The Home-coming — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 10 · English Literature-Treasure Chest ( Poems and Short Stories)
The Home-coming revision notes for ICSE Class 10 English Literature-Treasure Chest: 4 topics in quick points. Includes Plot and Key Events, Character.
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Plot and Key Events
- Phatik Chakravorti is fourteen years old and the ringleader of the village boys.
- The story opens with Phatik organising the boys to roll a large log on the riverbank.
- Makhan sits stubbornly on the log and refuses to move.
Character Sketches
- Phatik Chakravorti is the fourteen-year-old protagonist and ringleader of the village boys.
- He is bold, mischievous, restless, and full of energy.
- His village confidence hides a deep need for love and acceptance.
Themes and Message
- The story is about the anguish of adolescence: fourteen is a difficult age.
- At that age, a boy is too old to be cuddled but not yet old enough to be respected.
- Phatik belongs nowhere: he is too wild for the village and too raw for the city.
Important Quotations and Their Meaning
- great clumsy country lout is spoken by Bishamber’s wife when Phatik loses his lesson-book.
- Hadn’t you better send him home? is spoken by Bishamber’s wife after Phatik is brought back feverish and delirious.
- Uncle, I was just going home; but they dragged me back again. is spoken by Phatik at his bedside during fever.
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