A devoted son is a short sad story. In this story, Anita Desai covers the generation gap, identity, the conflict between duty as a son and duty.......
A Devoted Son by Anita Desai - Summary & Exercise
Summary of A Devoted Son A Devoted Son is a short sad story by Anita Desai. It is a story of complicated familial bonds which highlights the change of dynamics in the relationship between the father, Varma and his son, Dr Rakesh. ... The son is brought up by his father, starts earning his livelihood and then, dutifully looks after his father. In this story, Anita Desai covers the generation gap, identity, the conflict between duty as a son and duty as a doctor, as well as the hypocrisy in the perception of the same. Rakesh’s duties as a son were to study well, score well, work hard, earn well, marry well, settle well and then take care of his family well; Rakesh performed his duties in the superlative degree. Themes of the Story A Devoted Son The conflict between a good doctor and good son: perception, father and son define it differently & generation gap from Verma's perspective, he has been neglected and wronged as a father and we must sympathize with him we were taught the chapt…
