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See them allThe Rumour Chain — From Nathu's Complaint to Bank Collapse
The map in words
- Nathu - Sweeper Boy
- Grumbles about unpaid salary: Sitaram - Washerman's Son
- Repeats out of context: Mrs Srivastava
- Adds alarm: Mrs Bhushan
- Tells husband: Mr Bhushan
- Bank going bankrupt: Kamal Kishore - Photographer
- Get money out now: Deep Chand - Barber
- Shocked - razor slips: Injured Customer
- Seth has fled - the bird has flown: Bazaar Crowd
- 4 versions circulate: Mass Panic
- Old Ganpat runs: Bank Mobbed
- Cash runs out: Bank Window Smashed
- Nathu sweeps debris - never knows his role
- Cash runs out: Bank Window Smashed
- Old Ganpat runs: Bank Mobbed
- 4 versions circulate: Mass Panic
- Seth has fled - the bird has flown: Bazaar Crowd
- Shocked - razor slips: Injured Customer
- Get money out now: Deep Chand - Barber
- Bank going bankrupt: Kamal Kishore - Photographer
- Tells husband: Mr Bhushan
- Adds alarm: Mrs Bhushan
- Repeats out of context: Mrs Srivastava
- Grumbles about unpaid salary: Sitaram - Washerman's Son
Chapter Overview — The Boy who Broke the Bank
The map in words
- The Boy who Broke the Bank
- Author
- Ruskin Bond
- Born 1934 Kasauli
- Sahitya Akademi 1992
- Padma Shri 1999
- Setting
- Pipalnagar
- Small Indian Town
- Local Bank
- Bazaar
- Characters
- Nathu Sweeper Boy
- Sitaram Washermans Son
- Mrs Srivastava
- Mrs Bhushan
- Mr Bhushan
- Kamal Kishore Photographer
- Deep Chand Barber
- Old Ganpat Beggar
- Seth Govind Ram Absent
- Themes
- Power of Rumours
- Distortion in Communication
- Mob Mentality
- Irony as Moral
- Small Town Life
- Cause and Effect
- Literary Devices
- Dramatic Irony
- Satire
- Hyperbole
- Symbolism
- Chain Structure
- Characterisation by Action
- Plot Arc
- Nathus Complaint
- Chain of Distortion
- The Bird Has Flown
- Mass Panic
- Bank Collapses
- Ironic Ending
- Author
The Rumour Chain — How a Complaint Broke a Bank
The map in words
- Nathu - Sweeper Boy\nSalary not paid\nMight quit
- Overheard by: Sitaram\nWasherman son\nThey are not paying him
- Told to: Mrs Srivastava\nBank cannot pay\nits employees
- Told to: Mrs Bhushan\nMust be in a\nvery bad way
- Told to: Mr Bhushan\nBank about to\ngo bankrupt
- Told to: Kamal Kishore\nBank will collapse\nWithdraw money now
- Told to: Deep Chand\nShock causes razor\nto nick customer
- Customer runs to bank: The Bird Has Flown\nSeth is missing\nCrowd panics
- Rumour explodes: Bazaar Mob\n4 contradictory versions\nof Seth fate
- Bank overwhelmed: Bank Broken\nCash runs out\nWindow smashed
- Next morning: Nathu sweeps debris\nWonders how it happened\nNever knows his role
- Bank overwhelmed: Bank Broken\nCash runs out\nWindow smashed
- Rumour explodes: Bazaar Mob\n4 contradictory versions\nof Seth fate
- Customer runs to bank: The Bird Has Flown\nSeth is missing\nCrowd panics
- Told to: Deep Chand\nShock causes razor\nto nick customer
- Told to: Kamal Kishore\nBank will collapse\nWithdraw money now
- Told to: Mr Bhushan\nBank about to\ngo bankrupt
- Told to: Mrs Bhushan\nMust be in a\nvery bad way
- Told to: Mrs Srivastava\nBank cannot pay\nits employees
- Overheard by: Sitaram\nWasherman son\nThey are not paying him
The destructive power of rumours in a small-town bank story
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- The destructive power of rumours in a small-town bank story
- Nathu's complaint
- Sitaram
- Mrs. Srivastava
- Mrs. Bhushan
- Mr. Bhushan
- Kamal Kishore
- Deep Chand
- The injured customer
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