what values of humanity are reflected through the character of the kind man ( The lost child)
Answers
The feelings of humanity is the beauty of life. Humanity makes us true human beings and we ensure the people and life-forms around us don’t suffer. Humanity urges us to lessen sufferings and pain of people around us.
In the chapter The Lost Child by Mulk Raj Anand, we see humanity reflected in the man who heard the cries of the lost child. He not only becomes sensitive to the child’s pain, but also came forward to help him. He lifted him up in his arms and consoled him. He offered him all the things that he had wanted earlier; he took him to the roundabout for a ride on the toy horse, the snake-charmer, the balloons seller, the flower-seller, and finally to the sweet seller, but the child didn’t want any of them, he just wanted to be reunited to his parents.
That kind man’s sympathy and kindness must have made the lost child feel safe and protected.
The man who had rescued the child had a heart full of goodness. He did not ignore the painful shrieks of the boy calling for his parents. Risking his own safety, he bent down in the crowd to rescue the child from getting trampled. He forgot his own purpose of visiting the shrine did his best to comfort and soothe the scared boy. He talked to him very kindly and inquired about his parents. When he did not get any response from the child, he did not lose patience. Instead he tried to make him feel at ease by offering him the little things that children love. The man sincerely tried to pacify the child so that he could help him to find his parents. His character thus reflects the human values of kindness, compassion, care and love.