☆THE LOST CHILD ☆

☆THE LOST CHILD ☆. P.P.T BY ‐ FALAK IRSHAD CLASS ‐9 SUBMITTED TO ‐MRS. VASHALI BISWAS.

MULK RAJ AANAND. Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer who is famous for his literary works in English. In his writings, he feeds the lives of the poorer caste in traditional Indian society. Born: 12 December 1905, Peshawar, Pakistan Died: 28 September 2004, Jehangir Hospital, Pune Notable awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1971); Padma Bhushan (1967); International Peace Prize (1953) Spouse: Shirin Vajifdar (m. 1950–2004), Kathleen van Gelder (m. 1938–1948) Movies: Rahi Parents: Lal Chand , Ishwar Kaur.

•INTRODUCTION•. The L ost Child is the story of a small child who gets lost in a fair or an exhibition . He had gone with his parents to the fair but loses them when he gets fascinated by looking at a roundabout swing. The story highlights the bond of love and affection that the child shares with his parents ...

•THEME•. The underlying theme of the story “The Lost Child” is the universality of a child's desire for everything that he claps his eyes on . All that the child witnesses—from the toys lining the street, to the dragon flies in the mustard field, to the snake swaying to the tunes of a snake charmer's pungi—obsesses the child..

•EXPLANATION•. It was the festival of spring. Everyone was going to the spring fair. The child was going to the fair with his parents. The child was very happy and excited. He was attracted by many things around him especially, the toys. The child was also attracted by the purple dragon flies, a black bee and butterfly fluttering over the mustard flowers. He wanted to catch one of them but his mother called him. He was also attracted by small insects and worms along the footpath. He also collected the petals in the grove. He also heard the cooing of doves and ran round the banyan tree ..

T he parents and the child entered the fair passing through the mustard fields. In the fair, the child heard the sweet meat seller selling sweets like Gulab jamuns, Rasgulla, Burfi, jalebi, etc. The child was attracted towards Burfi that was his favourite sweet and wanted it. But he know that if he asked for it, his parents would call him greedy. So without waiting for their answer, he moved on. Then, the child was attracted towards the garlands of Gulmohar and he also wanted a garland. But, this time also, he knew that his parents would call it cheap and would refuse to buy so he moved on. Further, the child saw a balloon seller and desired to buy all the colourful balloons. But, he knew that his parents would call him too old to play with them, so, he walked away..

As the child walked, he saw a snake charmer. He was playing a flute to the snake. He went towards it but then remembered that his parents had told him not to hear such music. So, he moved away. Then he saw a roundabout. He requested his parents to ride the roundabout. However, there was no reply. The child looked back around to search for his parents, but couldn’t find them. He, then realised that he was separated from his parents and was lost. As the child realised that he was lost, he started crying. He was filled with panic and called out for his parents. He looked around in all directions with the hope of finding them. However, he could not see them. His clothes were now muddy and his yellow turban was untied. He ran quickly to a shrine which was crowded by the people. There was a huge rush of people near the temple. The child struggled to search his parents in the crowd but he was pushed back by the crowd ..

A man picked up the child in his arms when he heard his cry in the crowd. He asked the child about his parents and how he reached there. But the child only said that he wanted his mother and father. The man took the child to roundabout. He asked him to have a ride but the child continued crying for his parents. The man offered many things to the child to divert his attention. The man took him to the place where snake-charmer was playing the flute and asked the child to listen to the music. The man also took him near the balloons and offered him a balloon. He also took him to the flower seller and offered the child a garland to put round his neck. He further took the child to the sweet shop and offered him sweets. But the child had no fascination for all these things. He only wanted his parents and cried for them..

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