Swami had thin never thought that this story contained a moral. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Question 5. The Brahmin refused to believe him but the tiger assured him by swearing on the name of God. He always wanted to be cordial and friendly with everyone. It was very painful for poor Swami but he could not help it. The work was the first novel ever published by the famous Indian author R. K. Narayan.Narayan's friend, Graham Greene, recommended his manuscript to a publisher, and it was finally published by Hamish Hamilton in 1935. He can easily break the neck of those with it who offended him. About this book Graham Greene wrote: It was Mr.Narayan with his Swami and Friends who first brought India, in the sense of the Indian population and the Indian way of life, alive to me… Swami is the story of a child written with complete objectivity, with a humour strange to our fiction, closer to Chekhov than to any English writer, with the same underlying sense of beauty and sadness (28). They knocked at the door of Ra jam’s room and as soon as he opened the door, they pretended to be a blind kitten and a blind pUppy and crawled into the room as such. Answer: When Mani told him about Rajam’s friendship with them, the guard allowed them humbly to go inside the house. His life is fairly complex and he has a tough job to do: pleasing both his demanding peers and also the dour world of adults around him. As Swami sits on the table in his ‘room’ which is merely a table in the dressing- room of his father he finds that he has a lot of home work to do, and only two hours for doing it. Question 3. Swami suspected that the Pea and Sankar had done it. His style is smooth and simple. Some Of the instances of his rapport with his granny is seen when he talks.with her. 6. Answer the following questions in about 60 words each. There is nothing uncommon about him, for he is neither a good student nor physically remarkable. The lights kept burning all night. Shankar is another bosom friend of Swami. Granny was not at all interested in them that day. What did Mani decide to do with Rajam? (M.P. Mani decides to bundle Rajam into the river or to crack his shoulders with his club. Black ink — 1 bottle Question 5. A child trying to teach its parents, a character who lays a trap in which he is the first to be caught, the villain who is the victim of his own villainy-in every case the root is the inversion of roles and a situation which recoils. (MP.Board 2011) The third friend is Shankar, the most brilliant boy of the class. He felt uncomfortable in her absence. Do yourself. Realism of Children’s World in Swami and Friends. She gave it to Swami’s aunt she melted it and made four bangles out of it. Somu pushed it away with a heavy blow. There were beehives all around with bees as big as lemons, If the sinner stepped down from the pedestal, he would have to put his foot on immense scorpions and centipedes that crawled about the room in hundreds. The second and third books in the trilogy are The Bachelor of … Answer: The clerk was a clever fellow. He is known as “the mighty good for nothing.” He towers head and shoulders above the other boys of the class and is admired by all. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Swami warns him to be careful for his father is the Superintendent of Police. Swaminathan came out of the examination room but he found that none of his friends had come out. He was very much excited. Question 2. Answer: A fierce fight between Mani and Somu followed. He has taken his raw material from the people and events around him. Clips — 3-6-12 One Saturday afternoon Swami was eager to go off to his friend sand impatiently, waited for the departure of his father for his office. When Mani showed reluctance Swami cried in protestation which made Mani surprised: Question 3. Do you like them? Question 7. They were totally confused but overwhelmed. He wondered what the shape of the people might be who lived in places where the outline narrowed as in a cape and how they managed to escape being strangled by the contour of their land. Imagine yourself as Swaminathan. Fortunately for him, he had helped from many quarters, such as the well-established author British author Graham Green. The headmastet came and announced the closure of school for the vacation. Question 1. Buy Study Guide. Answer: Constant pressure from all directions finally tells on Swami and he bends. What did Swaminathan do in the meanwhile? Rajam is the colonial superpower that Narayan introduces. He came in a car. Rajam gave them permission to handle anything they pleased. Rajam was the symbol of that ‘class of people’ the British colonizer bred, who invariably became alien and even contemptuous to their very own culture. This conclusion was much to the relief of Swami, for he admired Rajam and wanted to be friends with him. They are much Impressed by the toys which he shows them, the respect which he commands, and the way in which col fee and snacks are brought in. He was thinking to break Rajam’s head in a short while and throw his body into the river. On a Saturday afternoon Rajam had promised to visit Swami’s house. Question 1. Question 1. Swami and Friends Swami and Friends is the first of a trilogy of novels written by RK Narayan (1906–2001), English language novelist from India. Swami’s another bosom friend was Samuel, the Pea. Somu sided with Sankar and Pea, and Mani stood up for Swami. 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