Title: The Mystery of Missing Cap
Form: A Short Story
Author: Manoj Das
Publication: Federal Publication, New Delhi
Date: 1/01/1986
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CONCLUSION
I selected this story because it presents the reality of contemporary times in which we are recently facing same thing. I like the simple technique of Manoj Das in this story. The way he brings the characters' real nature infront of us is fantstic and it is out of the reader's imagination.The way ha uses the simple language attracts the attention of the readers. In this story he presents the reality of life.He reveals one of the evils of the evils of the society witch we are recently faceing in the society.
THEME
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND REALITY
Here the appearance suggests the mask nature of politician who always behaves like an ideal politician to live for the sake of people and good off people but the reality suggests internal nature to gain popularity among the people and they only do their work for their ownself. Here the main character Shri Mohrana andBabu Virkishore revealed the same theme in the present story.
Here the appearance suggests the mask nature of politician who always behaves like an ideal politician to live for the sake of people and good off people but the reality suggests internal nature to gain popularity among the people and they only do their work for their ownself. Here the main character Shri Mohrana andBabu Virkishore revealed the same theme in the present story.
CRITICAL STUDY OF CHARACTER : SHRI MOHARANA
As far as my reading is concerned, I considered the character of Shri Moharana is self centered person who used to play with the feelings of innocent rustic people and also tells lie for sake of himself and good off himself. He is well-to-do man and it is also suggested that he was honourable person among villagers. He has a pukka house in village and where he invites politicions and like nature of politicions, he used to say lie in his speech. His main motive is to get sympathy and love from the people.......and his character reminds us the present political situation and corrupt politicians. The way he bahaves in the same story, it reflects contemporary politicions.His character focuses the central theme contrast between appearance and reality.
SUMMARY: The Mystery of Missing Cap
THE MYSTERY OF MISSING CAP
The Mystery Of The Missing Cap by Manoj Das draws a vivid picture of political condition of India after Independence. Here The title suggests the real inner nature of Shri Moharana and Babu Virkishore who were used the incident of missing cap to explore their popularity towards the Indian rural people.
It is a story which was already happened in author's life. It was an incident which was witnessed by author himself and the same story opens with author's statement that --- '' I wish my friends and readers to share the sympathy .....I have secretly nurtured in my heart for these two gentleman over the yaers past.''
Manoj Das narrates about one person ,Shri Moharan who was well set person in village .He was an exemplary host with two ponds full of choice fish and a number of cows .Here, writer also narrates the rural India of those days after Independence where he states that during those days immediately preceding independence a new caste was emerging all over the country and --- that of ''patriots.'' It is also observed that Shri Moharana had even nurtured an ambition to be elected to the state Legislature. Shri Moharana wasalso fast growing into a patriot. The author was himself in the immediate neighbourhoodof Shri Moharana's.
It was a time of new emerging India and so the same patriotic feelings remained in most of the Indians.The people worshipped martyers and those, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of India's freedom. Even politicians also got such respect and reverence from Indians. And here Babu Virkishore invited by Shri Moharana where such incident takes place of missing cap.In those days ministers did not enjoy such glory. They were stayed at Shri Moharana's home. But our writer very eager to know how politicians lives and does he ever suffer from colds? And so due to his eagerness, he compelled to visit Shri Moharana's home where the minister and his entourage were stayed. The writer entered the exact room where the minister was resstd very comfortably. The writer, Manoj Dasvery extremely narrates that while he stood near the window of ministers's room, suffering the window of minister's room, suffering the first shock of disillusionment of his life regarding great persons where he haerd the snoring of minister in the style of an ordinary man and he also observed taht the minister's egg-bald haed rested on a pillow while his white cap laid on a table near his bed. The writer saw the mischievous Jhandoo bounce towards the window and pick up the cap. So this above incident shows us how this cap is just stolen or picked by Jhandoo, and not by an ordinary child or man.But Shri Moharan displayed before people though he knew that cap was picked by Jhandoo, a monkey. It was really a big shock for Das, a writer because he was the only person who knew the real truth about missimg cap. Here, the writer put emphasises on theme of appearance and reality that the real nature of Shri Moharana and Babu Virkishore were different from their real nature.
The Mystery Of The Missing Cap by Manoj Das draws a vivid picture of political condition of India after Independence. Here The title suggests the real inner nature of Shri Moharana and Babu Virkishore who were used the incident of missing cap to explore their popularity towards the Indian rural people.
It is a story which was already happened in author's life. It was an incident which was witnessed by author himself and the same story opens with author's statement that --- '' I wish my friends and readers to share the sympathy .....I have secretly nurtured in my heart for these two gentleman over the yaers past.''
Manoj Das narrates about one person ,Shri Moharan who was well set person in village .He was an exemplary host with two ponds full of choice fish and a number of cows .Here, writer also narrates the rural India of those days after Independence where he states that during those days immediately preceding independence a new caste was emerging all over the country and --- that of ''patriots.'' It is also observed that Shri Moharana had even nurtured an ambition to be elected to the state Legislature. Shri Moharana wasalso fast growing into a patriot. The author was himself in the immediate neighbourhoodof Shri Moharana's.
It was a time of new emerging India and so the same patriotic feelings remained in most of the Indians.The people worshipped martyers and those, who sacrificed their lives for the sake of India's freedom. Even politicians also got such respect and reverence from Indians. And here Babu Virkishore invited by Shri Moharana where such incident takes place of missing cap.In those days ministers did not enjoy such glory. They were stayed at Shri Moharana's home. But our writer very eager to know how politicians lives and does he ever suffer from colds? And so due to his eagerness, he compelled to visit Shri Moharana's home where the minister and his entourage were stayed. The writer entered the exact room where the minister was resstd very comfortably. The writer, Manoj Dasvery extremely narrates that while he stood near the window of ministers's room, suffering the window of minister's room, suffering the first shock of disillusionment of his life regarding great persons where he haerd the snoring of minister in the style of an ordinary man and he also observed taht the minister's egg-bald haed rested on a pillow while his white cap laid on a table near his bed. The writer saw the mischievous Jhandoo bounce towards the window and pick up the cap. So this above incident shows us how this cap is just stolen or picked by Jhandoo, and not by an ordinary child or man.But Shri Moharan displayed before people though he knew that cap was picked by Jhandoo, a monkey. It was really a big shock for Das, a writer because he was the only person who knew the real truth about missimg cap. Here, the writer put emphasises on theme of appearance and reality that the real nature of Shri Moharana and Babu Virkishore were different from their real nature.
FORM OF THE STORY
As far as my reading is concerned, I considered this story as a short story because it reflects all features of short story and those features are as under ;
INCIDENT:
The range of the short story in respect of the incident is practically unlimited.Every subject between heaven or earth is fittted for the short story.Genrally,the incident of the story is taken fromthe society.The writer of short story selectes significant detail from life and added flesh and blood to the skelton of the story.The writer reveals the secret of life in his story.And makes life worth living. The incident may be real or imangiry.The real incident includes contemporary problems of the society and world as well as human emotion feeling jealousy etc.Here the present story "THe mystery of missing cap" is based on real incident observed by the author himself. It reflect the real emotion and feelings of a character.
PLOT:
INCIDENT:
The range of the short story in respect of the incident is practically unlimited.Every subject between heaven or earth is fittted for the short story.Genrally,the incident of the story is taken fromthe society.The writer of short story selectes significant detail from life and added flesh and blood to the skelton of the story.The writer reveals the secret of life in his story.And makes life worth living. The incident may be real or imangiry.The real incident includes contemporary problems of the society and world as well as human emotion feeling jealousy etc.Here the present story "THe mystery of missing cap" is based on real incident observed by the author himself. It reflect the real emotion and feelings of a character.
PLOT:
Plot can be cosidered as an arrangement of events. It should be considered as the back-bone. The plot presents the entired sequence events. The plot of the story should be simple.The problem of life presented in the story should be capable of suggesting a solution. THe character must be able to find ways to solve it. So ending of the story reports the result of the character's final decision about how to solve the problem which may include a change in major character.Heere in the present story "THE MYSTERY OF MISSING CAP"becomes an act of surprise for the villagers but at the beginning of the story the writer presents the ideal picture of pollitical world butat the end the real nature of political world come out.
EXPOSITION:
It is the begining of the story and it introduces the characters and its motives to direct method and indirect method.In the present story the author used direct method.He presents the story in front of us directly in the begining he introduces to main characters Shri Moharana and Babu virkishore.
DEVELOPMENT OFACTION:
After exposition development begins, the story expands the event the character start their actions.In this story Shri Moharana makes an arrangementof the fifiteen August and the plot gradually developed.
CONFLICT:-
In the development of plot difficulties begin to arrive.This conflict various spons.It may be between desire the character .This conflict is the core story structure.
CLIMAX:
The conflict has to reach at climax.There is a pain in the story.The heroe's conflict turns into consequences and the story reaches its climax.
DENOUENMENT:
It refers to the end of the story the complcation that had arrision earlier now are solved.
CHARACTER:
Thecharacter of the short story is the soul of the story or oneof the main features.The character faces a problem of life and he finds solution sometime conciously or unconciously. Every thing that happens in the story comes to the reader to his senses when the reader identify himself emotionally intellectually.THen the story is completely believable and capable of being experience.
Publication
I have taken the story ''MYSTERY OFTHE MISSING CAP'' from Manoj Das' Collectin of short stories named THE SUBMERGED VALLEY AND OTHER STORIES. This collection of short stories was published on 1st January 1986 at New Delhi.
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