Indledning
A horse and two goats are told by a third-person narrator, who observes the exchange between the American and the old Indian man.
The narrator presents the dialogue exactly as it takes place and does not offer any opinion on it. Therefore, we can say that the narrator is objective.
The narrator has insight into both characters’ thoughts and feelings.
For example, the narrator knows what the old man assumes when seeing the American: “… the old man replied nervously, guessing that he was being questioned about a murder in the neighborhood by this police officer from the government, as his khaki dress indicated” (p. 185, ll. 9-12).
The narrator also knows what the American thinks, like in the following example:
“The red-faced man followed his look and decided it would be a sound policy to show an interest in the old man’s pets” (p. 187, ll. 42-43).
Indholdsfortegnelse
Writer
Introduction
1. The setting. Where is the story set, and how is the place described?
2. The characters. Describe the old man and the American.
The American
Muni
Message
Theme
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Uddrag
He is a tourist from New York (p. 185, l. 13). His face is “sunburned and red” (p. 184, l. 31), and he is wearing “a khaki-coloured shirt and shorts” (p. 184, l. 31).
When he meets Muni, the American has already been travelling through India for three weeks (p. 185, ll. 29-30) in his station wagon (p. 186, l. 44).
The American has no knowledge of the Tamil language and can only communicate in English.
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