This document summarizes the novel "Kanthapura" by Raja Rao. It discusses how the novel depicts the villagers of Kanthapura in a realistic way and portrays their ignorance, poverty, and petty jealousies. It describes how the Gandhi movement comes to the village through Moorthy and other boys, and how Moorthy organizes Gandhi's work there as the people of the village become actively involved in the freedom struggle. The document concludes that the real heroes of the novel are not individual characters but the village of Kanthapura and its people as a whole.

1.  Name:- Pipavat Gopi.Name:- Pipavat Gopi.
 Roll No:- 31Roll No:- 31
 Sem:- M.A ( Sem-1)Sem:- M.A ( Sem-1)
 Paper :- 04 ( Indian writing in English- prePaper :- 04 ( Indian writing in English- pre
independence)independence)
 Topic:- Kanthapura microcosom ofTopic:- Kanthapura microcosom of
macrocosom.macrocosom.
 Submitted to:- S. B. Gardi,Submitted to:- S. B. Gardi,
Department Of English,Department Of English,
M. K. Bhavnagar University.M. K. Bhavnagar University.

7. 
In kanthapura we are told of the people ,In kanthapura we are told of the people ,
their ignorance ,and their poverty , theirtheir ignorance ,and their poverty , their
ignorance ,and their petty jelousiesignorance ,and their petty jelousies
 Prof . Atmaram says ; “ in kanthapura theProf . Atmaram says ; “ in kanthapura the
villagers are depicted in realistic colours.”villagers are depicted in realistic colours.”

12.  In this remote south indian villageIn this remote south indian village
there comes the gandhi movementthere comes the gandhi movement
through moorthy, and other villagethrough moorthy, and other village
boys.boys.
 It is moorthy who organize theIt is moorthy who organize the
gandhi work in the village , just asgandhi work in the village , just as
gandhi who struggle in india forgandhi who struggle in india for
freedom. but very soon the peoplefreedom. but very soon the people
of village actively involved. And theof village actively involved. And the
novel becomes an account of theirnovel becomes an account of their
heroic sacrifice.heroic sacrifice.

14.  Thus we can Say that the kanthapura is not aThus we can Say that the kanthapura is not a
novel dealing with the life of any individualnovel dealing with the life of any individual
hero.hero.
 If there is any hero in the novel , it isIf there is any hero in the novel , it is
kanthapura itself and its people so , the titlekanthapura itself and its people so , the title
of the novel “ kanthapura “ is approprite andof the novel “ kanthapura “ is approprite and
suggestive.suggestive.
Thank you.Thank you.