The Thief story by Ruskin Bond is a prescribed chapter for Grade 10th CBSE. The chapter evokes humanity and the art of forgiveness.

1. The thief story
By Ruskin Bond

2. Theme of the story
The Thief by Ruskin Bond. In The Thief by Ruskin Bond
we have the theme of aspirations, connection, trust,
betrayal, friendship, guilt, change, kindness and honesty. ...
It is also possible that Deepak knows that he is betraying
Arun by robbing the money particularly when Arun has
shown Deepak nothing but kindness.

3. About the Author
Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent. He lives with his adopted
family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the
growth of children's literature in India. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our
Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma
Bhushan in 2014.
Most of his works are influenced by life in the hill stations at the foothills of the Himalayas, where he
spent his childhood. His first novel, The Room On the Roof, was written when he was 17 and published
when he was 21. It was partly based on his experiences at Dehradun, in his small rented room on the
roof, and his friends. His earlier works were written without it being meant for any particular
readership.His first children's book, Angry River, published in the 1970s, had its writing toned down on a
publisher's request for a children's story. On writing for children, he said, "I had a pretty lonely childhood
and it helps me to understand a child better."Bond's work reflects his Anglo-Indian experiences and the
changing political, social and cultural aspects of India, having been through colonial, postcolonial and
post-independence phases of India.

4. Characters
→ Anil
→ Hari Singh
1. Character sketch of Anil in the thief
story:
Anil is an easy going, kind and simple man
who has interest in sports like Wrestling.
He is not a rich person but has the patience
and goodness.
He ignore when Hari steals bits of money
from him. He teaches him reading, writing
etc.
Anil is a magazine writer. He is a
trustworthy and generous person. He also
pays Hari when he got some money.
At the end of the story, he forgives Hari
when he tried to steal money.

5. 2. Hari Singh
Hari Singh was a 15 years boy who was an experienced
and a successful thief. He was successful because of his
cleverness and intelligence. He carefully planned
everything before choosing his victims. He went to
places where people would unsuspect him and win their
confidence to get job.
After sometime he would run away stealing money from
there. Thus he used to change his name to fool the
police and his former employers. Thus he was a lair. He
was cruel enough to rob a simple and trusting man like
Anil. He managed to steal six hundred rupees from his
house.
Later there is a transformation in the end of this story
where he decides to come back to Anil and keep his
trust alive. This shows that there is good in every bad
person. He wanted to become an educated person in the
future. He wanted to mend his ways and become clever
and respected man and earn his livelihood honestly
without stealing.

6. Plot of the
story →

7. Tell the audience
what you expect
to happen...

8. I think this is what’s going to happen
because…
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Variables that may affect the
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Hypothesis support

9. The experiment

10. Conclusion
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