Write summary of the chapter "Home coming" by Rabindranath Tagore.
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In The Home-Coming by Rabindranath Tagore we have the theme of conflict, control, responsibility, love and isolation. Taken from his Collected Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Tagore may be exploring the theme of conflict. Makhan will not listen to Phatik when he tells him to get off the log. If anything Makhan is being defiant though he does pay a price for his defiance. Phatik and his friends roll the log over and Makhan falls off. This causes Makhan to hit Phatik and it is interesting that Phatik doesn’t retaliate. However this is not how Phatik’s mother sees things when Makhan returns home and tells his version of events. Phatik is the one who is blamed for hitting his brother and bringing conflict into the home. What is also interesting about Phatik’s mother is the fact that she has no control over him. He is not necessarily doing things that are dangerous or overly wrong. He is acting as many fourteen year old boys would do. Something which is too much for Phatik’s mother. If anything Phatik is not allowed to be a young adolescence boy by his mother. Which might be the reason why she is only too pleased to have Bishambar take him to Calcutta. The reader aware that Phatik’s mother is unable to manage him. Something that is her fault and not Phatik’s.
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Home Coming
The chapter Home Coming is written by Rabindranath Tagore. In this story, he highlights the pain and suffering of a child who can't express his emotions to anyóne. In this story the main character is Phatik.
There was a little bóy name Phatik Chakravarty. His father died very early when Phatik was at very young age. Phatik lived with his mother and brother Makhan. Since Phatik's father was no more, he was scólded and núdged for every reason by his mother. Also she used to beat him. Though his mother scolded him for his betterment but scolding everytime didn't help Phatik much. Due to this, Phatik turned to be a lazy and disobedient child. He used to prank everyone in village and trouble the villagers. On the other hand, Phatik's brother Makhan was very sincere, obedient and good in studies. This made Phatik jealous of Makhan. He tried to trouble Makhan. He and his friends transformed a wooden log to a boat, and forcefully made Makhan sit over it. This made Makhan fell in the river and he log hurted and wet all over. When Makhan returned back home and told everything to his mother, his mother got angry. And in the village side, Phatik was pranking everyone as usual. That day Phatik's school master also came home and complained about Phatik's poor performance in exams. When Phatik returned home, his mother started questioning and scolding him about all his works. That day Phatik's uncle came to his village. His uncle decided to take Phatik to Calcutta where he used to live. There in Calcutta, Phatik's condition was spoiled more. His aunty used to scold and beat him for everything he done. Sometimes she even didn't give him food to eat. Also he didn't have any friend whom he can share his grief and share sadness. This made Phatik's grade decrease gradually. Once Phatik lost his notebook for which his aunt didn't give him food to eat because of loósing. Next day he felt severely ill. And that day it was raining heavily. Also it was the last day of his school. In order to prevent getting wet from rain, Phatik took shelter at somewhere. He didn't wish to return back home. He was missing his mother, brother and friends. Since Phatik didn't return to home, his uncle and aunty got worried thus they filed a police complaint about the missing child. Police found Phatik laying and screaming to meét his mother and brother. He was in a very sadful and critical condition. He didn't allow and doctor to treat him and just cried to méet his mother. He always used to ask his uncle to take him to his mother in vacations.
On seeing the condition of Phatik, his uncle called his mother. She came in a worrying and sobbing condition. Finally Phatik mét his mother and said "Holidays have come, Mother " . This was his last sentence .