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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 15 2023 | None
Sense of love towards nature and children in the short stories of Ruskin Bond
B.Neethu Prathyusha and Dr.T.K.V.SrinivasaRao
Pages: 275-278
Abstract
The portrayal of child characters in the hilly areas of Dehradun by thewriter Ruskin Bond has become his trade mark. He describes childhood alongwith the naturein such a beautifulway that the readers become mesmerized with is writings. He talks about nature, about life and the difficulties which are faced by the people in the mountainous villages. There is lack of opportunity for the youth and they are bound to live in a limited means withoutany development. People have to migrate to outside cities for their livelihoodleaving behind their childhood and their families alone. The emotional distancewhich is created by the separation of working members and the children of thefamilyisverypainful.RuskinBondraisesthiskindofissueswiththehelpofhisstoriesandnovels. His words are very simple as well asharsh in certain situations. He deals with his plots in such a way that the outputsituations isfelt favorable to the readers and doesjustice to his characters. Hehas never let his child and youth characters down are being carried away by theinfluence of others. He sees throughout the story that his characters win over theill situations and lead a happy life in the future. The love for Ruskin Bond towards children is seen in most of his novels.Most of the senior writers don’t give much emphasis to characters of children. But, Rusk in Bond gives a special importance to children and thoroughly explains their character and their thought process which is very innocent. All petty activities related to children like jumping in stay water on the road, climbing a tree to pluck a mango, wandering in the streets and observing others and nature etc. are described in detail. This tickles the funny bone of the readers who have had similarly thoughts in their childhood. The feeling of childhood helps people to hold themselves fromthe effects of ill post-modernism. The nature of children is universal all over the world. Rusk in Bond has shown the habits of children that are equalinevery part of the world.
Keywords
mesmerized, innocent, wandering, emphasis
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