Draw a contrast of the life the narrator’s grandmother spent in the village with the kind of life she led in the city. Particularly, highlight her concern for her grandson’s education.
The grandmother was used to the life of the village. She got up early in the morning. She woke up her grandson and got him ready for school. She was very much concerned about the education of the narrator. She accompanied him to his school. She sat in the temple reading the scriptures. She was friendly even to the village dogs and fed them regularly.
The city life and its culture didn’t suit her. She was a religious lady. She was quite conservative in thinking. The English school, English language and science were foreign to her. Actually, she didn’t like them. She was upset to know that they didn’t teach about God and the scriptures at the city-school. She hated music. She didn’t like music lessons being given at the new school. She felt lonely when he went up to University and then abroad for five years. But she had accepted her loneliness silently.
Describe the unique relationship of the grandmother with the sparrows. How did the sparrows mourn her death?
How did the grandmother receive the narrator when he returned from abroad? Do you notice a change in her behaviour?
Describe in brief the pen-picture of the narrator’s grandmother highlighting her noble qualities.
Describe how the common bond of friendship was broken when the narrator’s parents sent for them in the city.
