Question

what is the significance of the title? The eyes are not here
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Answer 1

Answer:

So, truly, the passenger "with good eyesight fail[s] to see what is right in front of [him]." The title of the story shows that the eyes of the girl and the man "are not here" because both are blind. The irony is that people who can see are "blind" as well.

Answer 2

The significance of the title, "The eyes are not here" is given in the following points :

• “The Eyes are Not Here” is one of a number of titles attributed to Ruskin Bond's short story.
• However, one could argue that it is the most appropriate, as the two main characters in the story are blind.
• In that sense, there are no eyes “here” on the train, during their brief encounter; at least, not a functioning pair of eyes.
• In the absence of sight, other senses inevitably take over.
• The man's hearing amply compensates for his blindness, as he notices that the young lady's voice has the “sparkle of a mountain stream”.
• This confirms his impression, cunningly obtained by getting the girl to admit that she has a pretty face, that the young lady he's talking to is beautiful.
• As it turns out, the young lady is indeed very beautiful, as the man finds out from his new traveling companion after the girl gets off the train.
• Apparently, even her eyes, her useless eyes, are beautiful.
• But her eyes, like those of her blind traveling companion, are “not here.”
• That is to say, they are in the world, but not of it, as they are unable to register anything visual. In that sense, they don't belong to the world; they are “not here.”
• Well, it often happens that people with good eyesight fail to see what is right in front of them. They have too much to take in, I suppose.
• Whereas people who cannot see (or see very little) have to take in only the essentials, whatever registers most tellingly with their remaining senses.
• So, truly, the passenger "with good eyesight fail[s] to see what is right in front of [him]."  
• The title of the story shows that the eyes of the girl and the man "are not here" because both are blind.  The irony is that people who can see are "blind" as well.

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