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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"
    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"
    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"
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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"

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    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535823609
    A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month"

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      A Study Guide for R. K. Narayan's "Forty-Five a Month" - Gale

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      Forty-Five a Month

      R. K. Narayan

      1943

      Introduction

      Indian novelist and short story writer Raspier Krishnaism (R. K.) Narayan is known for his ability to capture the details of daily life in India and for his insight into the social and cultural issues particular to Indian society. In his short story Forty-Five a Month, Narayan presents a working-class Indian family. He vividly portrays the family's financial struggles and succinctly comments on the effects such monetary issues have on the relationships among the family members. In Forty-Five a Month, a little girl eagerly anticipates an evening out with her father, who has promised to take her to the cinema (movie theater). The father, however, is chronically overworked. He is prepared to hand in his resignation in order to avoid being asked to work late yet again and miss the chance to fulfill his promise to his daughter. On the evening he is required to work well beyond regular hours yet again, he is also promised a raise. The father remains at work, returning home hours after the time he had arranged to pick up his daughter for the movie. He finds her asleep, dressed to go out. In this short work, Narayan depicts the torment endured by a loving father who is forced to choose between supporting his family and spending time with them, characterizing a commonplace dilemma of working-class Indian families in the 1940s. The title refers to the amount of money, in rupees (Indian currency), that the father will earn after the raise goes into effect.

      Originally published in the short story collection DOD and Other Stories in 1943, Forty-Five a Month has been included in other Narayan anthologies and is available in an expanded version of Mallei Days, a collection originally published in 1942 but expanded and reissued in 1982 by Viking Press.

      Author Biography

      Narayan was born Raspier Krishnaism Iyre Narayanaswami on October 10, 1906, to R. V. Krishnaism Iyre and Gnana Iyre, in Madras, India. (Madras is now known as Chennai.) Narayan spent his youth in Madras, cared for by his grandmother and

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