Character sketch of astrologer

Presentation Semester 3

1. Presentation semester 3 Name : Gondaliya Pina K Subject : Indian English literature pre i - independence Presentation : Character Sketch of Topic Astrologer Submitted To : Department of English M.K. Bhavnager

2. 👉 R.K.Narayan R. K. Narayan Indo English writer. He was boen Madras in Indian He Created the imaginary town of Malgudi, where realistic characters in a typical Indian setting lived amid unpredictable events. ‹#›

3. 👉 An Astrologer’s Day The point of view in the story is on the third person, restricted to the astrologer This last fact is crucial to the story, as it givs us the background of the climax. The Narrator tells us that, year ago, he attacked a man with a knife while being drunk. He hadn’t kill him, but the main character always though he did, untill the same man he had attacked went as a client to his. ‹#›

4. Main characters of Story ‹#› Astrologer's wife Guru Nayak 03 01 02 Astrologer Main Character of the story

5. 👉 Physical Appearance The Astrologer gave a very bright and impressive reflection through his forehead with sacred ash and vermillion and sparkling eyes. He wore a saffron colored turban that that gave him a typical Astrologer like look People saw a divine light in his eyes and were attracted to him ‹#›

6. 👉 His Material and place of work He sat under a tamarind tree at the town Hall park. He carried his professional equipment like cowrie shells, a square cloth etc. It was one of the most busy place of the town, so he caught the attention of numbers of customers. ‹#›

7. 👉 His Knowledge of Astrology He was not an astrologer by profession. He didn't even know his own future. But learning and perfection through the experience of life had given him a better understanding of mankind’s troubles. Using his long practice and clever guesswork. He foretold future of people. ‹#›

8. Astrologer's Attitude towards the stranger He starts his business during midday and works so hard using his smart mind to earn money. When he sees the stranger standing in front of him, , he thinks of as his prospective customer. During closing time he recognized him that it was same person whom he killed ‹#›

9. Continue…. He invites him instead of moving He tries his best to convince the stranger for the sake of money. He doesn't know about astrology but he tries to satisfy the stranger through his guesswork for the sake of money only. Next, his acts of convincing the stranger also show his fake attitude. He advises the stranger to move to his hometown immediately. This shows his shrewdness and hypocrisies in his attitude. ‹#›

10. 👉 His Economics Status I feel a little upset to know about their pitiable economic status. To get twelve and a half annas, the astrologer's wife planned to buy Jaggery and coconut to prepare sweet for their daughter. Their daughter was demanding sweets for a long time. This s hows the obligation of the family where a single daughters simple wish remained pending for a long time due to the lack of money. ‹#›

11. The Astrologer in this story is a villagers who run away from his village because he killed a person. His circumstances forced him to take up this profession. ‹#›

12. Citation An astrologers day : R k NARAYAN : Free Download, borrow, and streaming. Internet Archive. (1970, January 1). Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76639 . R. K. Narayan. Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://biography.yourdictionary.com/r-k-narayan . YouTube. (2020, December 5). Character sketch OF astrologer in AN Astrologer's Day |character sketch of. YouTube. Retrieved September 29, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdadHV8n3h8. ‹#›

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