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Tag: Samrat Upadhyay

The Good Shopkeeper – Analysis

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 Upadhyay’s “The Good Shopkeeper” was chosen for the  Best American Short Stories, 1999 , and subsequently was published in the 2001 collection  resting God in Kathmandu , which won the Whiting Award for best emerging writers. Some critics, however, have pointed out some flaws. For instance, Kavitha Rao, writing for  Far Eastern Economic Review  found…

The Good Shopkeeper – Setting

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 Nepal Overview  About the size of Arkansas, Nepal is north  of India and just south of China. It is a landlocked country with a dramatic landscape of the  Himalayan Mountains to the north, bringing frigid weather in the winter, to the flat river plains of the Ganges in the south with subtropical weather. Mount Everest…

The Good Shopkeeper – Literary Devices

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 Limited Third-Person Point of View  Upadhyay uses limited third-person point of view. The narrator tells the story with apparent objectivity, observing the protagonist and his actions. The narrator is privy to only the protagonist’s thoughts. Cues are given regarding what the other characters think, but mostly these characters are depicted according to how Pramod thinks….

The Good Shopkeeper – Themes

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 Humility  As Upadhyay’s short story “The Good Shopkeeper” opens, the protagonist Pramod is just  beginning his downslide from arrogance into humility. He has assumed he was sitting on top of the world with his great job as an accountant for a large corporation. He was making a good salary and proving to his wife’s family…

The Good Shopkeeper – Characters

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

Housemaid  The housemaid is not given a proper name. She is the woman whom Pramod meets in the park and with whom he has an affair. The housemaid tells Pramod that he thinks too much and offers him a temporary escape from his troubles. She also helps him to look at life differently. She expresses…

The Good Shopkeeper – Summary

Posted on August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 by JL Admin

 The story opens with Pramod announcing that he has lost his job. His wife, Radhika, cries when he tells her. Then Pramod scolds her; he does not like to tell her things because she does not think “with a cool mind.” But Radhika is not passive. She responds that she has a right to be…

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