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The Village by The Sea by

Anita DesaiAimi, Farhanah, Jannah, Kavi, Magdeline, Adian, Ari, A!im, "lham,#u$man


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AUTHORS

BACKGROUND


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ANITA MAZUMDAR DESAI

2%&' J()* 1+-

"ndian novelist and short story .riter

orn to 0erman mother, &oni )eme and a engalibusinessman, ) Ma!umdar in Mussoorie, "ndia

0erman 3 her irst language besides engali, (rdu and*nglish 4'er literary language5

egin to .rite in *ng, age o - First ublished story atage o +

7ueen8s Mary 'igher 9econdary 9chool, elhi


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A in *nglish #iterature in 1+:- rom theMiranda 'ouse o (niversity o elhi

1+:; 3 married Ashvin esai 4 irector o

sot.are comany and author 3 et.een*ternities < "deas o #ie and &he Cosmos

Four children 3 ook =ri!e .inning novelist,Kiran esai

uring .eekends, taken to &hul 4near Alibagh5 3setting o her novel &he >illage by the 9ea


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CURRENTLY..

Fello. o the ?oyal 9ociety o #iterature, theAmerican Academy o Arts and #etters, 0irtonCollege, Cambridge and Clare 'all, Cambridge

=resently, lives in the (nited 9tates

9he is the John * urchard =roessor o @ritingat Massachusetts "nstitute o &echnology,Cambridge, MA


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Other Works

Cry, the =eacock 41+65

>oices in the City 41+6:5

yeye, lackbird 41+-15

&he =eacock 0arden 41+-%5

@here 9hall @e 0o &his

9ummerB 41+-:5

Cat on a 'ouseboat 41+-65

Fire on the Mountain 41+--5

0ames at &.ilight and ther 9tories 41+-;5

Clear #ight o ay 41+;D5


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>illage by the 9ea 41+;25

"n Custody 41+;%5

aumgartnerEs ombay 41+;;5

Journey to "thaca 41++65

Fasting, Feasting 41+++5

iamond ust 42DDD5

&he ig!ag @ay 42DD%5

&he Artist o isa earance< &hree )ovellas


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S!NO"SIS


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>illage by the 9ea is set in a small village called &hul,.hich is 1% kilometres rom ombay

#ila, the eldest child among our siblings, is thirteen yearsold, yet she already has the outlook and maturity o anadult 'er brother 'ari, t.elve, the only erson .ith.hom she can share her troubles


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&heir mother is an invalid and needs constant care and nursing)obody kno.s .hat eGactly is .rong .ith her but she gro.s.eaker and .eaker .ith every assing day &heir ather, .hohas been out o .ork or months, is in a ermanent drunkenstuor, rom .hich he arises occasionally to shout at his amily


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@hat .ith t.o younger sisters to take care o as .ell as theirmother, lie or #ila and 'ari is not easy &heir ather is mostuseul .hen he is a.ay at the local toddy sho, getting drunk&here is a constant need or money as the amily is almostal.ays in debt &hen one day, 'ari decides he8s had Hust aboutenough and leaves or ombay 3 the ombay .here dreamscome true and ambitions gro. into reality


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#ila is let alone, to manage her sisters ela and Kamal and hermother and someho. kee the amily strings together 'elcomes rom an uneGected source, the rich e9ilva8s

Mean.hile, 'ari is ne. in the great city o ombay, and allalone A kind restaurant rorietor, Jagu, takes ity on him and.elcomes him to .ork in his restaurant


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&here, 'ari builds a strong riendshi .ith Mr =an.allah, thelovable .atch reairer .hose sho is Hust beside Jagu8s9et against the backdro o a tyical "ndian ishing village, &he>illage by the 9ea .ill leave a lasting imression on the mind othe reader


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"#OT


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E$%osition

&he introduction o charactersI 'ari, #ila, ella, Kamaland their dog, =into

&he descrition o their amily, their house, their villageand the society in &hul

&heir mother had a ever and #ila ask her sisters to see'irabai

'ari Hoined the villagers to see iHu8s boat

=eole talking about the building o the actory >illagers.ere .orried but most o the male teenagers esecially?aHu and his riends .ere .aiting or the actory to alyor Hobs


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Rising Action

A man rom Alibagh named Adarkar, dra.ing thevillager8s attention to Hoin him to sto the building o the

actory =into .as oisoned and died &his incident make 'ari

decided to really go to ombay this time

Adarkar8s talk and lan make .ay or him to go to

ambay 'e lanned to ollo. the grou to ombay butstayed there .hile others return to &hul


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@hen arrived in ombay, the villagers as .ell as himsel .erereally ama!ed .ith the city8s condition

&here, they met 9ayyid Ali 'e .as talking in ront to ersuade

eole to sto government to build a actory in &hul @hen the other had returned to &hul, 'ari stayed in ombay

and .ent to de 9ilvas house but they .ere not there &hey .ereon vacation in &hul

A .atchman o 9eabird brought him to 0o.alia &ank, a chearestaurant .here 'ari could get ood


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'ari then re$uested to .ork there in 9ri Krishna *ating 'ouse.ith 1 ruee as his salary and ree meals

Mean.hile, the de 9ilvas amily arrived in &hul and #ila take

the oortunity to ask or Mr 9ilva to take her mother to thehosital

Mr 9ilva took care o everything including the ayment


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'er mother .as in the hosital and their ather started tochange

Mean.hile, 'ari .ho .as doing good in ombay startedto miss his amily and .anted to go home


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'alling Action

&he rain and storm stoed

'ari return to his village and arrived there on the daybeore i.ali

#ila, ella and Kamal .ere having a good time or no.'ari .as back once more

n i.ali, 'ari .ent to hosital to see his mother 'e met?aHu on his .ay and ?aHu gave him a lit to Alibagh


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Resol(tion

'ari met his ather .hen he reached the hosital 'is ather hadchanged

'e met .ith his mother and both .ere ill .ith Hoy &heir amily started to be a hay amilyI his mother .as

getting .ell, his ather changed to a better erson, #ila, ellaand Kamal .ere hay, he had a lan or the uture 4using the

money he collected he .anted to oen a .atch sho and be a.atch mender .hen the actory is inished .ith the buildingrocess


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&)ARA&TERS


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#ila

*ldest daughter o the amily

*lder sister o 'ari

0ive u school to hel maintain the house


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*ela + ,aal

ounger sisters o 'ari and #ila

oth are still schooling oth hel #ila in managing the

house


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The other

9he ell ill .ith anemia and

getting .eaker by day 9he is unable to take care o

the children, rotect them romtheir drunkard ather norrovide or the amily


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The -ather

"rresonsible ather

runkard Jobless

@aste money on toddy &urn over a ne. lea at the end


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SETTIN.S


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"lace Setting

&hul, a ishing village 4'ari8s and #ila8s village5

...standing with other village boys and wathing the

wor! on the boat" #$g %&'

ombay 49ome.here 'ari8s .ent and .orked there5

()Dear *other, I a* in Bo*bay. I have a +ob..."#$g &'

#ila8s house

The hut should have been re-thathed years ago the old$al* leaves were dry and tattered and sli$$ing off the bea*s.The earthen wall were ru*bling. The windows ga$ed,

without any shutters/surrounding groves of oonut andbanana. #$g &'


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Tie Setting

&ime setting

*arly in the morning

0Sine he had left his ho*e in the *orning..L4=age +;5

)ight

when 1ari reahed 2ewas, dawn was brea!ing and the

$eo$le who had gathered there in the night were gettingdown..L4g 1DD5


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Social Setting

9ocial setting

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