Question

Write a brief note on the ending of the novel The guide? By RK Narayan?​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R. K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. The novel describes the transformation of the protagonist, Raju, from a tour guide to a spiritual guide and then one of the greatest holy men of India.

Railway Raju (nickname) is a disarmingly corrupt tour guide who is famous among tourists. He falls in love with a beautiful dancer, Rosie, the wife of archaeologist Marco. They have come to Malgudi, the fictional town in South India, as tourists. Marco does not approve of Rosie's passion for dancing. Rosie, encouraged by Raju, decides to follow her dreams and start a dancing career. In the process they become close to each other. On learning of their relationship, Marco leaves Rosie in Malgudi and goes back to Madras alone. Rosie turns up at the home of Raju and they start living together. But Raju's mother does not approve of their relationship, and leaves them. Raju becomes Rosie's stage manager and soon, with the help of Raju's marketing tactics, Rosie becomes a successful dancer. Raju, however, develops an inflated sense of self-importance and tries to control her life and he wants to build as much wealth as possible. Raju gets involved in a case of forgery of Rosie's signature and gets a two-year sentence despite Rosie's best efforts to save him. After completing the sentence, Raju passes through a village, Mangal where he is mistaken for a sadhu (a spiritual guide). Since he does not want to return in disgrace to Malgudi, he decides to stay in an abandoned temple, close to the village. There he plays the role of a Sadhu to perfection delivering sermons and discourses to the villagers and solving their day to day problems and disputes. Soon there is a famine in the village and villagers somehow get the idea that Raju will keep a fast in order to make it rain. Raju confesses the entire truth about his past to Velan, who had first discovered Raju in the temple and had developed a complete faith in him like the rest of the villagers. The confession does not make a difference to Velan and Raju decides to go on with the fast. With media publicizing his fast, a huge crowd gathers (much to Raju's resentment) to watch him fast. In the morning of the eleventh day of fasting, he goes to the riverside as part of his daily ritual. He feels that the rain is falling in the hills in the distance and he sags down in water. The ending of the novel leaves it to the reader to guess whether Raju died, and whether it rained.

Answer 2

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• Railway Raju (nickname) is a well-known and disarmingly corrupt tour guide.
• He falls in love with Rosie, the wife of archaeologist Marco, a beautiful dancer. They arrived in Malgudi, a fictitious town in South India, as tourists. Marco disapproves of Rosie's love of dancing.
• Rosie, encouraged by Raju, decides to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer. They become close to each other as a result of the process. Marco abandons Rosie in Malgudi and returns to Madras alone after learning of their relationship. Rosie appears at Raju's house and the two begin living together. However, Raju's mother disapproves of their relationship and abandons them.
• Raju becomes Rosie's stage manager, and with Raju's marketing strategies, Rosie quickly becomes a successful dancer. Raju, on the other hand, develops an inflated sense of self-importance and attempts to control her life, and he desires to amass as much wealth as possible.
• Despite Rosie's best efforts to save him, Raju is charged with forgery of Rosie's signature and sentenced to two years in prison.
• After finishing the sentence, Raju passes through Mangal, where he is misidentified as a sadhu (a spiritual guide). He decides to stay in an abandoned temple near the village rather than return to Malgudi in disgrace.
• There, he perfects the role of a Sadhu, delivering sermons and discourses to the villagers and resolving their day-to-day problems and disputes. There is soon a famine in the village, and the villagers get the idea that Raju will fast in order to make it rain. Raju tells the entire truth about his past to Velan, who discovered Raju in the temple and, like the rest of the villagers, has complete faith in him.
• The confession has no effect on Velan, and Raju decides to continue the fast.

• In terms of media After publicizing his fast, a large crowd gathers to watch him fast (much to Raju's chagrin). He goes to the riverside as part of his daily ritual on the eleventh day of fasting. He feels rain falling in the hills in the distance and sinks into the water.

The novel's conclusion leaves the reader to speculate on whether Raju died and whether it rained.

                                 

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