LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:6 June 2022
ISSN 1930-2940

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Boundaries of Love

Dr. Olive Thambi


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To Sir, with Love is a novel by E.R. Braithwaite that describes Braithwaite's personal experiences as a teacher in London, where his innovative teaching methods endeared him to his students. It is an autobiographical novel. The novel is set against the aftermath of world war-II where people struggled to find a steady job. The protagonist is named after the author himself. Braithwaite struggles to find a good job after World War II. Finally, he gets a job as a teacher in London. He is a black and is considered an outsider. The racist attitude is played out in the very classroom in which Braithwaite taught.

Braithwaite's students are indisciplined and mostly uninterested in learning. They disrespect Braithwaite, and he struggles to teach them. These students had behavioural issues because of which they were dismissed from other schools. They were into all kinds of wrong habits.

The students were more outside than inside the classrooms. Even if they were attending classes, they were disrupting the class by thumping the desks and using foul language. It was so disgusting that Braithwaite decided to change his strategy. He began addressing their interests directly. He took them to museums, theatres etc. Gradually, the students began to love him and also adore him. Having got the attention of his students, Braithwaite asked the class to refer to him as “sir” and to the lady students as “miss”. Initially, the class thought it was strange but then they got used to it. The trauma of the war is palpably felt by the students living in appalling living conditions.

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Dr. Olive Thambi
Assistant Professor of English
LRG Govt. Arts College for Women
Tiruppur 641604, Tamil Nadu
oliverajesh218@gmail.com
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