LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Anita Nair’s The Better Man -
A Symbol of Weakness, Cowardice and Lack of Integrity

N. Gunasekaran & Revathi


Abstract

Anita Nair’s The Better Man represents the theme of self discovery. The protagonist of the novel, Mukundan, seems to be an escapist, who runs away from responsibilities and is afraid of the society. But he dominates his disposition is his deep rooted fear of his father imbibed by him right from his childhood. He is governed by societal pressures, does not live for himself but for others. The Better Man unveils the reality of Indian women who are still deprived of their rights in love and marriage. Marriage is still a social necessary, where women seek security and men respectability. Domination is the significant in an analysis of the man-woman relationship where the male characteristics are ones coupled with mental thought and positive activity, at the same time as the woman is regarded as basically submissive, her role to be the respectable of male sexual drive for the subsequent reproduction of the species. The Better Man assert their individuality and try to liberate themselves from the clutches of man.

Keywords: Man Women Relationship, Betrayal, Individuality.

Mukundan – An Escapist

Four years old, Mukundan, who has seen his father only in the photograph, is scared, when his father turns up all of sudden from Burma. Dressed in black, he appears tall and when he starts talking to him, Mukundan gets more afraid and starts calling his mother. When Mukundan is eight years old, the relationship between father and son does not improve. It has become worse, for Achuthan Nair chooses to settle in Kaikurussi after resigning his job. Achuthan Nair always ends his talk with a question and Mukundan is expected to answer not on his own, but merely repeats his father’s last words. “Mukundan is tortured by hatred of his father, Achuthan Nair, who bullied him and intimidated him since his childhood” (Sengupta, 21).

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N. Gunasekaran,
Associate Professor-cum-Head
PG & Research Department of English


S. Revathi, M.Phil. Research Scholar
PG & Research Department of English
helenrevathi@gmail.com

Sri Vidya Mandir Arts & Science College
Uthangarai 636902
Krishnagiri District
Tamilnadu
India

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