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Mulk Raj AnandUntouchable
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
What is the significance of Sohini's assault at the temple? Why and how does it change Bakha's view of the bleak circumstances faced by the Untouchables?
Why is Bakha so impressed with the British soldiers?
Did you find Gandhi's speech effective? Why or why not?
Why does Charat Singh let Bakha into his home? Why does he let him touch his possessions, rather than worry about the polluting effects of an Untouchable?
Do you believe that Untouchable is still relevant in modern times? Discuss.
Why does Bakha's father describe the upper caste Indians as being kind, given that Bakha experiences nothing but abuse from them?
The attorney at the end of the novel says that the caste system will persist, because tradition will always triumph. Is he right or wrong? Why?
Why is Bakha unable to feel sorrow at his mother's death?
Does Untouchable have a hero? Discuss.
Why does Bakha lose patience with Colonel Huchison?
