Margayya Character Analysis

Financial Expert
A.Phaniraja Kumar
Abstract: This paper attempts at examining R K Narayan’s creation of a protagonist, Margayya. He rises from Rags to Riches and vice versa. Life taught him the philosophy of life. The novel also projects the prevailing conditions of life while R. K. Narayan is writing this novel during war period. This novel celebrates the main phase of Narayan’s work as a novelist.
Introduction:
The Indian novel in English is characterized by a variety of themes and techniques. The novelists from all parts of India contribute their mite to the development of Indian English Novel. They have given expression to their hopes, dreams motifs, aspirations, beliefs and culture of the nation. R.K.Narayan writes admirably clean English, Mulk Raj Anand has tried to solve the problems of medium by Indianization of English words and Raja Rao successfully transmutes into English, the idiom, the rhythm and the tone of the natural speech of the character. R.K.Narayan is the most widely read novelist of all times. For him English is an absolutely ‘Swadeshi’ language. His ironic dimension is an integral part of his comic vision. His style is pure and simple. His presentation of life is realistic. His characters

It was a thorough success, Margayya minted money. He was looked upon with respect. Even his own brother, who had fallen out, had joined with him. Margayya, no doubt, had become wealthy. Once again, Margayya ruined through his son, Balu. He desired to give him decent education. He had engaged a private teacher for his son and instructs him to thrash the boy whenever necessary. Balu unfortunately was not inclined to study. He failed in his matriculation examination. It brings out the disturbance in normal family life owing to the conflict between the father and the son. But the normal order would soon be