Rusty Room On The Roof

Mr harrison wants him to be groomed with english values and to avoid contact with indian influences.

Rusty room on the roof.

This easy caste system was a major problem and ther were higher and lower castes. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun. He lives with his guardian mr harrison a missionary and his wife in dehradun. Since the book was written by bond when he was young we can see the traits of an immature lost boy.

It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty. This book brings out the character of rusty as a true adolescent through the spontaneity in writing. A room on the roof is the story of a 17 year old orphan boy rusty living with his uncle mr. Written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work.

Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. This story depicts the immaturity of the youths and how they live in this bewildering world of orthodox people. The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.

The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty. It was bond s first literary venture. Harrison in the european area of dehradun. He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town.

Room on the roof is a story of a youth written by ruskin bond in his 17 s.