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  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

Two Little Soldiers Summary in Points: The two friends Luc and Jean were comrades in the same barracks. They were in war for a long time, so they were homesick.  They had made it a ritual to visit and have a picnic lunch at a particular place in the woods, which was peaceful and reminded them of their homes.  There they met a girl, who was a dairymaid. They started meeting her every Sunday. They both fell in love in love with her. But they never talked about this topic with each other. Suddenly one week, Luc met the girl on two occasions in secret taking leave from the barracks. But he didn't tell anything about it to his friend Jean. It was only the next Sunday, Jean discovered the relationship between Luc and the girl. They made love and walked away together without paying any attention to him (Jean). He was much troubled and disturbed by his friend's treachery and unfaithfulness .  Later, while returning back to the barracks, he committed suicide by throwing himself in the r

  Civil Peace : By Chinua Achebe [Summary, Important Questions-Answers, Interpretation and Analysis] Main Characters : Jonathan Iwegbu : The protagonist and the central character Maria Iwegbu : Jonathan's wife, a loyal and caring wife, like her husband she is also laborious Thief Leader : in charge of robbery in Jonathan's house, boldly declares himself as a thief The Army Officer  : who asked for Jonathan's cycle, took two pounds as a bribe form him ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary :  This is primarily a story of how a person can remain positive and optimistic even in worst situations of life. It is a story of optimism, faith in God and a hard labour. The main character of this story is  Jonathan who has survived (continued to live in spite of danger) the Nigerian Civil War (also known as Biafran War). Although he has lost his youngest son in the war, still he is still happy to have c