gamesattwilight

__**Summary**:__ Games At Twilight was written by Anita Desai. The story is about a young boy named Ravi, who is misunderstood by his fellow commarards (his family) which makes him feel insignificant. The day starts off boiling hot. the children desperrate to go out " that they burst out like seeds form a crakling, over- ripe pod," they start their day off by playing games such as ' Hide and Seek,' but Raghu the older brother was the seeker. And Ravi was one of the hiders. Ravi hid in a shed, "it was dark, spooky in the shed," and Ravi stayed there for a very long time. He was not found, but after a while he realized to win the game, you have to touch the 'Den.' He came out of the shed fast and ran and shouted out, " Den, Den,Den." Everyone looked at him with amazement. The motherly mira said " Stop it, Stop it, Stop it, Ravi, Don't be a baby." Ravi made himself think that he won, but no one agreed or did not even bother looking for him. " he is silenced by a terrible sense of his insignificance." "Cause by the ignominy of being forgotten." Ravi was looking forward to winning but was heartbroken when the other children left him out. Games At Twilight highlights the effects of exclusion towards the people. Ravi is a pariah in the family beacuse the other children don't see him as being important.

The story is set in India. In the house it is very stuffy and hot, when they go out to the veranda, it is very hot and humid. The shed that Ravi when to hide in was dark, creepy and scary. " the shed smelt of rats, ant hills, dust and spider webs."
 * __Setting__**__:__


 * __Characters:__**
 * Mira - sister, motherly figure.
 * Raghu - aggressive, violent and animalistic. "charged after him with a blood curdling yell."
 * Ravi - main character. suffers from ignominy. social pariah. youngest child.
 * Mother - tries to be strict; not much control over the children; not very persistent.

__**Themes:**__
 * Childhood
 * Igonominy
 * Being misunderstood
 * Hierarchy
 * Parents and children relationship
 * Family
 * Pariahs

__**Quotations:**__
 * "please ma,please we'll play in the vendra"
 * "Their faces were red and bloated."
 * "the business of the children's day which is- play.
 * "Raghu was it. he started to protest, to cry."
 * "Raghu's long, hefty, hairy footballer legs."
 * "it was dark, spooky in the shed." "
 * "he alone left unconquered."
 * "ignominy of being forgotten."
 * "Their lungs were stuffed with cotton wool and dust".
 * "They faced the afternoon. It was too hot. Too bright".
 * "silenced by a terrible sense of insignificance".
 * "flower pot...that at least was cut to his own size"-a flower pot is the only thing that Ravi gets for being the youngest and smallest child in the family
 * "such a dark and depressing mortuary of defunct goods"-as much as Ravi wants to be noticed he only finds comfort in a shed full of forgotten furniture, forgotten just like Ravi

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