Rusty Room On The Roof

Mr harrison wants him to be groomed with english values and to avoid contact with indian influences.

Rusty room on the roof.

He lives with his guardian mr harrison a missionary and his wife in dehradun. This easy caste system was a major problem and ther were higher and lower castes. A room on the roof is the story of a 17 year old orphan boy rusty living with his uncle mr. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.

Written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends. This story depicts the immaturity of the youths and how they live in this bewildering world of orthodox people.

It was bond s first literary venture. His first novel the room on the roof written when he was seventeen received the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. Born in kasauli in 1934 ruskin bond grew up in jamnagar dehradun new delhi and shimla. The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond.

Since the book was written by bond when he was young we can see the traits of an immature lost boy. This book brings out the character of rusty as a true adolescent through the spontaneity in writing. It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty. Room on the roof is a story of a youth written by ruskin bond in his 17 s.

Harrison in the european area of dehradun.