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Analysis Of Anita Nair's 'The Better Man'

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ANITA NAIR A work of very refined characterization, The Better Man by Anita Nair is one of its kinds. Nair being South Indian exhibits an absolute picturesque quality of the local settings and its cultural belt that tightly surrounds it. It is a fine piece of writing that move between grey and white shades, leading towards the betterment of man. Being the first novel writer displays her psyche of understanding the movement of human being back and forth between social and familial anticipations and expectations. Novel is about every human attempt to find a reciprocating balance of inner peace and bliss. The work represents the discourse of man in making. Author takes its reader to a fictional village of Kaikurrusi in north of Kerala, injecting it with the environmental and cultural readiness through her finely painted characters. The narrative is well crafted, positively mature and has a very purposeful impact. Novel leads to deeper understanding devoid of any intellectual activity provocatively. Author provides a reader with rich variety of characters …show more content…

Author’s mythical implication assisted by some of the famous characters of great epic Mahabharata as well the use of the term Odiyans (men who had made pact with the devil. Men who could snuff your life out if provoked) breaks the monotony that prevails in certain parts of the novel. The division of novel into chapters provides a writer as well a reader the greater canvas of expression and understanding. Titles given to certain chapters exactly connects with a theme and provides a reader with foreshadows of writers maturity. What is "The Better Man"? The Better Man is the journey of a soul, Thus Anita Nair in her novels has given an external and an internal identity of all her characters in a psychological way. Self-discovery here is more a guidance for assertion and realization of one’s own interests. The story, narration, theme, language and characterization reveal Anita Nair’ sense of understanding of human

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