Rusty Room On The Roof

At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community.

Rusty room on the roof.

Room on the roof is a story of a youth written by ruskin bond in his 17 s. This easy caste system was a major problem and ther were higher and lower castes. He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town. It is a tale about an anglo indian orphan boy named rusty.

Born in kasauli in 1934 ruskin bond grew up in jamnagar dehradun new delhi and shimla. Mr harrison wants him to be groomed with english values and to avoid contact with indian influences. Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his home to live with his indian friends. 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. A room on the roof is the story of a 17 year old orphan boy rusty living with his uncle mr. Since the book was written by bond when he was young we can see the traits of an immature lost boy. Harrison in the european area of dehradun.

Written by bond as a 17 year old the story of the room on the roof is a semi autobiographical work. This story depicts the immaturity of the youths and how they live in this bewildering world of orthodox people. His first novel the room on the roof written when he was seventeen received the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize in 1957. He lives with his guardian mr harrison a missionary and his wife in dehradun.

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