The Vendor of Sweets

by

R. K. Narayan

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Story-Writing Machines

In The Vendor of Sweets, the story-writing machines represent how generational differences impede communication between Jagan, who owns a sweet-shop in southern India in the 1960s, and his son Mali. When Jagan…

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Green Car

In The Vendor of Sweets, Mali’s green car symbolizes how material goods, though apparently desirable, often fail to contribute to a good life. Before Mali leaves India for America to study creative writing…

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