The Room On The Roof Story

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The room on the roof story.

The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond. The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian rusty runs away from home to live with his indian friends. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957.

He offers rusty a ride on his bicycle. At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community. This is his masterpiece that tells a wonderful tale of adolescence and coming of age. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends.

Ranbir a new indian friend coaxes rusty into. One rainy day rusty meets a boy called somi. Room on the roof is about an orphaned boy named rusty who has no real family after his parents death. Soon the story moves to the occasion of holi.

It was bond s first literary venture. A classic coming of age story which has held generations of readers spellbound rusty a sixteen year old anglo indian boy is orphaned and has to live with his english guardian in the claustrophobic european part in dehra dun. He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town. He is very lonely and sad and even though he lives with his guardian mr.

The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun.