HURT

Look at the Theme of Hurt, in all instances of the book generally, on its series.

It is just to say that in the beauty of the author Anita Desai the writer on the book ‘Clear Light of Day’ one of the main themes is hurt. The theme of hurt is the actual background on which this story lies since it is highlighted on numerous occasions throughout the story. Due to the fact that this theme is so heavily weighed din this book the different aspects where hurt occurred in the novel will be discussed and examined.

The theme of hurt was displayed in the first instance of the novel where it related to the partition of India. It was seen that the country was being divided by the Hindu’s and Muslims living in the country. This caused great pain since many had to move to new homes and the fact that wars amongst even neighbors stirred up because of this division. Before Anita Desai went onto any other emotional hurt by the character’s she illustrated firstly the hurt of the society where the setting of the book took place.

The hurt of Tara was also specified where she would reflect on the little time that her biological mother spent with her on a daily basis. It was seen that when Tara tried to communicate with her mother and share moment with her she would be totally ignored. For instance, when Tara was walking on the Rose Walk and tries to show her a pearl (which was actually a snail) but her mother refused to give any attention. The hurt of leaving Bim alone when she was attacked by the bees also became evident within the place. Also, the fact that Tara left Bim alone was also depicted when Tara asked for forgiveness of this particular hurt.

In addition, the hurt of Bim was also expressed as it relates to her and her brother Raja. Bim was also filled with bitterness and heaviness due to the abandonment of her brother Raja. They both made future plans to stay with each other but Raja did the contrary to this leaving her with emotional wounds. This placed a burden on her because her bitterness was often brought up when she spoke about Raja.

The hurt of Aunt Misra was also seen because of the lost of her husband. This must have caused great hurt to her soul since she lost her companion. It was even proven in the play that she was hurting because she would always wear the colour white which was symbolic to mourning.

In conclusion, one can see that the theme of hurt in fact played a crucial role in the development of the plot within this novel.

Baba's Character in Clear Light of Day

In the book 'Clear light of Day' written by Anita Desia, one can see that the way in which her style of creating this character was unique and also symbolic not only for his family but the readers alike. The motive of Desai's work is to leave a constant reminder within the reader's mind, where Baba's character is concerned.

Within the novel Baba represents the symbol of 'unchange'. This is so because his character keeps at a stagnant position, where his thoughts, actions, code of conduct remains with the same exact features throughout the entire play. Baba still plays with his instrument (the gramaphonea) and pebbles even though Bim attempts to get him to do other things. His features fails to comprise with anyone else actions but his. The same actions that he does which were mentioned before such as the playing with his instrument and pebbles, it was teh same exact features he did when he was a child. Therefore, Bim keeps being reminded about her childhood since he he always does the smae activuities as he did as a child. Also, he remains unchange where his health and taking care of himself is concerned. This is so because he is mentally challenge Bim still has to take care of him like she did when he was a child. So in fact every aspect of Baba remains the same because of the lack of change. Due to Baba remaining unchange, he causes Bim to also act in this manner as a resukt of him. This is so because Bim's life remians unchange since she has to take the responsibilty of taking care of him on a daily basis since both Tara and Raja left the household. Thus causing her not to be flexible with her personal life, such as getting married, since Baba's character is still unchange causing her as result to be this way since she has to take care of him because of his sickness,

In conclusion, one can see that in fact Baba's character is a symbol of unchange within the novel of Clear of Light of Day, since he traits remains stagnant such as playing with his pebbles and gramaphone throughout the novel.