The Gold Frame.pdf

"The Gold Frame" This is humerus story which is written by R.K.Laxman.

1. Name :-Sarvaiya Arati Bhupatbhai
College :-Government Art’s College
Semister :-5
th
Std. :-T.Y.B.A.(English)
Subject :-Complesory English
Topic Name :-Humour (The Gold Frame)

2. HUMOUR:-
THE GOLD FRAME
-R.K. LAXMAN

3. •Subtopics of the presentation
■Introduction
■About R. K. Laxman
■About the story
■The story in Short
■Characterization
■Themes of the story
■Conclusion

4. •Introduction
■“The Gold Frame” is a moving short story.It was written by R .
K . Laxman . The story ends in an unexpected manner . It is full of
humour and irony.

5. •About r.k. laxman
■Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman (24
October 1921-26 January 2015) was an Indian
cartoonist, illustrator,and humorist.
■He was best known for his creation The
Common Man and for his daily cartoon
strip,You Said It in the Times of India ,which
started in 1951.

6. •About the story
■The Gold Frame written by R.K.Laxman is the story of a frame maker who
is asked to frame the photograph of a reveled elder. The customer who
brings this photograph is very particular about the frame as the elder is his
patron. In a very light hearted humour, Laxman satirises the way the
customer gives excessive importance to the frame.

7. •the story in short
■Datta is a photo frame maker.He is hardworking man.
One day ,a customer brings an old photograph for
framing. The man who bring the photo respect the old
man in it as the God of his family.He wants to do a
best oval shape frame . Datta asks him two weeks time
to complete his work.
■After ten days ,the customer goes to the shop and asks
him about the photo frame. Datta replies him to come
in the fixed date.

8. ■Then ,he starts to do his job.While doing so,the
paint spills on the old man’s photograph.The photo
becomes completely dameged then after
sometime,he wants to get a proper solution,while
praying to the Gods ,a particular photo captures his
attention. After this ,he decides to find a substitute
for the spoiled photograph. In the search,he finds
one photo is suitable for it.
■Datta works carefully and put the photo in a
shining Gold Frame. Next day , the customer comes
to datta’s shop. Datta gives him ,the package and
the customer becomes impatient to see the portrait.

9. ■After opening the portrait,the customer
thanked happily to Datta , but soon , the
customer asked Datta what he had done.
Datta fears that he finds his fraud. When
Datta tries to answer,the customer asks him
where the Oval is shape and shows the
portrait is in square.Datta feels happy for not
been trapped in identifying the photo.

10. •Characterization

11. •Themes of the story
■There is two themes in this story .
1) Humorous Sentiments
■in this story we can see the Humorous Sentiments in the end of the
story,when the customer has found a minor fault instead of a major fault.
2) Human sense of thinking
■The Human sense of thinking, This is the main theme of the story. In this
story,the customer’s focus is only upon the frame that’s why he can find the
fault of the frame instead of the photograph.

12. •Conclusion
■The story is ironical that the customer has found a minor fault instead
of a major fault.He did not find the photograph and Datta gets a narrow
escape. Thus , the story ends in a twist of humour.