Village By The Sea Questions

Question B. What parts of the book are ignored in the fairy tale pattern?

Answer:The parts of the story where Hari leaves his home and goes to Bombay to find work, where he meets Jagu, Mr Panwallah and other people and the part where he earns some money and returns home to Thul and decides to start a watch mending shop and a poultry farm.

Question C. The Village by the Sea has also been described as an adventure story. How far do you agree with this description? Why?

Answer:I agree that Village By the Sea is described as an adventure story as it is about how Hari, who initially goes to Bombay to protest, and decides to stay there to find work. He faces many hardships and meets different types of people. Later, he gets to work in a restaurant and a watch mending shop called "Ding Dong Watchworks". In the end, he earns enough money to go home and start a business. The story is also about Lila, a surrogate mother, who takes care of her family back in the village. Her dog, Pinto, has just died and Hari had left in a boat to Bombay, which leaves her back at the village with only her sick mother, drunk father and Kamal and Bela. She receives help from the De Silva, who sent her mother to the hospital for medication and treatment. They also gave Lila a job, which earned some money. In the end, her father stop drinking toddy and her mother was cured of her illness.