Summary of English short story "a horse and two goat's"
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How does the story "A Horse and the Two Goats" show us a picture of stereotypical rural Indian...
The portrayal of Indian society presented to us in "A Horse and Two Goats" is indeed largely stereotypical. The village of Kritam is mired in deep poverty, in keeping with the stereotypical image...
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How does Muni describe the village headman?
Muni, the protagonist of "A Horse and Two Goats," used to be quite a prosperous herdsman. Back in the day, he had a flock of forty sheep and goats, and this made him a relatively wealthy man by his...
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What did Muni's wife gave him for breakfast and lunch? What does this show about his economic...
A typical breakfast or lunch chez Muni consists of a meager handful of millet flour cooked in a mud pot. If he's really lucky, Muni might get an onion. Such a simple and repetitive diet indicates...
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What did Muni think of the card that the American gave him?
Muni thought that the card was a warrant for his arrest. Because he could not read English, Muni could only guess at the contents of the card. When the American gave him the card, Muni immediately...
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Who is the main character in the story? Muni or the horse? Why?
Muni is the main character in R. K. Narayan’s story, which is told via third-person omniscient perspective. The story’s action revolves around Muni: he leaves home in an attempt to sell his...
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Who is the main character in this story?
A Horse and Two Goats is a collection of short stories. The book, written by R. K. Narayan, illustrated by his brother R. K. Laxman and published in 1970, includes five stories. The title story...
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How does the story “A Horse and Two Goats” develop the idea of the need to interact with...
"A Horse and Two Goats" is a story by Indian author R. K. Narayan. Its main focus is cultural insularity and miscommunication. Although some of the effect of this is comic, it also raises some...
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What is the point of "A Horse and Two Goats" besides an amusing tale about a failure to communicate?
"A Horse and Two Goats" by R. K. Narayan may simply seem like an amusing tale, but it has a far more profound meaning when read in terms of its cultural context. Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer...
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In R.K. Narayan's short story "A Horse and Two Goats," how does the narrator make use of comic...
Irony is defined as the difference between what happens and what is expected. Situational irony is defined as... ...irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite...
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How does Narayan make Muni memorable?
Muni is memorable because he is realistic and also comical. The reader can sympathize with Muni because he is faced with the real life struggles of poverty. He sometimes is ridiculed by others in...
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Examine how cross cultural differences bring out humor in "A Horse and Two Goats."
One example of how cross cultural differences bring out humor is seen when Muni meets the khaki- clad outsider for the first time. From the initial greeting of "Nameste! How do you do?" Muni...
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In "A Horse and Two Goats," what would a diary entry written by Muni look like on the day that he...
Any diary entry concerning Muni's experience with the "red faced" foreigner would have to focus on the way in which Muni's feelings towards him change as their conversation continues. Initially of...
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Normally Muni’s wife starts the day by boiling him some millet for breakfast, then sending him on his way with a ball of leftover millet and a raw onion for lunch. This morning, however, there is no food, so Muni goes out of the hut, shakes the drumstick tree, and gets six drumsticks. His wife offers to boil them with salt, but Muni hankers for something richer—a drum-stick curry. His wife agrees to satisfy his “unholy craving” for “big things,” provided that Muni can gather the ingredients: “a measure of rice or millet. . . . Dhall, chili, curry leaves, mustard, coriander, gingelley oil, and one large potato.” When Muni goes to the village store, however, the shopman refuses him further credit (he already owes the store “five rupees and a quarter”) and belittles the old man in front of other villagers. Muni returns home defeated, and his wife sends him off to graze the goats and to fast for the day. His hope is that she will earn enough money somewhere for an evening meal.
As he passes through the village each day with his two goats, people talk about his diminished status, and Muni quietly hangs his head. Only when he reaches the statue near the highway can he relax and enjoy a little peace. Here Muni sits all day in the shade of the statue—a horse rearing next to a fierce warrior—and watches his goats and an occasional passing vehicle. The vehicles are something to tell his wife about when he goes home at night.
Today Muni will have much to tell, for as he sits enjoying his somnolence, the big world...