Remerciez-le!

Remerciez @Admin pour avoir partagé cet document gratuitement, de la manière la plus simple, en partageant sur les réseaux sociaux.

The guide 7 THE GUIDE FROM WIKIPEDIA - Railway Raju nicknamed is a disarmingly corrupt tour guide who is famous among tourists He falls in love with a beautiful dancer Rosie the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco Marco doesn't approve of Rosie's passio

THE GUIDE FROM WIKIPEDIA - Railway Raju nicknamed is a disarmingly corrupt tour guide who is famous among tourists He falls in love with a beautiful dancer Rosie the neglected wife of archaeologist Marco Marco doesn't approve of Rosie's passion for dancing Rosie encouraged by Raju decides to follow her dreams and start a dancing career They start living together but Raju's mother doesn't approve their relationship and leaves them Raju becomes Rosie's stage manager and soon with the help of Raju's marketing tactics Rosie becomes a successful dancer Raju however develops an in ated sense of self-importance and tries to control her life He wants to build as much wealth as possible Raju gets involved in a case of forgery and gets a two-year sentence After completing the sentence Raju passes through a village where he is mistaken for a sadhu a spiritual guide Since he doesn't want to return in disgrace to Malgudi he decides to stay in an abandoned temple close to the village There is a famine in the village and Raju is expected to keep a fast in order to make it rain Raju confesses the entire truth about his past to Velan who had developed a complete faith in Raju like the rest of the villagers With media publicizing his fast a huge crowd gathers much to Raju's resentment to watch him fast After fasting for several days he goes to the riverside one morning as part of his daily ritual where his legs sag down as he feels that the rain is falling in the hills The ending of the novel leaves unanswered the question of whether he died and whether the drought ended Pages pp Publisher Viking Press US Methuen UK Author R K Narayan CPublication date SHORT SUMMARY When Raju is released from prison after serving two years for forgery he goes to the temple located on the Sarayu River in his hometown of Malgudi He thinks prison is not too bad a place and he is wondering what to do next with his life Then a villager named Velan shows up and taking Raju for a holy wise man or guru consults with him about his sister who refuses to marry as the family wishes Well aware that he is not a guru Raju is evasive but Velan brings his sister anyway and after their meeting she conforms to her family ? s wishes So begins Raju ? s life as a holy man He recalls his boyhood in a poor family his father who kept a very small shop and his mother who often complained of their life Meanwhile Velan returns with others from his village after work No matter what Raju says or even if he says nothing at all they bring him food and beg him for words of wisdom They feel the need for a spiritual adviser so they make one out of a very unlikely prospect Raju then re ects on his father ? s