Rusty Room On The Roof

It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty.

Rusty room on the roof.

Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends. This easy caste system was a major problem and ther were higher and lower castes. His first novel the room on the roof written when he was seventeen received the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. Harrison in the european area of dehradun.

This book brings out the character of rusty as a true adolescent through the spontaneity in writing. Born in kasauli in 1934 ruskin bond grew up in jamnagar dehradun new delhi and shimla. At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community. Room on the roof is a story of a youth written by ruskin bond in his 17 s.

He lives with his guardian mr harrison a missionary and his wife in dehradun. A room on the roof is the story of a 17 year old orphan boy rusty living with his uncle mr. The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond. Written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work.

Mr harrison wants him to be groomed with english values and to avoid contact with indian influences. Since the book was written by bond when he was young we can see the traits of an immature lost boy. It was bond s first literary venture. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun.

This story depicts the immaturity of the youths and how they live in this bewildering world of orthodox people.