The Room On The Roof Story

He is not allowed to travel outside and have any contact with the indians living in the town.

The room on the roof story.

Due to his guardian mr harrison s strict ways he runs away from his 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. It was bond s first literary venture. The room on the roof is the coming of age story centered on a lonely orphaned anglo indian boy rusty.

At 17 he is living with his strict guardian on the outskirts of the town dehra with the members of the british community. The moment of action. The room on the roof is semi autobiographical work by ruskin bond india s favorite storyteller and also a renowned writer of children s books. 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. 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. Ranbir a new indian friend coaxes rusty into. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian rusty runs away from home to live with his indian friends.

One rainy day rusty meets a boy called somi. The novel revolves around rusty an orphaned seventeen year old anglo indian boy living in dehradun. He is very lonely and sad and even though he lives with his guardian mr. The room on the roof is a novel written by ruskin bond.

The room on the roof summary a day to walk free.