who has come to visit them. She suggested not to kill the snake. Even the mother also with whatever the beggar said. She told her that she was right and reminded herself of the promised Abhishekam. So she thought it was a reminder to do that. So Cobra is believed to be the form of God.
2. Dasa was an old servant of the family. He was sleeping in the shed when the cobra arrived in the compound. When he was informed by the family about Cobra, first he tried to dismiss the matter by saying that there was no cobra.He was a lazy man. When everyone including the neighbours accused him of carelessness and negligence he first demanded a grass –cutter and blamed the family for not providing him one. Then he played a trick. He appeared before them carrying a water-pot whose mouth was sealed with a slab of stone. He put the pot down and said that he had caught the snake. There was a glow of champion on his face. He proudly talked about the strategies he employed to catch the snake. Then he went to the snake charmer to give the pot to him. This way he became the hero of the day.
03:- Element of Humor in the story.
There are several points of humor in this story. As a typical Indian conversation goes from one topic to other, neighbors start discussing the price of grass-cutter, black market, effect of war on prices etc. They forget the actual work of finding the cobra. Moreover, the younger son comes up with statistics of how many people die of snake-bite every year. This frightens people more. The expressions of grandmother also create humor. The snake-charmer arrives but he is unable to find the snake. The beggar calls snake as an incarnation of Lord Subramaniam. The grandmother wishes to have poured some milk in the earthen pot in which snake was caught as Dasa claimed. The funniest part is at the end of the story. Dasa claims that he caught the snake in an earthen pot and he suddenly becomes the hero of the day. However, after his going out with the pot, a snake is seen in the campus. Family members get confused whether there were two snakes. The younger son regrets that he didn’t check the pot which means Dasa may have lied of catching the snake.