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- 1. 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. 2
- 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. 3
- 4. Main characters of Story 4 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 5
- 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. 6
- 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. 7
- 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 8
- 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. 9
- 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 shows the obligation of the family where a single daughters simple wish remained pending for a long time due to the lack of money. 10
- 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. 11
- 12. ● 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. 12
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