Short Story :- The Trunk of Ganesha

Short Story :- The Trunk of Ganesha

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                              Jayanta Mahapatra born 22 October 1928 is a major Indian English poet. he is the first Indian poet to win Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. he is the author of popular poems such as Indian summer and Hunger, which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature. Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded padma shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009. however, he returned the padma award in 2015 to protest against the rising intolerance in India.

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                        This short story is written by Indian English Writer Jayanta Mahapatra who is famous for his allegorical and symbolic writings. Here, in this very story he presents the elements of superstitions as pervaded in India life style. The characters are typical from Indian colony and the protagonist is Govinda Maharana. There is the Bengali atmosphere and the tradition of celebrating festivals with the worship of different Gods and Goddesses.

                   When the story opens the character named Govinda is very concerned because of the rift in the idols of Gods especially Lord Ganesha he made. He was master idol- maker and prepared idols with a great skill. He is one of the bets image – maker in the whole valley. He has learnt the craft from his father. His father had learnt it from his father. Thus, Govinda has inherited the art of making idols of The Durgas, The Ganesha and The Siva's from his forefathers. His wife Sulochana Feel very proud for him.

                    With the Passage of time, Govinda has to bring about certain subtle changes in the designing of the Clay – Figures – idols. Now he prepares the Goddesses with slim and sinuous bodies but in the deep corner of his heart, Govinda feels a sense of guilt. He feels that he is using his powers too carelessly. He fears that because of these changes the Gods are angry with him and His result that the trunk of Ganesha breaks down often.

                 When he finds the tear on the Ganesha’s idols repeatedly, it creates a sense of guilt in him. He has starts doubting himself.  He verifies the weight of the Clay mold and the adhesive quality of the day. He thinks about some supernatural intervention .He thinks that he has no right to meddle with the private lives of Gods and Goddesses. He also feels that he is changing too much for the idols and it is unreasonable. These are all silly misgiving that Govinda has.

                       Govinda feels to find any reason for the repeated tear on the idol’s trunk. So, finally he decides to observe the happening in the workroom at night. He, along with his youngest son Ranju, takes his position in a dark corner of the workroom. After waiting for very long, at last he sees a cat between the two bars of open windows. The cat jumps on the idol’s trunk. Thus, the mystery is solved and Govinda feels greatly relieved of the tension. Thus, the cat is the real intruder.

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Poem :- The Daffodils

Poem :- The Daffodils

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                         William Wordsworth born 7 April 1770 and death 23 April 1850 was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. it was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Britain's poet laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on23 April 1850.

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                    Wordsworth is widely known as 'Nature poet". He was one of the representatives of Romantic period. They believed in subjectivity. Nature was at the center in every piece of work. Literary artist should be free in his expression of feelings and emotions. they were completely opposite to 'Classic writers', who believed in rules and regulation.  Wordsworth was of the opinion that;

                   One can find Nature as central element in Wordsworth poems and 'Daffodils' is also not an exception. He starts his poem by saying that he was wandering as a cloud floating above high hills and valleys. He discovered a field of daffodils by a lake. he was quite amused by the beauty of flowers and stares at it again and again. the wealth which Daffodils have given to him is priceless. he compared it with human being and said that Daffodils are dancing, fluttering and tossing their head as man. This is the great ability of poet to compare man with nature. For now, whenever he feels "vacant" or "pensive" the memory flashes upon "that inward eye / that is the bliss of solitude," and his heart fills with pleasure," and dances with the daffodils."

                 The poem follows 'ABABCC' rhyme scheme. First two stanzas are written into present tense while last stanzaa is written into past tense. I think that this poem is wonderful as it lets people love the nature and understand its real beauty, more nicely.In the last part of the poem, the readers learn the importance of nature and also know about the feelings of the poet.

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Poem :- Ode On Solitude

Poem :- Ode On Solitude 

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                         Alexander Pop born 21 May 1688 and death 30 May 1744 is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. he is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including The rape of the lock, The Dunciad, and an Essay on criticism, as well as for his traslation of homer. after Shakespeare, pope is the second-most quoted writer in the English language, as per The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having even become popular idioms in common parlance. he is considered a master of the heroic couplet.

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                 "Ode om Solitude" is written by Alexander pope . Initially in the poem , the poet talks about lonely life of a farmer we think that the life of the farmer is unfortunate because he has to live in the farm away from the society but the poet considered the life of the society but the poet considered the life of the farmer a fortune one because farmer get the change to breath his '' native air '' and he also get the opportunity to live in motherland.

                The poet again emphasis on how lucky the farmer are in the second stanza. the poet says that farmers get to out broad from his owe field and ''looks supply the farmer disattire .'' and during the summer if the sunlight annoys the farmer with its hits than tries in the farms provides ''shades''.

                       Especially the society people consider solitude a course but Poe thinks that solitude is a ''bliss''. As the explains in the third stanza a farmer can take pleasure of pure air and food and he can stay close to nature which provides him the piece of mind while we the people has to struggle a lat to aims.

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Short Story :- Nightingale and Rose

Short Story :- Nightingale and Rose

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                             Oscar Fingal Wilde born 16 October 1854 and death 30 November 1900 was an Irish poet and playwright. after writing in different forms throughout the 1880, the early 1890 saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. he is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The picture of Dorian Gray, and the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross indecency", inprisonment, and early death at age 46.

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                        An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and selfishness. As with all of Wilde's short stories it embodies strong moral values and is told with effervescence akin to that of the 1001 nights.

                       It is the tale of a love struck student who must provide his lover with a red rose in order to win her heart. A nightingale overhearing his lament from a solitary oak tree is filled with sorrow and admiration all at once, and decides to help the poor young man.

                       She journeys through the night seeking the perfect red rose and finally comes across a rambling rose bush but alas, the bush has no roses to offer her. However, there is a way to MAKE a red rose, but with grave consequences.

                      Early it is a great feeling to read the short story of Oscar Wilde. Because if we look into the personal lifeReally it is a great feeling to read the short story of Oscar Wilde. Because if we look into the personal life of the writer then it is full of suffering. he was heavily talking opium. at the same time he has spent his last year of life in prison, so no one can expect great thing from him. but it is not so. 

                 What we have learn from the theory of DEPERSONALIZATION , that work of art and poet- writer  are two different entity. we shouldn't be judgmental that if writer's personal life is disturbed, then his writing also not will be good.there are many examples in literature, for example, Eugene O'Neill that his personal life was also full of pain and suffering. but then even he is famous as American Shakespeare. His works are tremendously popular among the people. My point is that WORK IS IMPORTANT, not the personal life. 

                       Nightingale and Rose is very short, simple and touching story. within few pages what writer tell that can't be told in even long books. on the one side we have beautiful, sweet Nightingale who sacrifice life for love, and when we come to know that boy has thrown Red Rose , we feel sorry for Nightingale.

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