In this way, Narayan wishes the readers not to find any implicit suggestions in his art. His art is
born out of his creative imagination and as Uma Parameswaran calls, "there is nothing more,
nothing less" (Native Genius). One cannot dismiss Narayan as a mere story teller since a writer
cannot produce a work of art just as he wishes. Any art is a product of the milieu in which it is
written. Though Narayan himself claims that there is nothing in between in his writings, it is
worthy to take a serious note of it. Narayan’s works are deeply rooted in the Indian soil.
Narayan himself has expressed the view that a writer must have roots in his own culture. It
reflects the life that is lived in India. The middle class and the lower middle class life find an
important place in his writings. The characters that are portrayed by him are rather ordinary
than extraordinary. There are plenty of sanyasis, sorcerers, criminals in his creations.
Grandmothers, children, teachers, shopkeepers, printers are abound.
The characters that one finds in Narayan's work are onedimensional.
The scope for the elasticity of meaning in
introducing a character or a situation is very limited. He places
a character in the Malgudi milieu and then to his whims and
fancies, he plays with the creation. The author is concerned with
the oddities and the angularities of the characters. He creates
a character and with a deft pen, he contrives situations and
avoids complexity or satire. Narayan's characters take life as it
comes by and do not revolutionize their existence.
self in his writing. His characters also do not achieve any self
realization. Narayan uses irony in his narration to bring out the inherent
weaknesses of the human predicament. And this situation leads him
to his triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears. The prime
significance is given to comedy and humour. These attributes are
closely woven into the structure of his prose. The narration is
simple in form. There is no breach between the plot and the
character. They are always bonded together. The novels are
carefully segmented with a beginning, middle and an end. The
action progresses naturally and a coherent move from one situation
to the other is noticed. There is a completeness at the end of the
novel since when all ends well and the reader has a satisfied
feeling that all characters are safe and happy. There is no room
for tragedy though there is ample scope for tension and f ear/