Summary and exercises of the story An Astrologer's Day by : R. K. Narayan
An Astrologer's Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Characters of the Story: The Astrologer: Protagonist of the story (fake and liar, who has run away from his village after a murderous attempt)/ Name not given The Stranger: Antagonist (Name--Guru Nayak, stubborn, arrogant and an ill behaved person) The Astrologer's Wife: A gentle and patient house wife ------------------------------------------- Introduction: It is a story of a fake astrologer. It deals with a day's event in his life which suddenly brings his dark past before him. That day a stranger came to him to know his future. Ironically the astrologer had tried to kill him long before and had run away from his village. The man asked the astrologer when he could find his murderer. He was very revengeful, and wanted to kill him. It was really a very grave (serious) situation for the astrologer. But as he was a very cl