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Flashcards by Sarah Holmes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Holmes
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Where is A Hero set? | The fictional southern Indian town of Malgudi |
| Who is the main character in A Hero? | Swami. He is a young boy, a semi-autobiographical portrait of the author himself. |
| What do Swami and his father disagree about? | Where Swami should be sleeping. |
| Why does Swami's father want him to sleep somewhere different? | He thinks it is babyish and shameful for Swami to sleep in with his Granny |
| Does Swami agree to sleep elsewhere? | Yes but only after trying to negotiate his way out of it! |
| Where does Swami have to sleep? | alone on a bench in his father's office. |
| What does Swami's father want Swami to prove? | That he isn't a coward. |
| What happens whilst Swami is sleeping in the office? | A burglar breaks in. |
| True or false? Swami is afraid. | True. He is afraid of the dark, of being alone and above all of the intruder who he thinks is the devil. |
| What does Swami do when he realises there is an intruder? | He reaches out and bites the intruder's leg |
| What is the reaction to Swami's actions? | He is treated like a hero by the community. |
| What makes this story funny? | The use of irony. Swami's father wanted his son to prove he was not a coward. Swami is hailed as a hero for catching the intruder but he only caught him because he acted out of fear. |
| Why is the story called 'A Hero'? | What makes a hero is an idea that Narayan explores throughout this text. Swami and his father and the community ahve very different ideas of what makes a hero and Swami is an accidental hero. |
| What is the symbolism of this story in relation to India? | It can bee seen to represent India's struggle for independence from the patriarchal and domineering Raj. |
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