Mr Sampath : R K Narayan
R.K Narayan has not circumscribed the whole plot exclusively around the presumed protagonist Mr Sampath. Though story seemingly revolves around him and his work, but Mr Sampath does not seem to be the real protagonist(though implicitly he is the central character). Actually one may get confused with a Mr Srinivas to be the main person in this whole story but it is Sampath who influences people and gets everyone involved in some kind of work.
The author describes everything through Mr Srinivas. Be it the dogmas that affect the society, be it the author's outrage against caste system or be it the description of the whole place called Malgudi. In a way, Mr Srinivas portrays the whole indian dogmas in a light vein. He is shown not to be overtly religious and not at all superstitious.
Mr Srinivas, a young man who muses a lot, after being rebuked by his elder brother comes to malgudi to start a weekly magazine The Banner. Mr Sampath, who is the painter is shown to be devoted to his work of painting and he considers the business of the customer as his own. The considerations of money were not his priority. He helps Mr Srinivas to start off the Banner without nagging him for finances. The publication had to be suspended due to malfunctioning of printing machine of the Painter. Also comes into scene a new friend of Srinivas, a Mr. Ravi who was an artist at heart but worked in the bank. This person is shown to be in love with a mysterious girl whom he has never talked to and who had left the village long before. Srinivas and Sampath sees the artist in him and tries to put him to some work after he was removed from his job at bank. But Ravi was committed not to make any painting till he is able to see the girl again. Sampath starts a new business in studio with some big shots and also roped in Srinivas to write the scenes for the film. Srinivas persuades Sampath to get Ravi some work in the accounts secton of studio. The author describes how films have to be made from the point of view of popular demand rather than educating public on the socioeconomic and political issue, how the director mould the scenes written by the story writer to suit his own whims and fancies.
Srinivas has a wife and a son and he is shown to have a quite average kind of marriage life. It was with less romance and lots of daily rituals(not religious or spiritual). They had a landlord who was an old stingy man. Mr Sampath roped him too into the studio business by promising him that he would persuade Ravi to marry his granddaughter. The shrewdness of Sampath is quite visible at this point as Ravi had decided not to marry any other girl while Sampath promised the old man for the opposite.
R.K Narayan very neatly describes the futility of human relationships when the old man dies and there was a beeline of his never before seen relatives, all claiming to be the actual heir to his property. There is a sudden turn in the life of Ravi when Sampath calls his so called cousin Shanti to do the lead role in the movie. Shanti seemed much like the Ravi's dreamgirl. Ravi gets into art again and starts getting crazy for the lady. Also, Sampath's wife complained Srinivas about the gowing proximity of Shanti and Sampath. Though Srinivas tried to communicate with Sampath, but he shows the men's craziness for more than one woman.
During a movie scene, Ravi was not able to control himself when he saw that Sampath was going to embrace Shanti and went berserk. He lost control of his mind and attacked Shanti. At this point it became clear that Ravi had more of lust than love for that girl. He was sent to jail and again released after Sampath took back the complaint on the persuation of Srinivas. Sampath took that girl for a holiday to pacify her.
Ravi had totally lost control over his mind, while his mother does all those superstitous things of witchcraft and these all things culminate into Ravi's mother taking Ravi to some temple for peace of mind. Mr Srinivas, on the other hand started his magazine again and vowed never to return to studio business again.
Once Sampath came again, tells him how sweet the girl she was and how she left him at the railway station and getting lost into wilderness never to be found again. The novel ends on in a very life like manner. Some are ruined, some get hurt and some rise. the story actually doesnt seem to have an end like life. Whatever happens, does not really affect anybody and everything moves on its own course as it had to. Sampath goes on to do something about which Srinivas is not bothered or rather cannot afford to bother because of earlier troubles. Srinivas was going well with his business and passion of Banner and his marriage life was going smoothly. The author has portrayed life itself.
The author describes everything through Mr Srinivas. Be it the dogmas that affect the society, be it the author's outrage against caste system or be it the description of the whole place called Malgudi. In a way, Mr Srinivas portrays the whole indian dogmas in a light vein. He is shown not to be overtly religious and not at all superstitious.
Mr Srinivas, a young man who muses a lot, after being rebuked by his elder brother comes to malgudi to start a weekly magazine The Banner. Mr Sampath, who is the painter is shown to be devoted to his work of painting and he considers the business of the customer as his own. The considerations of money were not his priority. He helps Mr Srinivas to start off the Banner without nagging him for finances. The publication had to be suspended due to malfunctioning of printing machine of the Painter. Also comes into scene a new friend of Srinivas, a Mr. Ravi who was an artist at heart but worked in the bank. This person is shown to be in love with a mysterious girl whom he has never talked to and who had left the village long before. Srinivas and Sampath sees the artist in him and tries to put him to some work after he was removed from his job at bank. But Ravi was committed not to make any painting till he is able to see the girl again. Sampath starts a new business in studio with some big shots and also roped in Srinivas to write the scenes for the film. Srinivas persuades Sampath to get Ravi some work in the accounts secton of studio. The author describes how films have to be made from the point of view of popular demand rather than educating public on the socioeconomic and political issue, how the director mould the scenes written by the story writer to suit his own whims and fancies.
Srinivas has a wife and a son and he is shown to have a quite average kind of marriage life. It was with less romance and lots of daily rituals(not religious or spiritual). They had a landlord who was an old stingy man. Mr Sampath roped him too into the studio business by promising him that he would persuade Ravi to marry his granddaughter. The shrewdness of Sampath is quite visible at this point as Ravi had decided not to marry any other girl while Sampath promised the old man for the opposite.
R.K Narayan very neatly describes the futility of human relationships when the old man dies and there was a beeline of his never before seen relatives, all claiming to be the actual heir to his property. There is a sudden turn in the life of Ravi when Sampath calls his so called cousin Shanti to do the lead role in the movie. Shanti seemed much like the Ravi's dreamgirl. Ravi gets into art again and starts getting crazy for the lady. Also, Sampath's wife complained Srinivas about the gowing proximity of Shanti and Sampath. Though Srinivas tried to communicate with Sampath, but he shows the men's craziness for more than one woman.
During a movie scene, Ravi was not able to control himself when he saw that Sampath was going to embrace Shanti and went berserk. He lost control of his mind and attacked Shanti. At this point it became clear that Ravi had more of lust than love for that girl. He was sent to jail and again released after Sampath took back the complaint on the persuation of Srinivas. Sampath took that girl for a holiday to pacify her.
Ravi had totally lost control over his mind, while his mother does all those superstitous things of witchcraft and these all things culminate into Ravi's mother taking Ravi to some temple for peace of mind. Mr Srinivas, on the other hand started his magazine again and vowed never to return to studio business again.
Once Sampath came again, tells him how sweet the girl she was and how she left him at the railway station and getting lost into wilderness never to be found again. The novel ends on in a very life like manner. Some are ruined, some get hurt and some rise. the story actually doesnt seem to have an end like life. Whatever happens, does not really affect anybody and everything moves on its own course as it had to. Sampath goes on to do something about which Srinivas is not bothered or rather cannot afford to bother because of earlier troubles. Srinivas was going well with his business and passion of Banner and his marriage life was going smoothly. The author has portrayed life itself.
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