Language
Indhold
Style of writing
The short story “The Boss Came to Dinner” by Bhisham Sahni is written in a conversational style. This contributes to the realism of the story. There are also several Hindi words, such as “Ammi,” “phulkari,” and “chowki ”. This helps give the text a local color.
The stream of consciousness technique is used sometimes when we follow a character’s thoughts in a certain situation. For instance, when the mother thinks that Shamnath coming to scold her, her thought process reveals her anxiety about her situation: “Had she made another blunder? She was making mistakes. Oh, why had she doz...
