swami and friends written in such simple English it is hard to imagine a work of such a literary genius like r.k narayan use so....that
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Swami and Friends
by R. K. Narayan
A little bit about the book...
Anything I mention about the book can be
mistakenly understood as 'spoilers', so I would rather
give a glance into the book without mentioning any
events or plots of the story.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10
years old and living in the era where India was
under the British rule... Like most kids of that age,
Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and
absolutely hates school, even worse Mathematics.
School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story
unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how
he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good
beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s
his way of facing life, talking himself out of
everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh
way. As many teens back then, all he wants to do
is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree,
break something and harass somebody (unlike kids
today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of
India, still is) the life of a typical boy growing up.
Technology isn’t big in a kid's life. All they want is
to play havoc!!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his
growing years ?
In this regard, Narayan gets deeply into the
workings of Swami’s ten year old mind, explaining
exquisitely how he thinks and what his perspective
of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and
gets very attached with the character as the story
progresses. That's the magic of Narayan.
Significance of the book...
‘Swami and Friends’ by R. K. Narayan is not
merely an interesting read that could be enjoyed from
top to bottom, but the work attributes a lot of literary
values even if it is a teen book.
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‘Swami and Friends’ is a good read for the kids
and teens alike. Also the book is widely used in the
Asian continent as a study text for the students who
study literature as a subject at schools. This does not
mean that the book is filled with heavy grammar
and technical jargon. Actually the truth is in contrary
to this.
Swami and Friends is written in such simple
English it is hard to imagine that it is a work of
such a literary genius like R. K. Narayan. The
English used in the book is both plain simple, without
any troubling words for the kids. Also the use of
simple and short sentences adds to the simplicity of
the book.