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c The last few post of my blog are all about the story book The Village By The Sea. I written a book review on the book and shared with you my experiences when acting out Chapter 10 of the book. Now let me do a character analysis of some of the characters. Hari 1. 2. 3. 4.

he is the protagonist of the story he is the only son of the family he has to assume the duty of taking care of his parents and his siblings. he leads a hard life as he has to make decisions which adults have to make

Lila 1. she is the eldest daughter of the family and is the elder sister of Hari 2. given up school to help maintain the house

Bela and Kamal 1. they are the younger sisters of Hari and Lila 2. they are dtill schooling 3. both of them help Lila in managing the house.

Mother 1. She is the mother of Lila, Hari, Bela and Kamal 2. She fell ill with anaemia and is getting weaker by the day. 3. She is unable to take care of her children, protect them from their drunkard father nor work Father 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

he is the father of Lila, Hari, Bela and Kamal irresponsible father drunkard wastrel wastes money on toddy turned over a new leaf in the end

Pinto 1. the pet dog of Hari's family 2. faithful to the family especially Lila as she spent the most time with him

Biju 1. 2. 3. 4.

richest man in the village that Hari and his family live in owns the first diesel powered boat in the village proud and arrogant looks down on the other villager

Ramu 1. he is the friend of Hari 2. knew that many factories are going to be built in the village and believes that he will be able to get a job there. Jagu 1. he is the owner of the Sri Krishna Eating House 2. gave Hari a job when he is in Bombay 3. lives in a slum Mr Panwallah 1. He is a watch mender 2. popular with his neighbours 3. taught Hari how to mend watches De'Sivas family 1. 2. 3. 4.

rich and generous family from Bombay comes to Thul during the holidays owns a bungalow in Thul brought Hari's mother to the hospital and paid for the medical fees.

Watchman of the factory 1. hostile towards the villagers 2. looks down on the villagers Sayyid Ali 1. ed the point that factories should not be built in Thul 2. spent his time drawing birds

Adarkar 1. member of the Maharashtra State Legislative assembly 2. led the villagers to Bombay to protest against the building of factories in Thu Hira bai 1. she is an old women who is interested in herbs and cures 2. loves toddy 3. sent the medicine man to Hari's mother. Jagu's wife 1. cares very much about her family 2. her family is not very rich so she was unhappy when her husband brought Hari home to her house to stay for a day as this adds on to her family's burden Policeman 1. guarded Hari when he slept in the park Khanekar brothers 1. drunkards 2. sons of Hira bai 3. wastrels