Sunday, September 15, 2013

HULLABALOO CHAPTER 4

Summary (chapter 4)

In chapter 4 Sampath is going to work at the Post Office. Desai describes Shahkot as being dry, hot and dusty. As Sampath cycles through the road his skin colour merges with the background as the dust accumulates on his skin. Sampath makes his way to the post office along with Pinky in the back seat. Streets of Shakot full of animals like pigs, cows, buffaloes, priest, clerk, tutors and many more.

Sampath rides the bicycle in a very clumsy way which made people on the street complain and Pinky thinks that her brother is crazy so she gets off the bicycle and decided to go on the bus. Pinky knows how to handle herself, and knows what to do when people misbehave with her. Pinky is alert but on the other hand Sampath is slow and lazy. On the way to his office the writer shows once again that he is attracted to nature by talking to a cow.

The writer introduces two new characters Miss Jyotsana and Mr Gupta. Miss Joytsana likes to talk to Sampath but Mr. Gupata always takes this opportunity reply to Miss Jyotsana himself. Mr. DPS who is the boss of the office has a daughter who is going to get married. So Mr. DPS ordered Sampath some task but again his thoughts just wondered all around when DPS started given the instructions.
In the post office he like to read all the letters and post cards which had to be sorted out but instead he likes to read and imagine the situations for hours and hours. This would result in incomplete work along with a warning to come early the next day to complete the work. But nobody knows that he did not sleep all night.

Opinion

Talking to cow may seems silly but Sampath thinks that only nature and animals can understand him. Also on the street he tried to absorb all the coolness from the surrounding, possibly that is because he likes a cool atmosphere similar to chapter 2 where he picked up a leaf to get all of its coolness to feel relaxed. 

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