The novel is about sufferings and pain of the poorest people. From this way, A Fine Balance is the story of the heroic struggles and hideous misfortunes that is based on physical, psychological and social sufferings. The novel is a wonderful presentation of three major themes.Feb 2, 2016
Is A Fine Balance based on a true story?
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, is a fictional — but not fictitious — account of casteism in India. Set during The Emergency in the early to mid-1970s, the saga takes us on an unforgettable journey into the lives of four ill-fated individuals.
What is the meaning of Fine Balance?
The phrase 'a fine balance' reminds me of 'a fine line' - where there is barely a thread between one extreme and the other. The image of the children on the pole immediately comes to mind. That scene in the book felt so symbolic: their survival depended on putting their lives at risk.
Why did Mistry write A Fine Balance?
Rohinton Mistry their capacity for laughter, their capacity to endure." "Perhaps my main intention in writing this novel was to look at history from the bottom up, from the point of view of people like Ishvar and Om. The dispossessed.
What happens in the end of A Fine Balance?
The ending is depressing in how the poor are exploited by the powerful for their selfish means. But what it also highlights is the resilience of these poor men who go on with their lives instead of giving it up and ending it.
Is A Fine Balance realistic?
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975.
Where is the novel A Fine Balance based?
India
Who dies in A Fine Balance?
As the Centre in this city did not fill its quota, they take random people from the street and force them into a truck that drives them to the Family Planning Centre. All three are beaten into the truck and since Ashraf Chacha is so old, he is gravely injured and later dies on the street.