My story is in fact a real life incidence from Gujarat, an Indian State. In a city called Ahmadabad there was a person named Salesman. He lived in a small house, with his wife and three children. The oldest was 19 and the youngest was 13. Between the sons there was a daughter of 9.

Salesman was about 48 years old. He had been working hard, selling goods from door to door for more than 28 years. He had left school after Matriculation. The circumstances had forced him to do so. After the Independence the majority belonged to the poor in India. There were some states like Bengal and Kerala where Marxism had made a very long lasting impression on the minds of the people, resulting in the working class satisfied with the fulfillment of their basic needs. In Gujarat it was not so. Most of the Guajarati are business minded and hard working.

Our Salesman was also a very hard working person. He had started with detergent powder. He carried a bag of powder packets on his shoulders and tried to visit as many houses as he could in his working hours, from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening. In 28 years he had never taken lunch, instead he would buy something on the road and take it as snacks.

Among his customers there was an old lady named Ramabai. She lived alone in a very big house. She had six dogs and a few cats to give her company. Salesman visited her everyday and took errands to bring anything she needed from the market. Ramabai was a widow but her late husband had left her a fortune in many bank deposits. Salesman never asked anything about her late husband or her relatives. He was the man who rejoiced in making the old woman happy. Everyday he spent more than one hour in her house to help her feed her pet members of the family. It was a kind of duty which he performed very obediently.

Salesman brought goods from the big company stores and he got commission on his sales. He never complained about anything, though his wife and the oldest son often told him to tell the company people to increase his commission. Some people are simply happy to live as unknown citizens and they do not have big materialistic ambitions.

Time kept its pace and the son started going to college. The expenses were increasing but Salesman managed somehow. He never uttered a word which could even hint that he found it difficult to make ends meet. I think his patience was stronger than the patience of creative writers who boast of it in their poems, often vicariously.

One day he was not feeling well and his wife went to a local doctor. Even after three days of medication the fever did not come down. He had to be hospitalized and he remained in the hospital for 20 days. His wife hand a pair of gold bangles and she sold the bangles to meet the expenses. Salesman survived.

After about a month he decided to restart his work. First name which came to mind was of Ramabai. He was not worried as much on his account as he was worried about the dogs and cats because on his every visit he used to find them waiting for him at the main gate in expectation of getting some pieces of bread which Salesman carried with him.

He was surprised to see the house locked. He looked around and saw a man approaching him. He had a black coat on. That man was a lawyer.

"Are you Salesman?" said the lawyer.

Salesman was nervous because he was afraid whether there was a complaint against him. He tried to compose himself and said in a whisper,"Yes, Sir."

"I have been looking for you for more than 20 days. You are a very lucky man," the lawyer smiled and kept his arm around Salesman's shoulder.

Salesman was very nervous but more confused.

"Unfortunately, Mrs. Ramabai passed away last month and she left all her property in your name," he gave a very convincing smile.

Now Salesman is a millionaire, living happily with his wife and children.

You will definitely say that Mr. Miller's play had a class and what I have written is no better than the stories sold penny a dozen. Yes, that is what I want to make you realize that I wrote story for the sake of story because I wanted to write. With due respect to Mr. Arthur Miller, I confess that "Death of a Salesman" is one of the best dramas that I have ever seen. I want to assert that inspiration can come from anywhere and in my case Mr. Miller was an inspiration.

A part of me lives with the story and dies with the story. What others conclude or draw is not my business because writing is my duty and I keep on performing my duty in all sincerity.

 

The lives of the people of the community have been greatly influenced by the first settlers. The narrator is related to an early settler who was a judge and a ruler in the church. The judge was known to be very severe towards women.

The narrator meets other Custom House officers, also members of the Whig party. He provides a character sketch of each officer. In the Custom house he finds an old package. A red cloth in the shape of a letter "A" is in the box. A scroll explains that the letter was worn by Hester Prynne. The narrator begins to retell the story of Hester and the scarlet letter.

The prison house was the first building constructed by the settlers of Boston, Despite being cleared of all brush, a wild rosebush grows at the threshold of the prison door. It is thought the rosebush symbolizes morality and can relieve human frailty and sorrow.

One summer morning 200 years ago, every person in town is paying close attention to the prison door because a local woman is being held within the prison. The women are particularly interested in the fate of Hester Prynne.

Hester is led out when the prison door opens. She is holding an infant. A red letter "A" has been sewn on her gown. She is then escorted to a scaffold where she must stand on a platform as a part of her punishment. Everyone in the town watches her, including her father. Hester is ashamed as she looks out at the sea of faces.

From the platform, Hester sees a Native American and another man enter the market place. The man asks who Hester is and what she has done. The man learns Hester committed adultery and will not name the father of her baby. She is being punished in the hopes she will reveal the name of her lover. Inspire of the efforts made by Reverend Dimmesdale and Reverend Wilson, they fail to get the information from Hester.

Once again in the prison, Hester is watched closely by the guards so that she does not harm herself or her child. Hester becomes emotional and upset, alarming the guards further. Another man, Roger Chillingworth, offers to calm Hester. He is given time alone with Hester because he claims to be a physician. He gives Hester and the baby calming draughts.
It transpires that Roger is Hester's husband. He is not angry; he pities her. He knows she never loved him, but he had married her anyway. Roger says they have both been wronged and asks the name of the man who is responsible. He says he will avenge them both.
Hester refuses to name her lover. Roger makes her promise never to reveal his identity to anyone in town.
Hester is released from prison but must still wear the scarlet letter until she reveals her lover's identity. Her burden and shame grows every day because she is singled out as a sinner in the Puritan community. However, she is free to return to Europe, but she chooses to remain in the community. Hester and her daughter move into a thatched cottage on the outskirts of town. Hester is without friends, but her needlework is in demand for christening gowns, and fancy dresses. Hester dresses very plainly, but dresses her daughter in the finest clothes.
Hester is not welcomed at the church and is tormented by the local children. She is isolated from everyone in the community and is not welcome to attend church services.
She decides to name her daughter Pearl because she paid a great price for her treasured daughter. She initially feared Pearl would be plagued by unhappiness because of Hester's experiences while carrying her. Pearl is a happy and playful child, but she sometimes has fits of emotion. Hester is confused by these episodes.
Pearl is also shunned by the local children because of Hester's reputation. She often experiences fits of rage when around other children. Her only real playmate is Hester, so she creates imaginary playmates. Despite being completely innocent, Pearl is punished in the same severe manner as her mother.
Hester delivers a pair of embroidered gloves to Governor Bellingham's mansion for his wife. She brings Pearl with her because she has heard that the elders may want to take Pearl away from her. She wants them to see that Pearl is a happy and healthy child. Children try to throw mud at them as they walk into town, but Pearl's temper scares them away
Pearl is fascinated by the splendor of the mansion. She begins to cry because she wants a red rose, and Hester tries to calm her. Hester does not want the Governor to think Pearl is possessed by evil spirits. Pearl starts screaming, but stops once she sees the Governor.
The Governor is accompanied by Mr. Wilson, Roger Chillingworth, and Reverend Dimmesdale. They tell Hester they are concerned that she is not a proper role model for her daughter. They believe Pearl may be better off being raised by another family.
Mr. Wilson asks Pearl who made her, and Pearl replies she had been plucked from the rose bush that grows by the prison door. The men are horrified.
Hester begs to keep her child and asks her former minister, Dimmesdale, to help. He convinces the other men to allow Hester to keep Pearl, but Dimmesdale will teach catechism to Pearl.
Hester's husband, now using the identity of Roger Chillingworth, becomes a prominent physician in the community. He also becomes active in religious life.
Dimmesdale's health begins to fail, and Chillingworth offers to treat him. He becomes close to Dimmesdale and the two men move in together.
Chillingworth conducts experiments in his laboratory, which concerns the community. Some believe he is involved in the black arts. People begin to believe Dimmesdale is either haunted by Satan or is under the influence of Satan's emissary, Chillingworth.

Chillingworth continues to investigate Dimmesdale, but he is unaware of Chillingworth's agenda. He trusts Chillingworth is his friend.
Dimmesdale alludes to a personal secret, but does not reveal his secret, despite Chillingworth's prompting. Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Hester and Pearl.
After the departure of Prynnes, the men discuss Hester and the belief evil can manifest itself as a sickness. Chillingworth decides to pursue this conversation in the future.
Chillingworth and Dimmesdale have a changed relationship after their last conversation. Chillingworth now knows how to focus his revenge. Dimmesdale senses something evil is watching over him, but he does not suspect it is his trusted confidante.
Dimmesdale is tortured by his secret and the image of Pearl pointing at Hester's scarlet letter, and then pointing at him.
Dimmesdale walks to the scaffold where Hester once stood. He shrieks, but no one takes notice. Hester and Pearl encounter Dimmesdale, and he asks them to stand on the platform with him. Pearl asks him to stand with them on the platform tomorrow at noon. He says he will stand with them on Judgment Day.
Dimmesdale sees a streak of light in the sky shaped like the letter "A". Chillingworth is watching and offers to walk Dimmesdale home.
Over the years, Hester becomes more accepted by the community. She also becomes a sought after seamstress by the privileged in the community and is known for her generosity to the poor. In fact, many in the community now say the scarlet "A" now means able.
Because of her isolation, Hester is free to her own thoughts. This causes her to sometimes doubt her decision to raise Pearl rather than send her to heaven. She also contemplates suicide sometimes.
She recognizes that Dimmesdale is tortured by his guilt. She decides to meet with Chillingworth to talk to him about ending his revenge scheme.

Hester approaches Chillingworth to talk about Dimmesdale. She notices his appearance has changed; he now has a sinister appearance. She accuses him of causing Dimmesdale to suffer a daily living death.
Hester tells him she must reveal his identity before he destroys Dimmesdale. She begs him to forgive both of them and says his hatred has turned him into a fiend. Chillingworth refuses to stop seeking revenge.
Hester declares her hatred for Chillingworth and regrets marrying him.
Pearl fashions an "A" out of seaweed while playing and shows it to her mother. Hester is disturbed by this, but realizes that Pearl is not trying to hurt her. She asks Hester why she wears the scarlet letter and why the minister keeps his hand over his heart. Hester evades the questions, but Pearl brings them back up the next day. Hester threatens to punish her
Hester walks with Pearl in the woods with the intention of revealing Chillingworth's identity to Dimmesdale. She knows that he often walks by himself in the woods, and plans to meet him when he is by himself.
Though Pearl is bathed in sunlight, it leaves as soon as Hester approaches. Pearl asks Hester if she has ever met the evil spirit in the woods. Hester tells her she has, and the evil spirit gave her the scarlet letter.
Hester meets Dimmesdale in the woods.
Dimmesdale tells Hester she is lucky she can openly address her sin by wearing the scarlet letter. He is being tortured by his sin.
Hester tells Dimmesdale that Chillingworth is his enemy and her former husband. He forgives Hester for keeping the secret for 7 years.
Hester advises Dimmesdale to return to Europe, but he refuses to leave. He is afraid to be alone, but Hester says she will go with him.
Hester removes the scarlet letter, throws it into the woods, and feels all her burdens melt away. She and Dimmesdale decide to start a new life together someplace new. They will raise Pearl together.
Dimmesdale worries that Pearl will not respond to him, but Hester tells him Pearl will grow to love him.
Pearl approaches Hester and Dimmesdale, but she refuses to cross the brook to join them. She points to where Hester used to wear the scarlet letter.
Hester tells Pearl to pick up the scarlet letter and bring it to her. Pearl tells Hester to pick it up and feels a sense of doom once she picks up the letter. Pearl then crosses the brook.
Dimmesdale kisses Pearl on the forehead, and she immediately washes her face in the brook.
Dimmesdale leaves first so that no one will see him with Hester and Pearl. Before he leaves, they devise a plan to leave for Europe in 3 days with Hester and Pearl on a ship.
As he returns to town, Dimmesdale is welcomed home by Chillingworth. He tells Chillingworth he will no longer require his medical services. He also tells Chillingworth he is now free to live on his own, and he does not need to live with him anymore.
Hester and Pearl join the rest of the town for Election Day festivities.
Pearl asks if Dimmesdale will talk to them like he did the other day at the brook. Hester tells her he will not be able to speak with them today, and she should not try to get his attention.
Hester sees Chillingworth talking with the commander of the ship they plan to sail on back to Europe. He tells her Chillingworth told him he will be traveling with them in order to provide his medical services to Dimmesdale. Hester begins to worry that Chillingworth stand in the way of their pending happiness.
The procession begins. After the officials file into the square, Dimmesdale delivers what is to be his final sermon before he leaves with Hester and Pearl.
Hester watches Dimmesdale intently, but Pearl is more interested with the people in the crowd. Pearl delivers a message from the ship's commander to her mother. He says he spoke to Chillingworth, who told him that he plans to personally escort Dimmesdale to the ship. Hester worries that they may never escape.
Dimmesdale ends his speech and the procession heads to the market place.
The procession is interrupted by a horrifying shout. All eyes are on Dimmesdale, who appears to be ill. He asks Hester and Pearl to stand with him on the scaffold. Chillingworth tries to stop Dimmesdale, but he holds hands with Hester and Pearl on the scaffold
Dimmesdale reveals he is Pearl's father and Hester's secret lover. He then collapses and dies in Hester's arms.
Several days later, some spectators claim they saw a scarlet letter on Dimmesdale's chest.
Chillingworth turns into a shriveled, unhappy shell of a man after he cannot focus his energy on revenge. He dies that year and leaves a substantial estate solely to Pearl.
Pearl is now the richest heiress in the New World. She and Hester disappear.
Many years later, Hester Prynne returns to Boston without Pearl, who appears to be living in England. Hester is able to gain the trust of the people in the community. Having lived a long life , she dies in old age.

When he comes back home, he comes to know that his sister has been looking for him. She beats him with a tickler, a cane she uses to beat Pip.

After berating Pip, Mrs. Joe gives Pip his bread and butter, which he decides to hide. Pip is accused of "bolting" his food, and Mrs. Joe gives him tar water as a punishment. Pip is told that a convict escaped from prison.

That night, Pip sneaks downstairs and steals some food and brandy. He sneaks out of the house to meet the man in the graveyard.

Pip meets the man and tells him he saw a younger man on the road dressed in the same manner. He had a badly bruised face. The man asked Pip where he can find the younger man. Pip points in the direction of the younger man.

Pip returns home for Christmas dinner. A guest is served from the brandy jug. It is revealed that instead of water, Pip filled the jug with tar water.

Mrs. Joe discovers her pie has been stolen, and Pip runs from the house. He is stopped at the door by a soldier.

The soldiers enter the house and ask for the blacksmith. Joe tells them it will take 2 hours to fix their handcuffs.

Pip goes with Joe to return the handcuffs. The man Pip helped earlier is caught with the younger man Pip saw. The younger man says Pip's convict tried to kill him. Pip's convict denies the charges, but says he stole food from Pip's house.

The convict goes back to the prison ship. Pip returns home and falls asleep. Pip learns to read at the village school, but knows he will be soon apprenticed to Joe when he comes of age. Pip is told that Miss Havisham wants him to visit him.

Pip arrives at Miss Havisham's house, which looks as if it has been abandoned.

Pip enters Miss Havisham's room. She is dressed in an old wedding dress. She says her heart is broken, and all she wants is to see him play.

Miss Havisham calls Estella, a young and rude girl, to play cards with Pip. Pip notices that the room looks like it had been abandoned by a bride years ago.

Pip is told to return in 6 days.

Mrs. Joe is eager to learn what Pip did at Miss Havisham's house. She knocks him around when he does not answer her questions to her liking. He makes up a story when he realizes no one has ever seen Miss Havisham. After some time Pip tells Joe about his visit.

Pip collects Joe from the local bar, where Joe is talking to a strange man who studies Pip.

Pip notices the man stirring his drink with Joe's file. The man gives Pip a shilling. When he gets home, he finds two pound notes wrapped around the shilling.

He is afraid the man will kill him.

Pip returns to Miss Havisham's. He notices all the clocks in the house have been stopped at 8:40.

Estella tries to make Pip cry, but he tells her he will never cry for her.

Instead of playing, Pip is made to wait in a room that had once been prepared for a wedding, but was also abandoned. Miss Havisham tells Pip this is where she will be viewed when she dies.

Pip fights with a young man in the courtyard as Estella watches. She then allows Pip to kiss her on the cheek.

Pip fear he will get in trouble for the fight, but nothing happens to him.

He continues his strange visits with Miss Havisham and Estella. Miss Havisham suggests Joe apprentice Pip at her house.

Joe meets Miss Havisham, who gives him money for Pip. She releases Pip to Joe. Pip is bound as Joe's apprentice in the town hall that day.

Pip is unhappy as an apprentice and misses his time at Miss Havisham's. He is ashamed and worries he is unworthy of Estella.

Pip asks Joe to allow him time off on his birthday to visit Miss Havisham. At his visit, he learns Estella is studying abroad.

On his way home, he learns some fugitives have escaped prison again. When he returns home, he sees his sister has been hit in the head and is lying on the floor.

Pip learns nothing was stolen from the house during his sister's attack. A convict's leg-iron is found next to her body. Pip believes the leg-iron belongs to his convict.

Mrs. Joe's temper is greatly improved after the attack. However, she cannot talk and requires help around the house. Biddy comes to help.

Pip visits Miss Havisham on his next birthday, but Estella is still abroad.

Pip takes Biddy for a walk. He tells her he wants to be a gentleman, not a blacksmith. Biddy tells him that Orlick, Joe's assistant, has a crush on her, and it makes her uncomfortable. He tells Biddy about Estella, and she is clearly disappointed. Pip wished he could love Biddy, but he loves Estel.

Pip is at a pub when a strange man makes a speech about how men should be considered innocent until they are proven guilty. He asks Joe and Pip to go with him to his house for a private conversation.

The man's name is Jaggers, and he is a lawyer acting as a confidential agent of a client. Pip has a benefactor who wants Pip to be released of his apprenticeship and raised as a gentleman.

Pip believes Miss Havisham is his benefactor.

Pip prepares to leave home and is surprised when the people in town treat him differently because he has money.

He visits Miss Havisham before he leaves the next day.

Pip arrives in London 5 hours later and waits for Mr. Jaggers. Pip is overwhelmed by everything he sees in the city.

Pip is delivered to Mr. Pocket's, his new instructor and Miss Havisham's cousin. Mr. Pocket's son Herbert greets Pip, and Pip realizes Herbert is the young man he fought with years ago at Miss Havisham's.

Pip and the young man, Herbert Pocket, laugh off the coincidence and decide to be friends. Herbert tells Pip that Estella was adopted by Miss Havisham and was raised by her with the intention of getting revenge on men.

Herbert tells Pip about Miss Havisham's past, including her engagement to a man who took advantage of her wealth. He sent her a letter as she was dressing for their wedding, saying he would not marry her. She stopped all the clocks at her home and has not left the grounds since.

Pip meets Mr. Pocket, who is a well-respected man and will be Pip's instructor. Mrs. Pocket is a ridiculous woman who only cares about her royal connections.

Pip gets money from Mr. Jaggers to buy furniture for his rooms in London. He will divide his time between the city and Mr. Pocket's school in the country.

Pip has dinner with Wemmick, a man who works for Mr. Jaggers. Pip becomes very comfortable with his new life of privilege.

Pip and a few friends have dinner with Mr. Jaggers, who is solely interested in talking with Drummle. Drummle is one of the students at Mr. Pocket's school, but he is not well-liked by the other students.

After dinner, Mr. Jaggers tells Pip to steer clear of Drummle because he is trouble.

Pip receives a letter from Biddy telling him Joe will be in London and would like to visit.

Joe tells Pip he spoke to Miss Havisham. She asks Joe to tell Pip that Estella wishes to see him. Joe also tells Pip that Pip is now above Joe, and he really should not visit Pip in London again. Pip is hurt. Joe asks Pip if he would dine with him at his home, at his level.

Pip travels home the next day to see Estella. Two convicts are being transported on Pip's stage coach, and one of the men is a convict Pip met years ago. He is very uncomfortable, but the convict does not appear to recognize Pip.

Pip visits Miss Havisham and meets Estella again. Pip walks with Estella and she tells him she has no heart or capacity to love anyone because of the way she was raised.

Miss Havisham encourages Pip to love Estella.

While he is home, Pip does not visit Joe because he knows that Estella would not approve. This makes pip sad.

Pip returns to London and tells Herbert he loves Estella. He warns Pip that a relationship with Estella would be miserable because of the way she was raised. He reminds Pip that opposites tend not to make a happy marriage.

Pip and Herbert attend a play, but all Pip can think about is Estella.

Estella sends a note to Pip telling him she will be arriving in London in two days. Pip plans to meet her.

Pip meets Wemmick and walks with him to New gate prison, where Wemmick is meeting a client.

Pip meets Estella's coach.

Estella tells Pip she is going to Richmond to live with a widow and make connections. She tells Pip that the Pockets write letters to Miss Havisham telling her how much they hate Pip. She says they resent his relationship with Miss Havisham. This surprises Pip.

Pip escorts Estella to Richmond.

Pip continues to be distracted by thoughts of Estella.

Pip and Herbert join a social club called the Finches of the Grove to improve their social standing in London.

He continues to spend lavishly and accrues more debt. Herbert is spending too much money as well and is now in a bad financial situation.

Pip receives a letter informing him that Mrs. Joe has died.

Pip returns home for the funeral. After the services, Pip talks to Biddy, who is somewhat hostile towards Pip. She is angry because Pip never visited after becoming a gentleman. Pip promises to visit Joe regularly, but Biddy doubts him. Pip is hurt and feels guilty

Pip meets with Mr. Jaggers on his 21st birthday. He confronts Pip about his debts. Mr. Jaggers tells him that he will be given 500 pounds per year until further notice.

Pip tries to get information about his benefactor from Mr. Jaggers, but he cannot give Pip that information he wants.

Pip visits Wemmick at home and talks to him about Herbert. Pip wants to help establish Herbert in business anonymously.

Wemmick pledges his help. He introduces Pip to a young merchant who agrees to do business with Herbert.

Herbert does not know Pip secured this connection for him and is delighted to start his new life.

Pip continues to visit Estella, who torments him every time he visits. He is jealous of the suitors Estella flaunts before him. He recognizes that he has never been happy in her presence, but knows he is miserable and consumed without her.

Estella warns Pip to be careful around her because she cannot love him. Miss Havisham continues to push Pip and Estella together.

Pip realizes Estella will be used by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on men, including him.

Miss Havisham calls Estella cold, and Estella states that she is cold because of the way she was raised. Estella is not capable of love.

Pip realizes Drummle, a fellow Finch, is also involved with Estella. Estella tells Pip she manipulates many men, but she never manipulates Pip.

A stranger visits Pip one night and enters his room. Pip realizes the stranger is the convict.

The stranger tells Pip that he changed his life. He reveals to Pip that he is his benefactor. Pip is shocked and concerned that he will be found with the convict.

Pip is upset to realize that Estella was never intended to be his and Miss Havisham is not his benefactor.

Pip questions the watchman, who says Pip's "uncle" and another man were there last night.

The stranger's name is Provis, but he tells Pip to call him uncle. Provis tells Pip he first met Mr. Jaggers when Jaggers was his lawyer. Provis gives Pip more money to spend and tells Pip he intends to stay.

If Provis is found, he could be hanged. Pip finds a lodging house for Provis and new clothes to change his appearance.

Herbert returns and finds Pip with Provis.

Herbert learns about Provis. After Provis leaves, Pip and Herbert discuss what should be done. Pip says he cannot accept any more money from Provis and break off the relationship, but Herbert convinces him this could be a deadly mistake.

The two men devise a plan to get Provis out of England.

The next day, Pip asks to hear Provis' story.

Provis tells them he has been in and out of jail his entire life. His real name is Abel Magwitch.

He tells them of his criminal partnership with Compeyson. Eventually both men are on the prison ship, and Provis vows to kill Compeyson. Herbert tells Pip that Compeyson was the man who left Miss Havisham at the altar.

Pip worries about what would happen if Compeyson learns Provis is alive and in London.

Pip visits Miss Havisham and sees Drummle in the village. Drummle has been spending more time with Estella.

Pip confronts Miss Havisham for misleading him when he thought she was his benefactor. He tells her that she is being unfair to the Pockets, and also asks her to help Herbert in business because he no longer has the money to help.

Pip tells Estella that he loves her but knows that she will never be his. She repeats that she is not capable of love, but is marrying Drummle. He begs her to reconsider.

When Pip returns to London, a messenger hands him a note from Wemmick telling him not to go home.

Pip finds a room at an inn, and he wonders what the note means all night.

The next morning, Pip visits Wemmick. He informs Pip that he and Provis are being watched. Pip asks if Compeyson is in London, and Wemmick tells Pip he is. Herbert is hiding Provis at his girlfriend's house until things die down and they can sneak Provis out of the country.

Pip meets Clara, Herbert's girlfriend, when he visits Provis. He tells Provis that Wemmick recommends he leave the country. Herbert offers to help.

Several weeks pass and Pip is running out of money because he will not take any more money from Provis. He realizes Estella is probably married to Drummle now.

Pip goes to dinner and learns that Compeyson followed him from an old friend. Pip is alarmed and worries about his own safety.

Pip has dinner with Mr. Jaggers and Wemmick. They inform Pip that Miss Havisham has requested to see him again to discuss Herbert. Pip decides to visit her tomorrow.

Pip notices that Mr. Jaggers housekeeper looks like Estella. He learns that the housekeeper did have a daughter years ago that she gave up. He also learns that Mr. Jaggers successfully defended her in a murder trial.

Miss Havisham promises to help Herbert confidentially. She asks Pip if he is unhappy, and offers to help him. Pip tells Miss Havisham that he forgives her, and she becomes very distraught and emotional about what she has done. Pip learns Mr. Jaggers brought Estella to Miss Havisham when she was a toddler, but Miss Havisham knows nothing about the first few years of Estella's life.

Pip goes for a short walk, and when he returns, Miss Havisham's room is on fire. She set her wedding dress on fire and could not control the flames. She is badly burned, but Pip manages to save her.

Pip's hands are burned as a result of saving Miss Havisham, but his hands will heal. Pip returns to London.

Herbert tells Pip that Provis had a relationship and a daughter with a woman Mr. Jaggers defended for murder. Pip realizes that Provis is Estella's father.

Pip confronts Mr. Jaggers with Estella's parentage, but Mr. Jaggers is unflappable. He says he protected Estella by removing her from a violent mother, and as a result, she has had a life of privilege. He tells Pip no one will benefit from learning his secret.

Several weeks later, Pip receives a message from Wemmick, instructing him to help Provis escape soon.

Pip plans to go with Provis to ensure everything goes smoothly. He plans to escape to Hamburg.

Pip finds a note instructing him to come alone to a sluice-house to learn more about Provis.

Pip goes to the sluice-house and is restrained by a man. His neck is put in a noose and his arms are tied behind his back. The man tells him if he screams for help, he will be killed.

The man who restrained Pip is Orlick, who is angry because he believes that Pip came between him and Biddy. Orlick plans to kill Pip and confesses to attacking Mrs. Joe years ago.

Pip is saved by Herbert and some men from the village. They return to London so that they can smuggle Provis to Hamburg.

Pip and Herbert meet Provis and begin rowing up the river. They stop at a customs house to rest. While they are eating breakfast, they learn a four-oared galley has been patrolling the area, arousing concern.

They start off for the steamer to Hamburg again. Just as Pip and Provis prepare to get on the steamer, the galley pulls up alongside, Compeyson is on board. Pip and Herbert are taken on board the galley. Compeyson and Provis are missing. Provis is found and shackled aboard. Compeyson is presumed dead.

Before he is returned to prison, Provis tells Pip he should not visit him unless he is with Wemmick.

Mr. Jaggers tells Pip that Provis will be found guilty and sentenced. He also tells Pip that Provis' money will be seized by the government, cutting Pip off financially.

Herbert tells Pip he will be traveling to Cairo for business. He offers Pip a job as a clerk in his business. Pip asks for time to consider this option.

Wemmick asks Pip to take a walk with him the following morning. They walk to a church where Wemmick marries his girlfriend.

Magwitch is ill while waiting for his trial, and he is moved to the infirmary. At the trial, Magwitch is found guilty and sentenced to death.

Then he is executed

As Magwitch is dying, Pip tells Magwitch his daughter, Estella, survived.

The police come for Pip with the intention of arresting him because of his debts. Pip passes out, and when he wakes up, Joe is by his side.

Pip asks Joe to write a note to Biddy for him, expressing his love. Joe tells Pip that Miss Havisham has died.

Pip grows stronger under Joe's care. One morning, Pip wakes up and Joe is gone. He left a note and a receipt showing that he paid off Pip's debts.

Pip plans to return to the village so that he can propose to Biddy.

Pip returns to the village and finds Miss Havisham's house is for sale. Pip learns that Biddy has married Joe.

Pip sells his belongings and joins Herbert's business in Cairo. He eventually becomes a partner.

Eleven years later. Pip returns to the village to visit Joe and Biddy. They have a son named Pip.

Biddy asks if Pip has forgotten Estella. He says he has moved on. He learned Estella was miserable and left Drummle. He later died in an accident by his ill treatment of a horse, and Estella remarried.

Miss Havisham's house has been torn down, but the old garden remains. He finds Estella there. Estella looks sad and she confesses that she regrets that she had refused Pip's love. They, ultimately, go their ways as friends.

"Are you sure, she is here?" said another voice.

"Yes, she comes here every night," he insisted.

Rebecca got a dark vision of the boy with the gun. She recognized him. He was Robin, a handsome boy from the village to the south of their own.

They were classmates when she used to go to the missionary school in the church. He was very nice to her. He often bought her sweets, pencils and story books. She did not know where he got money from. One day he suddenly disappeared in the jungle and never came back. After three years, he was before her, looking for her in the darkness. Has he come to meet her? She did want to come out of hiding to greet him but the gun in his hand frightened her.

"Go, find her anyhow. I must meet her!" he was shouting at his comrade.

"I can't see anything in the darkness," protested his companion.

"We must go back tonight, otherwise the commander will be angry," said the first.

"Why don't you go to her house?" said his comrade.

"The army goons are all over the village and I don't want to take any risk," said the known voice.

Rebecca's heart was palpitating, and she felt sweat trickling down her throat. Her voice wanted to escape the confines of her throat but she composed herself.

Hardly had she realized her situation when the gunfire broke out. The ground was flooded with the lights of the army vehicles. She heard two cries and the rattle of the gunfire. After about three minutes, everything was silenced.

Next morning, the villagers were thronging to see the dead bodies of the boys killed in the darkness of the night. The dead bodies were lying on the ground and flies were feasting on the thick blood over the bullet wounds. At some distance, Rebecca was standing, staring constantly at the dead body of her friend. Her eyes were moist. Then she rushed towards her hut and pulled the broken mirror out of the sack. She looked in the mirror, and her wet eyes were asking, "Is this love?"

Michael K is dull and slow, in a sense. The fatherless kid was born with a disfigurement-a harelip, and as a result he was unable to get nourishment from his mother's breast. His plight is reflected in the scene when he needs some tools to make a kind of cart to carry his sick and dying mother to a hospital and he breaks into a locked shed to steal the things. It was the sole crime he had committed, and which remains undetected and unpunished but every moment of his life seems to be burdened with the thought that he was guilty of some huge and unrevealed crime. His sir name Kafkan presented as 'K' resounds it. Michael is sent to a state-run orphanage where afflicted children are taken care of. In that orphanage, K experiences the ultimate harsh realities of the South-African life: curfews, police permits, tyranny, patrols, guns, and the things which leave dark prints on the psyche of a child.

At the age of 15, he starts working as a gardener in a public park in Cape Town. His mother, worn but scrupulous, works as a domestic servant for a decent elderly couple in a posh residential area. Although Michael's existence is like that of a dust particle, he is in no sense a derelict. His mother has been provided an unused room in the basement of the master's house. She is totally dependant on the charity of the master and mistress.
Suddenly, the country is at war: the building is attacked, vandalized and the residents are driven out of their houses.

Michael K loses his job. As Michael understands the purpose of war from a prison-master is to give minorities their dues. This is the sign of democratic idealism. But in a country like South Africa, it takes a dirty turn and the repression of the black majority by the White minority begins to shape. In the novel, however, Coetzee does not tell the readers who black and who white are, and who rules and who is ruled. Only through the names of the places like Cape Town and the physical and moral landscape do the readers realize that the story takes place in South Africa.

Michael K does not understand color and power; he only knows what is obvious and elemental. Michael only cares for the things which are divinely ordered. He does not call any thing tyranny, or ideal. He cares for his mother, the earth, and later on he will learn that they come to the same in the end.

R.Coetzee is distinctly highly inventive and a man with translucent conviction. Like in his other novel "Waiting for the Barbarians", Coetzee describes the landscapes of suffering little by little with the art of moral disclosure.His stories are universal because they can take place anywhere and to anyone. He does not use abstractions in his stories; his stories are engrossed in the minute and the concrete. Through the minute details in his stories, it is possible to learn how to sow, how to plough, how to use a pump, or how to make a house of earth. His sentences are simple, direct and pure. They are so acute that the readers get the effect deep in their minds.

The hard experiences of the life take him through many experiences. He flows with the moments. Michael does not mould with the rest of the society. He sees, thinks, experiences, and to some extent reacts within himself, but finally, it is revealed that he is unique in his existence.

Coetzee's stories have the power to keep the readers lost in the world of which,perhap, they may have never imagined.Mr.Coetzee,the Nobel Prize winning author of some memorable novels, can be said to have provided a new vein to literature , to be read,explored,understood , interpreted and enjoyed by the posterity for the ages to come.