CLASS 9
THE LOST CHILD
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Question
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Mulk Raj Anand
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Sylvia Plath
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Sara Teasdale
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Arushi Lakhanpal
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Detailed explanation-1: -About the author: Mulk Raj Anand (12/10/1905-28/9/2004) is famous for his stories related to the traditional society and the poor of India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Child and Other Stories A collection of 13 short stories by Mulk Raj Anand, the recently deceased doyen of Indian literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lost Child is the story of a small child who gets lost in a fair. He had gone with his parents to the fair but loses them when he gets engrossed in looking at a roundabout swing. The story highlights the bond of love and affection that the child shares with his parents.
Detailed explanation-4: -The story conveys the message that children love their parents unconditionally. The lost child thinks of his father as a strict person when he demands toys from him. He does not press his parents for sweets or garlands etc because he accepts that they will never grant him his wish.
Detailed explanation-5: -The man tries to console him and offers him all the things he had wanted one after the other; but the child is inconsolable and wants nothing except his parents. The theme of the story is the deep relationship of pure love between parents and a child.