The Blatantly Less Obvious

Narayan’s short narrative of the young Swami and his group of friends might seem at surface level to be fairly trivial. In contrast to some other authors we have read, such as Joyce, he used very simple and straightforward language, and presented his ideas in one short and concrete narrative. Though not simply one narrative, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was presented rather similarly. The author of Bush of Ghosts also had some extremely interesting ideas he wished to portray, and using the life story of one young boy, also found a simple means through which to express them. Though presented in simple concrete narratives, each is truly much more abstract and though-provoking than one might initially presuppose, and I find it extremely interesting that the author’s chose to present their ideas in this manner. When possessing a message which one would wish to portray, it is often times easier to simply spell out one’s argument in a clear-cut fashion which is easy for the reader to grasp and understand. One could then argue that each of these two authors found a more artistic way with which to get their messages across in choosing rather to incorporate and slightly obscure their thoughts in the form of a narrative.