What is the message of the story "the portrait of a lady"
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In 'The Portrait of The Lady' by Kushwant Singh, when the author Kushwant and his grandmother move to the city the turning point occurs in their lives. As a child, he was completely dependent upon his grandmother but when they move to a city, the grandmother no longer accompanied the narrator till the school and she was unable to help him with his studies.
The story is the author's grandmother's pen portrait. It determines the fact that a person who is truly religious stays composed and calm, generous and kind-hearted. Grandmother was a truly religious person and had compassion for all. The author through grandmother hits at the generation gap as referred by the grandmother. She opposed the idea of no teaching of scriptures and to the music she had her particular antipathy.
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The moral of the story "The Portrait of a Lady" is first and foremost the sweet companionship of the grandmother and the author.The grandparents old age is well spent ,the children learn care for them.The author learns the basic education of life in his childhood from his grandmother like being attended by her ,going to school and attending the village dogs and feeding them as he also feeds on the same stale chapattis.This teaches the compassion for animals.Later on in his later years also the grandmother teaches him by the example of her character. She is consistant in her work of spinning the wheel counting the beads and praying in herself .This type of character brings peace in the home.The author is very successful in his life learning the basic ethics from his grandmother
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