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1. Comment on the title of the essay.
2. Write a charactersketch of Maara.
3. Discuss the relationship between man and nature, as in the narrative, "An Indentured Spirit."
4. Discuss the relationship between the author and Maara.
5. How does the wordly-wise Maara outwit the intellectually superior narrator? What does it tell you about life and living?
6. Comment on Maara's superstitions and faith, and how it works to the advantage of the narrator.
So let's begin with the character sketch, shall we? Elaborate on the points I'm listing below:
aged, reluctant
assumes accusatin of theft, defends himself using irrelevant points like "won't fit me"
very bitter about puppy - ruined his sleep
lazy old mn - weary old man
too old to be tempted to steal
leisurely soul
believer: birth-rebirth cycle
very "worldly wise"
"extraordinary intelligence lurked beneath the cover of idiocy"
very nice line: "didn't see much difference between the visible and the invisible, the form and the formless. The formless wind became manifest as a cloud; the same cloud became even more tangible as water."
peculiar logic and powers of intelligence
"They know these things. If the chappals are placed wrongly, the dogs will leave them alone thinking they belong to a ghost. Tell me what a ghost's feet are like. Aren't they in reverse?"
"To see the chappals placed in reverse and realize, 'o-ho, a ghost has left its chappals and gone inside,' Kiwi would need to know a lot of things........... ghosts truly exist." - self-explanatory; quote it as author's disbelief
better to learn to live with Maara's thoughts, logic and intelligence and the beliefs that suffused his blood
But all this is in part one. In part two, Maara's character evolves into a "wily old man" who had sub-contracted his work to Chowdi and slept soundly in a flimsy hut near the fields while Chowdi guarded the author's estate night and day, fist-cuff and locks in hand.
I hope you've read the chapter - none of this will make sense otherwise.
1. Comment on the title of the essay.
2. Write a charactersketch of Maara.
3. Discuss the relationship between man and nature, as in the narrative, "An Indentured Spirit."
4. Discuss the relationship between the author and Maara.
5. How does the wordly-wise Maara outwit the intellectually superior narrator? What does it tell you about life and living?
6. Comment on Maara's superstitions and faith, and how it works to the advantage of the narrator.
So let's begin with the character sketch, shall we? Elaborate on the points I'm listing below:
aged, reluctant
assumes accusatin of theft, defends himself using irrelevant points like "won't fit me"
very bitter about puppy - ruined his sleep
lazy old mn - weary old man
too old to be tempted to steal
leisurely soul
believer: birth-rebirth cycle
very "worldly wise"
"extraordinary intelligence lurked beneath the cover of idiocy"
very nice line: "didn't see much difference between the visible and the invisible, the form and the formless. The formless wind became manifest as a cloud; the same cloud became even more tangible as water."
peculiar logic and powers of intelligence
"They know these things. If the chappals are placed wrongly, the dogs will leave them alone thinking they belong to a ghost. Tell me what a ghost's feet are like. Aren't they in reverse?"
"To see the chappals placed in reverse and realize, 'o-ho, a ghost has left its chappals and gone inside,' Kiwi would need to know a lot of things........... ghosts truly exist." - self-explanatory; quote it as author's disbelief
better to learn to live with Maara's thoughts, logic and intelligence and the beliefs that suffused his blood
But all this is in part one. In part two, Maara's character evolves into a "wily old man" who had sub-contracted his work to Chowdi and slept soundly in a flimsy hut near the fields while Chowdi guarded the author's estate night and day, fist-cuff and locks in hand.
I hope you've read the chapter - none of this will make sense otherwise.
In the story, "An Indentured Spirit," is chowdi the indentured spirit?
ReplyDeleteAs Maara is in a indenture with the god, chowdi.
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