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The Year of the Runaways (Realism (Tochi (Tochi and Susheel's goodbye…
The Year of the Runaways
Narrative style
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Indian words appear frequently in narrative without definition/explanation --> unusual juxtaposition
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economical prose
[Avtar seeing Jimmy] Long shorts, gym vest. A buzz cut and a goatee
Shops, white people. Nearby, the grey noise of fast traffic = no verb, delivers info to reader quickly, imitating Tochi's POV (overwhelmed? consuming lots of new info)
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Realism
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[when Narinder pays respects to her mother at the temple] I assume you'll be making a healthy donation too :money_mouth_face:
[Narinder to Savraj] but we have to help = idealist, naive?
Extra details
[Avtar] gripped the top of the zip between his lips, flicking it with the end of his tongue :zipper_mouth_face:
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Tochi
Tochi and Susheel's goodbye is without sentiment; subject is quickly changed from his family's death
the insides of his lids were painted with images of the dying and the dead = effects of trauma :skull:
[Babuji to Tochi] You'll be sleeping on the streets over there. It won't be all playing cricket in their parks :cricket_bat_and_ball:
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Religion
Narinder: For the first time, it just looked like pictures of old men [photos of gurus] :older_man::skin-tone-5:
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Free indirect speech
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Assumes certain character's POV, but we do get to hear thoughts of other characters --> reader is quite privileged/in a knowledgeable position
[Susheel] He'd been dispatched to ask if he could join Tochi --> we get to hear Susheel's motive that wasn't revealed by the dialogue; a surprise because the reader is immersed in Tochi's POV
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Narinder
barely hear Narinder's feelings when her mother's death is being told --> aloof, getting to know the characters like you would in real life
Narinder's coming of age/realising she will sacrifice herself and become a visa wife: her voice takes over the narrative :bulb:
Narinder went [to the pool] simply because she enjoyed it, which felt like a scandalous...thing to admit -->reader = confidante bc. N confessing to the reader :woman-swimming::skin-tone-5:
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