LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 25:3 March 2025
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The Young Vagrants: A Journey of Friendship and Adventure

Dr. Anjali Verma, M.A., M. PHIL, PHD


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This paper aims to analyse Ruskin Bond's The Young Vagrants as a piece of children's literature. The path for children's books' future was established when the requirements were recognized as one of the most important components of child development. Even though children's literature has been around since antiquity, it was included in mainstream literature. Only in the 19th century did it attain its own significance. Prior until that moment, parents forced children to read the books they believed were suitable to them. The majority of this material was moralistic. Children were deprived of the things that would make them happy. The middle class began to gradually shift its perspective as a result of political and social shifts, starting to comprehend the intrinsic value of "children" and "childhood." This further contributed to the creation of children's literature that was written with their interests and relevance in mind.

Since Ruskin Bond is one of the best children's authors and his books have been cherished by young readers, his writings are more relevant while talking about children's literature in India. Several images, occurrences, and characters from his life contribute as vital avenues for inspiration for his writing, giving it an autobiographical tone. Bond paints a clear picture of his young figures by peering directly into their transparent hearts. His portrayal of the characters shows how well he understands the children's unassuming nature. The first-hand experiences of children who appear in his books serve as the foundation for his realism.

The novel The Young Vagrants was first published in 1981 by Indian book house. It is the sequel to the novel The Room on the Roof and has Rusty as the main character. It is autobiographical in tone and is pleasurable to read and is exciting with the alterations of the journey of Rusty and his companions. It is a suitable novel for older children. It deals with the pre-pubescent years of Rusty and his companions. It is a phase of identity crisis. The person is too old to be a child and too young to be an adult. At this transitional stage Rusty and his friends have to make several major decisions regarding their future. The friend’s runaway from their houses under various circumstances and wander to different places in search of livelihood and stablility.Finally Krishan finds a guardian in a well to do distant relative Mr.Bhusan and Rusty stumbles upon good fortune which changes his life and the novel ends with a traditional ray of hope.

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Dr. Anjali Verma, M.A., M. PHIL, PHD
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