Like The Sun Literary Analysis

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Have you ever been told to always to tell the truth, and now you lie daily with little things for the benefit of others and to keep peace. In “Like the Sun” R.K. Narayan tell us a story about a day in the life of an average man who decides to not lie no matter the cost. Sekhar starts his day by telling his wife that he hates her cooking thinking of how he normally lies in this situation, however instead of listening to his opinion his wife scolds him for it. His day continues like this with several more places where he had to be brutally honest in order to not lie. With the story “Like the Sun” conflict and irony are the most important literary terms that can be used because without them you would expect how the story plays out and would…show more content…
Situational is where something happens that is the opposite of what you expect. Verbal is when someone say something and means the exact opposite which is avoided through this whole story. “Truth, Sekher reflected, is like the sun. I suppose no human being can ever look it straight in the face without blinking or being dazed.”(R.K.Narayan 81) This quote gives an example of situational irony that happens every day in this story and in our daily life. Ever since we were young we were always told to tell the truth and everything would work out alright, however most people act badly to the truth when others speak it because they don’t want to hear the truth. We live in lies to make things easier so even if the truth is better we will ignore and avoid it to make life easier. Sekher’s school’s headmaster tells him to come over to critique him on his music. The headmaster is happy because everyone tells him that he is doing good and expects a good review, however when he asks Sekher’s opinion he is told that he is terrible and will never do better. This is a great example of situation irony because he expects to be told that he is great and the exact opposite happens. Also instead of listening the truth and using it to be productive he gets mad and angry at Sekher. Without the irony in this story everyone would expect people to always tell the truth not the lies we say to make life

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