About the author
Hijam Guno is one of the famous Manipuri writer born on 26th June 1920. Guno was quite at ease with English and Bengali his education get distrupted to the Japanese bombardment of Manipur just a few months after his matriculation examination anf his life is a example of ching tam (hill-valley) unity.
Guno address the problem of insurgency in Manipur. Though he takes a very soft look into the problem, he nevertheless tries to find a solution that will somehow bring back the youths into the fold of the society. The complete oeuvre of Guno is Novel
• Laman (revenge) 1958
• Khudol ( the gift) 1964
• Aroiba Paodam ( last answer) 1966
• Eikhoi Tada (my brother) 1966
• Bir Tikendrajit Road 1983
Short stories
• Phijang marumda
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Thouba and Ningthem are the two orphaned brothers who live with their old grandmother i a village away from the city of Imphal, Koutrak.
And while they are young they are the village cowhard and spent their childhood days in the grazing field. since from childhood Thouba the elder brother has always been very protective of Ningthem or Tomba as he calls his younger sibling. they are very poor but not the less they are quite happy with their old grandmother. When they are both in late teens their grandmother pass away, and after her death the boys have a very hard time trying to make two ends
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later on the 20th day they got a court order to vacant their house ad the manager took pity on them (the young boys) and he advised the boys that to appeal against the decision that made by the court. he even took them to the legal draughtsman who feels pity for them. he immediatedy wrote an appeal and registered o the very day and he took the boys home and told them to go to the house of the legislative member every morning and to clean the boya took the advice of the messanger and they started working every morning they went before the sunrise to labour in a big plot of the
As the Joad family faces the same trials that the turtle faces, and as the desperate farmers have to deal with car dealerships, the intercalary chapters help to set the tone of, as well as integrate the various themes of The
The characters and themes in these writings contrast and relate in several ways. The poem is told through the perspective of the grandfather’s grandchild, who cares for him, saying certain things remind them of him after he didn’t “live here anymore” by stating that their grandfather “is blankets and spoons and big brown shoes.” Like the grandfather in “Abuelito Who”, the grandfather in “The Old Grandfather” is old and it is stated that his legs “would not carry him” and his eyes “could not see”, which affected his family’s feelings towards him. The grandfather’s old age was viewed as a weakness, and he was not treated as an equal by his family, such as not being able to sit with them at the table for dinner.
In conclusion, Brother shows his self-interest in how he treats his younger brother. He treats his younger brother, Doodle, as something to ‘fix’ and he cannot accept his brother as he is. When Doodle finally learns to walk, Brother’s selfish need for a more ‘ideal’ little brother is not satisfied for long. Soon he demands a little brother who can run, jump, climb, swim, swing on vines, and row a boat. When he gives Doodle lessons for these activities, he does not do so for concern about Doodle wanting to be able to do them, but because he wants Doodle to be able to be a ‘normal’ brother.
The family's personal encounters with the destructive nature of the traditional family have forced them to think in modern ways so they will not follow the same destructive path that they've seen so many before them get lost on. In this new age struggle for happiness within the Kao family a cultural barrier is constructed between the modern youth and the traditional adults with Chueh-hsin teeter tottering on the edge, lost between them both. While the traditional family seems to be cracking and falling apart much like an iceberg in warm ocean waters, the bond between Chueh-min, Chueh-hui, Chin and their friends becomes as strong as the ocean itself.
In the poems “The Wanderer”, “The Wife’s Lament”, and “Cuchilainn's Boyhood Deeds” there are journeys that each of the characters go through in the poems. In The Wanderer and “The Wife's Lament” the characters are dealing with the lose of a what they called life. In “Cuchilainn's Boyhood Deeds” the young man in the poem is seeking glory and honor. The poem dapple in both a physical journey and a mental or emotional dilemma. In “The Wanderer” the warrior is sent off in exile and he dreams of finding a new lord and a new hall to become apart of. In “The Wifes Lament”, the wife is also living in exile because he husband family has separated them; she images a life where she isnt so lonely anymore. “Cuchulainn's Boyhood Deeds” is about a boy who imagines himself doing heroic deed to gain favor, honor, and to become a legend. Each of the characters has a physical journey that are in the mist of, but while in the middle of those trial they are also faced with emotional pain and longing for a better life.
Tan has written a novel without a central plot but with characters and events that are as powerful as myth, and which often entangle it. The stories of the aunties are interspersed with events involving the daughters, so that China and America come
Nonetheless, this really is a tale of compelling love between the boy and his father. The actions of the boy throughout the story indicate that he really does love his father and seems very torn between his mother expectations and his father’s light heartedness. Many adults and children know this family circumstance so well that one can easily see the characters’ identities without the author even giving the boy and his father a name. Even without other surrounding verification of their lives, the plot, characters, and narrative have meshed together quite well.
One of the children came forward his name was Edward Baines. Edward Baines was one of the children in the mills he was beaten by the master's children
The adults were Jurgis, Marija Berczynskas, Ona’s cousin, Teta Elzbieta, Ona’s stepmother and, Jonas, the brother of Ona’s stepmother quickly found work. Their initial plan was the children went to school and Ona was stay at home. As the family’s living expenses increased, Ona and little Stanislovas, one of Teta Elzbieta’s children, were also forced to look for jobs. “Teta Elzbieta had taken Stanislovas to the priest and gotten a certificate to the effect that he was two years older than he was.” (Sinclair, 59) Little Stanislovas was not old enough to work, but they were falsifying age and he was able to work. Besides, Dede Antanas wanted to work to help the family, although he was already 60 years old. After agreeing to pay another man a third of his wages for helping him obtain the job, old Antanas started working in "pickle room" in Durham’s cellars. Since then, these people started working to earn money with all their strength to cover the cost of life and hope they would better off in the future. Soon, they realized that the work they were doing too heavy and unsafe conditions, especially with old Antanes. The place he worked as dark tunnel, and did not have heating. Moreover, "his feet were soaked in chemicals, and it was not long before they had eaten through his new boots" (Sinclair, 64). After a period of work, old Antanas constant coughed and became more intense day by
No one knows what will happen in his or her life whether it is a trivial family dispute or a civil war. Ishmael Beah and Mariatu Kamara are both child victims of war with extremely different life stories. Both of them are authors who have written about their first-hand experience of the truth of the war in order to voice out to the world to be aware of what is happening. Beah wrote A Long Way Gone while Kamara wrote The Bite of the Mango. However, their autobiographies give different information to their readers because of different points of view. Since the overall story of Ishmael Beah includes many psychological and physical aspects of war, his book is more influential and informative to the world than Kamara’s book.
When the children become stranded on the island, the rules of society no longer apply to them. Without the supervision of their parents or of the law, the primitive nature of the boys surfaces, and their lives begin to fall apart. The downfall starts with their refusal to gather things for survival. The initial reaction of the boys is to swim, run, jump, and play. They do not wish to build shelters, gather food, or keep a signal fire going. Consequently, the boys live without luxury that could have been obtained had they maintained a society on the island. Instead, these young boys take advantage of their freedom and life as they knew it deteriorates.
As the villagers began to accept truth and not the superstitions, those who remained became very angry. The Ibo culture started to fall apart. The missionaries, Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith taught the women who were leaving their twins to die in t...
The story revolves around the two children, boys, who were interested, more than the childhood and into the adult world. This is illuminated by the spying of homes when their uncle reaches home from the work and particular focuses on the Mangan’s sister while she was dressing up and when she moves from here and there swinging the soft hair rope from each side of the body.
The girl when confronted not only by the death of her siblings but by this man telling her that she only has four siblings because two are dead, she remains calm and innocent to the man's rational words. However, when the boy doesn't get what he wants, the bazaar gift, he becomes angry and loses his sense of childlike behavior.
Nhalapo was forced awake by the sound of Jakob, her baby brother, coughing up bile. His petite frame convulsed once, then fell limp to the hard ground. She rushed over, faintly aware of the deep ache in her own belly, to wrap her arms around his shivering shoulders. He, like herself and her other three siblings, was starving. Their parents had been killed, leaving them in the care of their only living grandparent who, by anyones standards, wasn 't able to properly care for them. Just one week into their new living arrangement, their food ran out. Her youngest sister had passed away first, of dehydration and exhaustion. It was only a matter of time before the rest of them wasted away, into nothing