Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Chapter 2

Reshmi

29/8/13

English: Literature

Summary:

Twenty years have passed. Sampath has grown into a scrawny and oversensitive young man, unable to sleep with the loud breathing of his family around him. Sharing the one ceiling fan with his father, mother, grandmother Ammaji and his sister, Pinky, he is suffocated by the lack of air that reaches him. He rushes to the roof of the house where it’s just as hot as it is inside. He walks back and forth all night, singing and wishing he had somewhere else to go. When dawn breaks and the town starts to come to life again, he sees his father come out with a yoga mat. His grandmother notices Sampath’s tiredness and worries about the amount of sleep he’s got.

Opinion:

I found this chapter a bit tedious and unexciting.