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\nDept.of English,  \nMaharaja College,Ara.  \nR.K.Narayan  \nThe Guide  \nAbout the Author:R.K.Narayan is one of the great novelists of Indian English Literature.Hewas born on October 10,1906 in Madras in the family of a school master.His full name wasRasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayan.He emerged on the literary surface of India as a novelistwith the publication of‘Swami and Friends’in 1935.As a novelist,he rose one gloriousachievement to another and became a novelist of world fame.In 1964 Narayan was awarded theglorious ‘Padma Bhusan’.The honorary degree of D.Litt.was conferred on him by LeedsUniversity,England in 1967.H received the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel “The Guide”in1960.In 1985,he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha.Regarding his great success as a novelist,Harish Raizad writes:  \n“The secret of R.K.Narayan's great success and high distinction....lies in the completeaesthetic satisfaction he provides to his readers.He interprets Indian life purely from the ‘art forart's sake’point of view,maintaining complete objectivity and perfect impartiality.He is themost artistic of Indian writers in English and presents people as they are without any personalbias and from the objective heights of a luminous temperament.\"  \n# List of main Characters in‘The Guide’:\n\nRaju:The main character of the novel,a guide,lover of Rosie,  \nRosie:wife of Marco,a good classical dancer of Bharat Natayam,beloved of Raju.Marco:Husband of Rosie who comes from Madras to study cave paintingGaffur:Driver of Raju,friend of Raju in Malgudi.Velan:a villager to whom Raju tells his past life.Velan's Sister:a minor character,  \nMani:Raju's secretary when Rosie became a good dancer.The only person who visitsRaju in prison.He annoys Raju when he accidently tells Rosie about Marco's book.Raju's mother:Raju's uncle:  \n# Theme of the novel“The Guide”:\n\nThe central theme of the novel ‘The Guide'is the transformation of Raju from a tourist guide tothe spiritual guide.The novels two stories -one in which Raju's life of tourist guide and hisrelationship with rosie is described,another part presents his relation with villagers as a holyperson.Both the stories moves side by side.The novelist tries to present a character whotransforms from a sinner to a saint.The novel begins with Raju sitting beside the temple andmeeting the villager named,Velan,who mistakes him for a holy man.Later he tells him abouthis past life as a guide,as a lover of Rosie,and as a prisoner or culprit.Apart from the centraltheme of transformation,the novel also points out the feminine sensibility of Rosie who controlsher inner desire of dancing like cobra.But after the encouragement of Raju she resumes hercareer as a dancer and becomes an interpreter of Bharat Natya,the classic dance of India.The  \nnovel also focuses upon the theme of marital relationship through the relationship betweenMarco and Rosie.Marco and Rosie are husband and wife but their nature are pole aparts.Marcoone the one side likes to busy himself in study of books and ancient monuments,cave paintingsetc,where as Rosie,his wife is interested in dancing.They always quarrel with each other.Atlast they begin to live separately.Marco abandons Rosie in Malgudi and returns to Madras.R.K.Narayan also presents the theme of faithfulness versus betray in the novel.Rosie is not loyalwith her husband,Marco.Raju betrays Rosie by forging her signature for a package of her jewelsand for which he earns a two years prison award.Later he betrays villagers with his spiritualtalks and becomes a saint so that he may get food easily.  \nThus,R.K.Narayan has presented different themes in his novel ‘The Guide'.He presents therealistic image of the society.  \n# Character sketch of Raju\n\n.  \nRaju,who is also known as the passive character,is one of the most memorable characters everbeen presented by R.K.Narayan.R.K.Narayan is one of the leading figures in Indo-Anglicanfiction.In the novel ‘The Guide'he has 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