Homeless Bird Analysis
Homeless bird
In the novel, Homeless bird it talks about how a young woman, Koly gets married at 13 but then her husband, Hari, dies shortly after the marriage. She was a widow by the time she was 14. She was sent to live in a house were widows had lived to get back on their feet. Koly had a special talent in being a seamstress and an embroider. When Mrs.Devi, a wealthy woman who owned the house came to look at the widows and see if they are meeting proper rules for women. She had taken a liking to Koly and her embroidering skills. Mrs.Devi takes Koly to Mr.Das, a man who owns a business where Koly could work at and get paid a decent amount. Koly had a friend, Raji who was looking for a wife while he was setting up a house and land for his family to live on, as …show more content…
Maa Kamala didn’t approve of them being friends so Tanu joined in to trick Maa Kamala to think they were going to the movies but they weren’t. When koly had arrived she was a bit uneasy because there were both men and women who were there and socializing together. When she had looked around she noticed it was Mala who had taken Mr.Das phul-khana, or wedding veil and put it over a lamp to make effects.Kajal, an artist who was also at the party had taken been intrigued towards Koly. He had convinced Koly to have a drink of lassi which was laced bhang, a drug. The sitar player, Binu, had helped Koly return to Tanu who was waiting for her at the corner. When the girls had returned to Maa Kamala, Tanu had lied and said that it was just a bad reaction to the theatre food. When she had told Raji, he was very angry and wanted to hurt Kajal. Raji had proposed that Koly would be his wife, but Koly was worried about how his family would think of their son marrying a widow and she didn’t want to give up her job. Raji had made a room in the house where she could keep up her job, and Mr.Das had agreed to let her take home work. Koly had told Raji to wait a week. All the women had been happy for Koly to be
In the novel, Homeless bird it talks about how a young woman, Koly gets married at 13 but then her husband, Hari, dies shortly after the marriage. She was a widow by the time she was 14. She was sent to live in a house were widows had lived to get back on their feet. Koly had a special talent in being a seamstress and an embroider. When Mrs.Devi, a wealthy woman who owned the house came to look at the widows and see if they are meeting proper rules for women. She had taken a liking to Koly and her embroidering skills. Mrs.Devi takes Koly to Mr.Das, a man who owns a business where Koly could work at and get paid a decent amount. Koly had a friend, Raji who was looking for a wife while he was setting up a house and land for his family to live on, as …show more content…
Maa Kamala didn’t approve of them being friends so Tanu joined in to trick Maa Kamala to think they were going to the movies but they weren’t. When koly had arrived she was a bit uneasy because there were both men and women who were there and socializing together. When she had looked around she noticed it was Mala who had taken Mr.Das phul-khana, or wedding veil and put it over a lamp to make effects.Kajal, an artist who was also at the party had taken been intrigued towards Koly. He had convinced Koly to have a drink of lassi which was laced bhang, a drug. The sitar player, Binu, had helped Koly return to Tanu who was waiting for her at the corner. When the girls had returned to Maa Kamala, Tanu had lied and said that it was just a bad reaction to the theatre food. When she had told Raji, he was very angry and wanted to hurt Kajal. Raji had proposed that Koly would be his wife, but Koly was worried about how his family would think of their son marrying a widow and she didn’t want to give up her job. Raji had made a room in the house where she could keep up her job, and Mr.Das had agreed to let her take home work. Koly had told Raji to wait a week. All the women had been happy for Koly to be