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The poem begins the beginning of a journey, sort of a "pilgrimage". Everyone in the group is so devout and optimistic about the journey. They are vigorous in their pursuit and their energy dwarfs every minor issues and "burdens". After getting through the initial steps, they faced some real hassles or difficulties but it didn't push them. But at that point, the scorching sun played with them and it was also symbolized that the further issues wouldn't be soft on them. Their potential strength is being tested by nature. The narrator reckoned that they had worked out quite well till the time. He and his group learnt a lot from the hurdles of this enterprise and they observed and made notes on the ways of peasants of the regions and their modus operandi. They also kept their eye on agents of both goodness and evil. "Surpants" is an allegory of evil people whereas "goats" represent good people. They crossed three cities where a renowned sage h

Meursault is the chief protagonist of the Albert Camus's The Stranger. He is bit taciturn and passive about the life's events. Neither life's joyous moments like marriage proposals nor devastating events like mother's death lead to either breakdown or ecstatic for him. In other words, when he gets the news of his mother's death, he doesn't lost his nerves and just want to finish the funeral ceremonies and return to his work. He keeps thinking about his boss's opinion about him taking a leave on this serious business. Marie's proposal to him too produces no jubilant response from him. In fact, marriage is not important to him. He responds to her that he could marry if it gives her happiness. Such is his queer personality. Till he murder of the Arab, he is just a silent spectator moving on his life without any future wishes. We don't find him nurturing any dream nor he has any ambitions. In spite of the novel narrated in the first person by Meursault

I recently read this novel by Albert Camus, a Nobel laureate for Literature. The novel tells the story of a young man named Meursault, a queer fellow whose detachment from the outside world paves the way for his undoing. The story narrated in the first person by Meursault gives the readers the complete picture of his psyche of which others are ignorant. Yet we are still unsure about his rationale behind the shooting the Arab against whom he doesn't have any personal enmity. Another bewildering fact is his shooting him four times. We don't know if this cruel act is done unintentionally due to the extreme heat of the day. These questions still remain. His indifference or we can say pragmatism, especially in dealing with the events after her mother's demise carves his destiny later. Before her death, she lived in an Old Age Home. Although Meursault had a job and enough space to keep her with him but as he is a young man, it is difficult to hold a conversation with her. It is

Nissim Ezekiel is obviously satirizing not only Indian people's eccentricities and strange habits but also their unnecessary flaunting of the English language. Here we see a farewell addressing of a fellow who is poor in speaking English yet he blatantly breaks the linguistic rules and moulds the language to express what he wants to convey. The colloquial style suits the purpose. He makes so many mistakes and sometimes the interpretation alters in a humorous manner but we can clearly comprehend his good intentions and gratefulness. The speaker delivers an adieu speech in honour of Miss Pushpa T.S who is leaving abroad in a couple of days. He praises her and expresses his gratitude for the favours she had done to him and others. He lauds her both internal goodness as well as external demeanour. Her policy of saying no to others is commended. He ends his speech by wishing her adieu and asks for other speakers to speak and in the end, Miss Pushpa herself will "do summing up"