private tuition by mr bose Flashcards
Theme: duty and obligations
“the baby had to have his first pair of shoes and soon he would be needing oranges, biscuits, plastic toys”
Theme: conflict - family life vs work
“Intolerable…only for seventy five rupees.”
“when he could not bare it any longer, he turned his head, slightly just enough to be able to look…(at) his wife”
“he was excluded…liked to break in and join them
Theme: pressures of modern living
“trying to distract (upneet) from her observation of his domestic life.”
Literary device: use of domestic imagery
“(his wife) now rolling out purées”
literary device: diction
“his pupil, too scowled”
“many questions leapt to Mr Bose’s lips, ready to pounce on”
Literary device: rhetorical questions
“why did she come? what use had she for bengali poetry?”
significance of ending
resolved ending where harmony is restored to mr bose relationship with wife. Desai reminds us the importance of understanding one another
