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A Devoted Son by Anita Desai
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GLOSSARY OF THE TEXT
wunderkind (n.): a person who achieves great success when relatively young
sweetmeat (n.): a small piece of sweet food, made of or covered in sugar
encomiums (n.): a piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
desolate (adj.): feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness
delicacy (n.): fine food item
frugal (adj.): simple and plain and costing little
gastroenteritis (n.): a disease triggered by the infection and inflammation of the digestive system
supplant (v.): replace
hypocritical (adj.): characterized by behaviour that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel
Ambassador (n.): an automobile manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India, in production from 1958
hubbub (n.): a loud confusing noise
prophet (n.): a person regarded as an inspired teacher
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A Devoted Son by Anita Desai
Name: Anita Desai (Pen Name)
Real Name: Anita Mazumdar
Nationality: Indian
Birth: 24 June 1937 (age 84)
Birth Place: Mussoorie, India
Occupation: Writer / Professor
Notable Works: In Custody; Baumgartner's Bombay
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ABOUT THE STORY
“A Devoted Son” is a realistic story of a middle-class Indian family that has been written by a famous Indian writer, Anita Desai. This story is about a devoted Indian son who has tried his best to serve his family members.
The story initially appeared in Anita Desai's story collection, "Games at Twilight and Other Stories." This collection of stories was first published in 1978 by Vintage and has received widespread popularity. The story "A Devoted Son" in this collection has mainly presented contemporary urban Indian people and their lives.
This story has been narrated by a third-person narrator. This story is based on the life of a doctor named Dr. Rakesh. He is the main character of this story.
SETTING OF THE STORY
This story has presented the setting of an Indian village.
THEMES IN THE STORY
We find various themes here in this story, such as devotion, gratitude, desire, change, longing, choice, freedom, defiance, loyalty, powerlessness, and reliance.
CHARACTERS IN THE STORY
Rakesh:
Rakesh is a well-behaved and very devoted son of Varma. He is a brilliant student who becomes a doctor and even gets an opportunity to continue his education and practice in the USA. His father, Varma, is a laborious worker at a kerosene depot. He takes overall care of his father during his old age. He supervises his father in every step, especially in the matter of taking foodstuffs, and even medicates him for every little complaint.
Veena:
Veena is a simple and very caring housewife. She is physically fat but beautiful. She is married to Rakesh. She is very loyal and dutiful by nature. She mostly follows her husband's orders regarding her father-in-law's diet.
Varma:
Varma is a laborious worker at a kerosene depot. He has worked there for more than forty years. He works quite hard and educates his son, Rakesh. He takes pride in his son's achievements. But later, in his old age, he finds his son a tyrant as his son cuts his foodstuffs.
Bhatia:
Bhatia is an old neighbour of the Varma family. He is a friend of Varma who participates in Rakesh's family interactions and activities. He lives next door and often goes to sit outside with Varma and complain about the difficulties faced by both of them.
Varma's wife:
Varma's wife is an unnamed lady in the story. She is a fine housewife as well as a caring mother. But she dies later, which leads to the unhappiness of Varma and makes him sick.
Rakesh's Children:
Rakesh's children are unnamed here in this story. They mostly pass their time and play with their grandfather. Varma also enjoys their company. He takes the help of his grandson to bring foodstuffs for him stealthily.
MORALS OF THE STORY
▪︎ Relationships should be handled quite carefully.
▪︎ Children should fulfil the dreams of their parents, as parents sacrifice their lives for the bright future of their children.
▪︎ Parents should be treated well, as they sacrifice their whole lives working hard to meet the needs of their children.
▪︎ There should always be a fine relationship between children and parents, especially in matters of love, affection, respect, care, etc.
DETAILED SUMMARY
Rakesh came from a poor family background. His grandparents used to work as vegetable vendors. His father had spent his forty years in a kerosene depot working so hard. His father had years of dreaming of having an educated son.
The story starts with the morning newspaper in Rakesh's hand. The morning newspaper brought an atmosphere of celebration to the Varma family, which contained the news of Rakesh's top pass marks in the country. At first, Rakesh touched his father's feet and informed his father about his achievement.
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The result of Rakesh made all the members happy. They whooped and danced. When the people from the community learned about Rakesh's achievement, they arrived at Rakesh's small yellow house at the end of the road to congratulate Varma's family members. They celebrated the occasion as a festival with sound and colours. Rakesh was very well treated by the people with gifts. The result of Rakesh brought a kind of happiness to all. People were served halwa. Rakesh’s success was a special matter of discussion in the neighbourhood. The top grade in the whole country was a matter of pride not only for Varma's family members but for all the people of the community. Rakesh was the only one who got an education first in Varma's family. People felt so good to see a son like Rakesh who was full of good behaviour. They had never seen such qualities in others' sons in their surroundings. Tears rolled down from women's eyes when they heard the act of Rakesh in the morning by his father.
The result of Rakesh was the fruit of Rakesh's father's lifelong sacrifices. Varma had never stepped inside the school, but he made his son educated by doing his hard labour in his entire lifetime.
Later on, Rakesh wrote a thesis for his MD, which brought happiness to all. He won a scholarship for his thesis and got a chance for further study in the USA. Varma never called the country's name America; he only learned to say 'The USA'. He even prohibited his family members from saying the word 'America'. According to him, ignorant neighbours only say America. He asked all his family members to say 'The USA'.
Varma informed about his son's achievement to everyone. He was so joyous about his son's grades and his academic trip to America for his medical education. Most of the neighbours congratulated Varma and wished his son good luck in his further studies. Some of the neighbours were even worried about him. They supposed that the achievement would make Rakesh feel proud and forget his motherland. But Varma didn't care about all that because he was so happy to know about the popularity of his son.
After passing his medical degree, Rakesh spent most of his time in America. He completed his medical degree quite easily and even got a reputed job in an American hospital. He used to send his awards to his home all the time. He kept on getting admired all the time through his awards. In this way, he was in touch with his family and his people.
The result of Rakesh made all the members happy. They whooped and danced. When the people from the community learned about Rakesh's achievement, they arrived at Rakesh's small yellow house at the end of the road to congratulate Varma's family members. They celebrated the occasion as a festival with sound and colours. Rakesh was very well treated by the people with gifts. The result of Rakesh brought a kind of happiness to all. People were served halwa. Rakesh’s success was a special matter of discussion in the neighbourhood. The top grade in the whole country was a matter of pride not only for Varma's family members but for all the people of the community. Rakesh was the only one who got an education first in Varma's family. People felt so good to see a son like Rakesh who was full of good behaviour. They had never seen such qualities in others' sons in their surroundings. Tears rolled down from women's eyes when they heard the act of Rakesh in the morning by his father.
The result of Rakesh was the fruit of Rakesh's father's lifelong sacrifices. Varma had never stepped inside the school, but he made his son educated by doing his hard labour in his entire lifetime.
Later on, Rakesh wrote a thesis for his MD, which brought happiness to all. He won a scholarship for his thesis and got a chance for further study in the USA. Varma never called the country's name America; he only learned to say 'The USA'. He even prohibited his family members from saying the word 'America'. According to him, ignorant neighbours only say America. He asked all his family members to say 'The USA'.
Varma informed about his son's achievement to everyone. He was so joyous about his son's grades and his academic trip to America for his medical education. Most of the neighbours congratulated Varma and wished his son good luck in his further studies. Some of the neighbours were even worried about him. They supposed that the achievement would make Rakesh feel proud and forget his motherland. But Varma didn't care about all that because he was so happy to know about the popularity of his son.
After passing his medical degree, Rakesh spent most of his time in America. He completed his medical degree quite easily and even got a reputed job in an American hospital. He used to send his awards to his home all the time. He kept on getting admired all the time through his awards. In this way, he was in touch with his family and his people.
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