HULLABALOO CHAPTER 5

Summary (chapter 5)

Chapter 5 starts with the cool winter In Shahkot . It is the day of Mr. DPS's daughter's marriage. The whole staff is busy to complete the preparation of marriage. Sampath also got the work to fill glasses with sherbet, everyone agreed that this was the only job that he can do.

As boredom developed in his mind he decided to see DPS’s house. He saw all the rooms but didn't find anything interesting until he came to the end of corridor where there was a room which was filled with beautiful clothes, jewelry, colorful saris everywhere. Here he got the chance to choose clothes, wear jewelry and do whatever that interests him. He wore sari and played with the  jewelry. He kept the room dark and closed all the doors and windows, this darkness remided him of his house where everyone is sleeping and he is the only one awake. He remembered his struggles at school as he was not a very bright student.

He comes out of his past memories and he put on a silver shoe and start singing and dancing outside the room, he felt like a warrior. Singing and dancing truly seems to be Sampath’s hobby. He likes to sing when he is happy and tries to forget all his worries. Sampath had drunk all of the sherbet he had filled up and was drunk. His unconsciousness made him removes his underwear in public. Mr. DPS shouted at him to stop and other people came to catch him but he went to the highest tier of fountain and removed his underpants. He was the entertainer for the evening, but it was not very appropriate for the occasion.

When he came out of this wonderful feeling of happiness, joy and excitement he realised that he was fired from the job in post office. Mr. Gupta who was ashamed of his son and not trying to comfort Sampath but instead attacked him like a prowling cat forcing him to look for another job immediately. Mr. Gupta and Jyotsana came to add more misery for poor Sampath.

Sampath goes to the rooftop and sits down and looks up to the sky and again his thoughts and memories blossomed. kulfi went to the rooftop where Sampath is sitting. She feels sorry for him as usual and gave him a guava which is the season fruit. She show her affection  to him. He was still thinking about the post office, when he saw guava in his hands it was cool and calm just opposite of Shahkotians and his family. As he tried to release his anger, crushed the guava and released it coolness. A strange force overtook him and he realised that he wanted freedom.