Thinking activity - ON@CC

Thinking activity - ON@CC

1. Comment on Narrative structure of the Novel. Compare it with that of Life of Pi.

One night@ call center is a frame story. It takes place when author on a train journey from Kanpur to Delhi. At that time he meets one beautiful girl. After some conversation she tells the story to the author. She also make a condition that he will write it. When author makes a story he puts shyam mehra as the narrator and protagonist. In story representation of God  to direct all the characters. So, it can be said that entire story is dream sequence of author like God or beautiful lady.


Yan Martel' s ' Life of Pi ' have same narrative like on@cc . Same beginning like story from the person who is also character in the story. First person narration in both the novel. Narration of God and experience with God of characters that all are similar narratives.

2. What do you understand by Self-help book ? Is On@cc is self-help book ? Illustrate.

Self - Help means self - guided improvement - economically , intellectually or emotionally , often with a substantial psychological basis. A self - help book is one that is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems.

In starting of the book questions like..
# One thing I fear ,
# One thing that makes me angry ,
# One thing that i do not like about myself.

God or Inner call that about intelligence , self - confidence or failure in life. Remember the 'Reverse Gear' and make friendship with adversity.

We have to finds solution for problem. In the novel characters finds solutions for thier problems. Thus it is self-help book.


3. How far can this novel be  categorised as Cyberpunk ?

Cyberpunk is a literary genre.It is subgenre of science fiction. Information technology, such programs like Microsoft office. We can find some aspects of cyberpunk in the novel. People are working in call centre, which is related with cyber technology. In Microsoft word there is a bug which is a strategy to blackmail the Americans, operation Yankee fear.


4.  What is popular Literature ? Is On@cc is popular Literature ? Illustrare.

Popular Literature not deals with abstract problem. It takes moral principles as the given accepting certain generalized ideas and values as it's base.

It represents common - sense values , does not raise or answer abstract questions. They represent on the whole, an instinctive or traditional, rather than a highly reflective, philosophy of life.



5. Does the novel have social realism ?

In the Novel , Human relations, love, sex, marriage and sociable characters all represent reality of society. Anxiety and reflection of rising Indian middle class , question about career , marriage , family conflicts and relationships aspirations and problem of young generation all represents social reality.

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