Name :- Sarvaiya Arati Bhupatbhai
College :- Government Art’s College
Semister :- 5th
Std. :- T.Y.B.A.(English)
Subject :- Complesory English
Topic Name :- Humour (The Gold Frame)

HUMOUR:-
THE GOLD FRAME
- R.K. LAXMAN

• Subtopics of the presentation
■Introduction
■AboutR.K.Laxman
■Aboutthestory
■ ThestoryinShort
■Characterization
■Themesofthestory
■Conclusion

• Introduction
■“ TheGoldFrame”isamoving shortstory.Itwaswritten by R.
K.Laxman.Thestoryendsin anunexpectedmanner.Itis fullof
humourandirony.

• About r.k. laxman
■ RasipuramKrishnaswami IyerLaxman(24
October1921-26January2015)wasanIndian
cartoonist, illustrator,and humorist.
■ Hewasbestknown for hiscreation The
CommonMan andfor hisdailycartoon
strip,YouSaidItintheTimesof India,which
startedin1951.

• About the story
■ TheGoldFramewrittenbyR.K.Laxmanisthestoryofaframemakerwho
isaskedtoframe thephotographofareveledelder.Thecustomerwho
bringsthisphotographisveryparticularabouttheframeastheelderishis
patron.Inaverylightheartedhumour,Laxmansatirises thewaythe
customergivesexcessiveimportance totheframe.

• the story in short
■ Dattaisaphotoframemaker.Heishardworkingman.
Oneday ,acustomerbringsanoldphotographfor
framing. Themanwhobringthephotorespecttheold
manin itastheGod ofhisfamily.Hewantstodoa
bestovalshapeframe .Dattaasks himtwoweeks time
tocomplete hiswork.
■ Aftertendays,thecustomergoestotheshopandasks
himabout thephotoframe.Dattareplieshim tocome
inthefixed date.

■ Then,hestartstodohisjob.Whiledoingso,the
paint spillsontheold man’sphotograph.Thephoto
becomescompletely dameged thenafter
sometime,he wantstogetapropersolution,while
prayingtotheGods,aparticular photocaptureshis
attention.Afterthis,hedecides tofind asubstitute
forthespoiled photograph.Inthesearch,hefinds
onephotoissuitableforit.
■ Dattaworkscarefully and putthephotoin a
shiningGold Frame.Nextday ,thecustomercomes
todatta’sshop.Dattagiveshim ,thepackageand
thecustomerbecomesimpatient toseetheportrait.

■ Afteropeningthe portrait,thecustomer
thankedhappilytoDatta,butsoon,the
customeraskedDattawhat hehaddone.
Dattafearsthathe findshisfraud.When
Dattatriestoanswer,thecustomeraskshim
wherethe Ovalisshape andshowsthe
portraitisinsquare.Dattafeelshappyfornot
beentrappedinidentifyingthephoto.

• Characterization

• Themes of the story
■Thereistwothemesinthisstory.
1) HumorousSentiments
■ inthisstorywecanseetheHumorousSentimentsintheendofthe
story,whenthecustomerhasfoundaminorfaultinsteadofamajorfault.
2)Humansenseofthinking
■TheHumansenseofthinking,Thisisthemainthemeofthestory.Inthis
story,thecustomer’sfocusisonlyupontheframethat’s whyhecanfindthe
fault oftheframeinsteadofthephotograph.

• Conclusion
■ Thestoryisironical thatthecustomerhasfoundaminor faultinstead
ofa majorfault.Hedid notfindthephotographand Dattagetsanarrow
escape.Thus,thestoryendsinatwistofhumour.